Tom McGurk (born 1946) is an Irish

Irish people

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 poet

Poet

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, journalist, radio presenter and sportscaster from Brockagh

Brockagh

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, County Tyrone

County Tyrone

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, Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

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From 1983 to 1996 he was married to the broadcaster Miriam O'Callaghan

Miriam O'Callaghan

Miriam O'Callaghan is an Irish television current affairs broadcaster, chat show host and radio presenter with Raidió Teilifís Éireann . She has presented the leading current affairs show, Prime Time, since 1996, and her own chat show, Saturday Night with Miriam, since 2005...

. Currently he is a columnist with The Sunday Business Post

The Sunday Business Post

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In 1972 he won a Jacob's Award for his RTÉ Radio

RTÉ Radio 1

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 documentaries on Ireland's islands.

He is the presenter of RTÉ Sport

RTÉ Sport

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's coverage of the Six Nations

Six Nations Championship

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. McGurk also spent time in the 1980s and 1990s as a presenter on the regional ITV

ITV

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 station for the North West of England, Granada Television

Granada Television

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While working for 4fm

4fm

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, the Director of the National Women's Council Susan McKay spoke out against an "uncouth and objectionable" interview McGurk conducted with her. The National Women's Council has since refrained from giving interviews to 4fm.