Brendan O'Brien (Irish journalist)

Brendan O'Brien (Irish journalist)

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Brendan O'Brien is a senior Irish journalist on RTÉ's "Prime Time" current affairs programme.

In 1983, O'Brien won a Jacob's Award for his reporting on the RTÉ current affairs programme, "Today Tonight".

In 2008, O'Brien won the Irish Children's Book of the Year Award for "The Story of Ireland". [ [http://www.galwayindependent.com/entertainment/entertainment/book-review-%11-the-story-of-ireland-/ "Galway Independent" review] ] He has also written about the history of the IRA. [ [http://www.obrien.ie/book744.cfm O'Brien Press] ]

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