Larry Donnelly

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]

References
  1. "MEDIA ACTIVITY" Archived 2008-04-15 at the Wayback Machine. NUIG. Accessed 26 November 2008.
  2. "NUIG hosts US election debate". Galway Independent. 15 October 2008. Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2008.
  3. "US Election '08". Fine Gael. Accessed 26 November 2008.
  4. "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.
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