'At the end of the day, we do not have to be superwomen' - RTE broadcaster Katie Hannon on finding a balance
Katie Hannon is being touted as the “new face” of current affairs on RTE, but she has been breaking ground as an investigativeShe presented Prime Time for 14 years, held politicians to account on the Late Debate, and regularly fills in for Joe Duffy to host Liveline on RTE Radio One.
Ahead of the first live studio debate tomorrow Katie, 51, told the Irish Sunday Mirror: “I’m sure there will be some healthy nervous energy floating around. “The idea is the audience is small enough so that people are not intimidated and feel there’s a good chance of getting involved.” The babies weighed two-and-a-half pounds and three pounds requiring round-the-clock care at Dublin’s Rotunda Hospital.
She said: “I hate seeing that line, what does it even mean? What does having it all mean, it means different things to different people.“I think obviously women traditionally and inevitably take on more of the care responsibilities, whether it’s children or elderly parents.“It’s only in the last 30 or 40 years the idea of working full time took hold. But most people don’t have a choice in this now, they need two incomes to pay the mortgage.
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