As her Newstalk début looms, the presenter tells Niamh Horan why she left the state broadcaster, a place she reckons has lost its backbone
Claire Byrne pictured in the intercontinental Hotel, Dublin. Photo: Gerry Mooney
Claire Byrne knows the pressure is on. It’s Wednesday afternoon and the broadcaster is enjoying the final days of a three-month break from the airwaves before she makes the move to her new show on Newstalk.
“I need to hit the ground running,” she says as we meet over coffee in Dublin’s Intercontinental Hotel.