Audrey Carville (born 9 September 1972 in County Monaghan, Castleblayney, Ireland) is an Irish journalist. She is one of the presenters of Morning Ireland, a breakfast news programme on RTÉ Radio One. She previously presented the current affairs programme The Late Debate on the same station.[1]
From 2004 to 2009, she presented the BBC World Service radio programme Europe Today. She also presented Newshour on the BBC World Service. The Irish Times described her as having a "mellifluous voice and unflappable air."[2]
Carville is a native of CastleblayneyinCounty Monaghan.[3] Her father was Arthur Carville, who served as a Fine Gael party councillor on Monaghan County Council.[4][5] Her brother, Gary Carville, also formerly served as a Fine Gael councillor on Monaghan County Council,[6] serving as Chairman of that council from 2007 to 2008.[7]
She was named Radio News Broadcaster of the Year in the Institute of Public Relations/BT Awards in 2004.[10]
She also won a Celtic Film and Television Award.[11] She was part of a Sony Award-winning team for current affairs journalism in 2002.[8]
In February 2018, the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland upheld an objection to Carville's description, on the Morning Ireland programme, of journalist Kevin Myers as a Holocaust denier. The broadcaster, RTÉ, also lost a defamation lawsuit by Myers in 2019 as a result of Carville's accusation.[12][13]
Carville is married to fellow Morning Ireland presenter Gavin Jennings.[14][15]
