Vincent Browne
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Vincent Browne, 2008
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| Born |
17 July 1944 Broadford, Limerick, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Education | Castleknock College |
| Alma mater | University College Dublin (UCD) |
| Occupation | Broadcaster and journalist |
| Employer | The Irish Times, The Sunday Business Post, TV3 |
| Known for | Presenting TV3's Tonight with Vincent Browne |
| Spouse(s) | Jean Browne |
| Children | Emma Julia |
Vincent Browne (born 17 July 1944) is an Irish print and broadcast journalist. He is a columnist with The Irish Times and The Sunday Business Post and a non-practising barrister. From 1996 until 2007, he presented a nightly talk-show on RTÉ Radio, Tonight with Vincent Browne, which focused on politics, the proceedings of tribunals on political corruption and police misconduct. He now presents Tonight with Vincent Browne on TV3, which broadcasts from Monday to Thursday at 10.30pm. "
Born in 1944, he grew up in Broadford, County Limerick, where he attended the local national school. He spent a year at the Irish language college, Coláiste na Rinne in An Rinn, County Waterford, then a year at St. Mary's secondary school in Dromcolliher, County Limerick, before going to Castleknock College (1957–1962). He graduated from University College Dublin with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Politics and Economics. He also founded the oldest surviving UCD newspaper, the College Tribune, in 1989. He also served as UCD Young Fine Gael's Chairperson in 1968.
He worked on RTÉ's The Late Late Show for five months in 1967–68. He reported on the Soviet and Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968 for The Irish Times and then edited a monthly news magazine, Nusight in 1969–1970.
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