Muiris Ó Fiannachta

Muiris is originally from Celbridge in Co. Kildare and lives in Maynooth with his wife Eleanor and their young family. He is a graduate of Modern Irish and Spanish, with a B.A. International from Maynooth University. He has been Station Manager of Raidió na Life since 2007, having previously worked as the station’s Clár Reachtaire and also having worked in the Irish Language TV Department of RTÉ and with independent production companies Animo Television and Adare Productions. Muiris began in Raidió na Life as a volunteer while a student, presenting the station’s magazine talk show Fios Feasa and metal show Scrios agus Ár.

He has spent periods lecturing in media in DCU and has been a member of the BAI’s Irish Language Advisory Council; Media Literacy Ireland’s Irish Language Sub-Committee; the CRAOL / Community Radio Ireland Co-ordinating Committee and is currently a member of the Board of IMRAM, the Irish-language literary festival.