Lawrence Donnelly (born in Boston, Massachusetts) is an Irish-American law attorney, writer and political contributor residing in Ireland. A legal research lecturer at National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG), he is a regular political commentator on RTÉ Radio 1 and the nightly television news bulletin, RTÉ News on Two, also contributing to his local radio station Galway Bay FM. He has a political column in The Sunday Business Post.[1]
Donnelly came to wider attention when he moderated a debate involving McCain lobbyist Grant Lally and former Congressman Bruce Morrison[2] established by the Law Society and the Literary and Debating Society in the build-up to the 2008 U.S. presidential election, before sitting on the RTÉ television panel on election night, 4 November 2008.[3] He married RTÉ newsreader Eileen Whelan in 2009 and have two sons together Seán and Larry Jr.[4] He is a nephew of the US diplomat and politician Brian J. Donnelly.[5]
References
edit- ^ "MEDIA ACTIVITY" Archived 2008-04-15 at the Wayback Machine. NUIG. Accessed 26 November 2008.
- ^ "NUIG hosts US election debate". Galway Independent. 15 October 2008. Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2008.
- ^ "US Election '08"[permanent dead link]. Fine Gael. Accessed 26 November 2008.
- ^ "News Anchor Eileen Whelan Shares Her Love Story - Simply Weddings - Wedding Information for Ireland". Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
- ^ https://www.thejournal.ie/readme/donnelly-visa-ireland-6009187-Mar2023/