 In the late 1970s, she began working for "The Irish Times" as parliamentary sketchwriter.She currently broadcasts a weekly a political diary on Drivetime, a radio programme broadcast by Raidió Teilifís Éireann's channel RTÉ Radio 1.In 1972 she joined Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) as a current affairs presenter and later worked as a presenter on "Today Tonight," "Questions and Answers" and "Prime Time".