Brendan O'Connor (media personality)

Brendan O'Connor
Born (1970-01-23) 23 January 1970 (age 54)[1]
Cork, Ireland
NationalityIrish
EducationUniversity College Cork (UCC)
Occupation(s)Columnist, television presenter, comedian
Employer(s)Sunday Independent, Raidió Teilifís Éireann
Known for


Height6 ft 4 in (193 cm)[2][3]
SpouseSarah Caden[3] (m. 1999)
Children2

Brendan O'Connor (born 23 January 1970) is an Irish media personality and former comedian. He presents the Current Affairs panel show Cutting Edge on RTÉ. He presented The Saturday Night Show on RTÉ from 2010 to 2015, he is also known for his columns in the Sunday Independent newspaper.[4] He is also editor of the newspaper's Life Magazine.[3][5]

O'Connor's pop career included a one-hit wonder as Fr Brian & The Fun Loving Cardinals, the comedy song "Who's in the House?", reaching number 3 in the Irish charts.

O'Connor has pursued varied media career over several decades in Ireland. During the 1990s he appeared on Don't Feed the Gondolas, as well as on a number of other TV programmes. During the 2000s he served a member of the judging panel on Raidió Teilifís Éireann's (RTÉ) You're a Star TV talent contest before presenting The Apprentice: You're Fired! and The Saturday Night Show. With a salary of €228,500 in 2011, he is one of RTÉ's highest paid stars.[6]

  1. ^ https://www.tribune.ie/archive/article/2006/dec/03/judge-dreadful/[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference IMDwebBoC was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b c Millar, Scott; Maggie Kenneally; Chekov Feeney (10 August 2006). "Making a living from being a boor...His bark is as bad as his bite". Village. Archived from the original on 20 November 2007. Retrieved 19 May 2008.
  4. ^ O'Connor, Brendan. "Opinion: Brendan O'Connor". Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  5. ^ "PAPER PROPHET Brendan O'Connor". Sunday Independent. 25 February 2007. Archived from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2008.
  6. ^ O'Connell, Hugh (27 March 2013). "RTÉ reveals stars' salaries: Ryan Tubridy was paid €723,000 in 2011, according to figures released by the State broadcaster this evening". TheJournal.ie. Archived from the original on 2 March 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2013.