David Davin-Power | |
Birth Date: | 4 April 1952 |
Birth Place: | Portobello, Dublin, Ireland |
Death Date: | 1 August 2024 |
Death Place: | x.com |
Occupation: | Journalist |
Children: | 5 |
Credits: | RTÉ News |
David Davin-Power (born 4 April 1952) is an Irish journalist, best known for his work as a political correspondent with RTÉ News.[1]
Davin-Power was born in Dublin and was educated at University College Dublin. He is married to Dearbhla Collins, sister of Finghin Collins; he was previously married to Christine Bowen. He has five children, three by his first marriage and two by his second.[2] He is a member of the Church of Ireland.
Davin-Power was one of the first presenters of Morning Ireland, along with David Hanly.[3] He is also a former Northern Ireland Editor for RTÉ News and Current Affairs.[4] In the early 1990s, he served as head of news for the now-defunct Century Radio.[5]
In August 2001, he was made Political Correspondent with RTÉ. In March 2009, he made an infamous appearance on from the Fianna Fáil Ardfheis surrounded by members of the party glaring at the camera.[6]
In 2015, Davin-Power co-presented the RTÉ documentary Gallipoli - Ireland's Forgotten Heroes, discussing the World War I campaign from an Irish perspective.[7]