Tommie Gorman is one of Ireland’s most respected journalists. He has reported on many major national and international news stories throughout his 41-year RTÉ career, with 10 years spent as the Belfast-based Northern Editor of RTÉ. During Brexit and in the evolving circumstances created by the UK leaving the European Union, he has regularly drawn upon his experiences in Brussels and Northern Ireland in his journalism.
He retired from RTÉ in April 2021 and is now a senior columnist with the online publisher, The Currency. He was named Ireland’s European of the Year in 2001 and awarded an Honorary Degree by NUI Galway in 2009. He was made a Freeman of Sligo in 2003.