Athlone native is new RTÉ Midlands correspondent

RTÉ News has announced the appointment of Athlone native Gail Conway, as Midlands Correspondent, covering for her colleague Sinéad Hussey for the duration of her maternity leave.

Gail has worked as a multi-media journalist in RTÉ since 2018 reporting across television, radio and online news including RTÉ’s Six One News, Nine O’Clock News and most recently RTÉ's foreign news desk.

She has reported on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as well as the ongoing Israel-Hamas war following the October 7th attack.

The Athlone woman, a past pupil of Our Lady's Bower secondary school, also worked on assignment in RTÉ’s Northern Ireland office covering the UK and NI Assembly elections, as well as the return to power-sharing in 2020. Earlier this year, she reported on the coronation of King Charles in London.

Gail holds a BA Hons degree in Media and Business Management from Manchester University, during which time she also worked at Granada Television.

She began her career as a young journalist in the Midlands. Her first job was reporting for her local radio station Midlands 103 . She also freelanced for the Athlone Voice contributing to the lifestyle pages and covering local elections.

She left the Midlands to work as a reporter and Head of News and Sport in youth regional radio station Beat 102-103 in the south-east. In 2017, she moved to Dublin to work as a freelance reporter with Newstalk, Today FM and Virgin Media.

Gail is a native of Athlone and is returning to the town to take up the role. She is looking forward to reconnecting with the people and the issues affecting them across the region.

“This is a very exciting opportunity for me. I’m delighted to return to region where I started my journalism career, and where I grew up. I have seen first-hand how life in the Midlands has changed from when I was a little girl. Now I want to return to my roots and engage with people from the Midlands and allow their voices and issues be heard in the national news.”