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| A brief history of Shelagh Fogarty… Shelagh was born 1966 in Liverpool, the youngest of seven children to Irish parents who moved to England in late 50s. She obtained a degree in French, Spanish and Portuguese from Durham University, graduating in 1988 and spending a year in Barcelona during her degree. Shelagh joined the BBC as a journalist trainee in 1989, and worked as a radio reporter in Hull, Channel Islands, Bristol, Sheffield, Liverpool – covering stories like Hillsborough, the IRA bombing of Warrington and the James Bulger murder trial. In 1994, Shelagh was a reporter for BBC Radio 4, and in 1996 she worked as a radio/TV presenter in Manchester and Liverpool. In 1999, Shelagh left the BBC as a staff journalist and went freelance. Since then she has presented various programmes on BBC Radio 5 Live including the following: Sunday Service – political show - Drive – daily news and current affairs programme standing in for Jane Garvey - Global –- weekend look at world news - Weekend Breakfast –- co presenting with Brian Alexander - Weekday Breakfast –- co presenting with Nicky Campbell – broadcasting programmes covering US elections, Madrid bombings, funeral of Pope John Paul II and the Asian tsunami - Electric Journeys – documentary series involved travel to such places as Hollywood, South Africa, Canada to interview Buzz Aldrin, Desmond Tutu, Ruben Carter. Shelagh has also recently appeared as a guest panellist on Channel 5’s The Wright Stuff. She is also currently researching a documentary about an 19th Century Irish Telescope which led the way in European Astronomy and has been rebuilt. Shelagh works with a homelessness charity called the De Paul Trust which operates in cities across the UK, Ireland, and is expanding into Europe in the fight against people trafficking. Shelagh loves to travel, has lived in Barcelona, Madrid and Seville and has travelled variously to North and South America, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia.
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