Robert began his career with RTE in 1999 becoming Business Correspondent in 2001. In 2005, he become RTE’s Washington Correspondent covering stories such as Hurricane Katrina and the election of Barack Obama. Since returning to Dublin, he has worked in Prime Time, winning a Smurfit Business Journalist Award in 2012 for ‘The Bailout’ -a documentary on Ireland’s economic collapse. Prior to joining RTE, Robert worked for the BBC. He is a graduate of UCD and the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London.