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Frank McDonald (born 1950) is former Environment Editor of The Irish Times.

Life

He was born in 1950 and educated at Kelly's Private School Cabra Road, St. Vincent's C.B.S. Glasnevin and University College Dublin, graduating with a BA (History and Politics) in 1971. He was editor of the UCD newspaper, (as a student), from 1970 to 1972, deputy president, Students' Representative Council, UCD, from 1970 to 1971, freelance New York Correspondent for the Irish Press newspaper from 1972 to 1973, sub-editor with the Irish Press from 1973 to 1977 and reporter from 1977 to 1978. He joined the Irish Times in 1979, becoming Environment Correspondent in 1986, a post which he held until he was appointed Environment Editor in 2000. He lives in the Temple Bar area of Dublin.

Mr. McDonald has long campaigned against overly noisey from venues in Temple Bar citing Paris as a perfect example of urban planning, where citizens have a right to live in a city without the harassment of being overwhelming noise for the sake of profit.

Awards

  • Outstanding Work in Irish Journalism, 1979
  • Lord Mayor’s Millennium Medal, 1988
  • Chartered Institute of Transport Journalist of the Year, 1998
  • ESB National Media Award for Campaigning Journalism, 1999
  • ESB National Media Award for Features (Print), 2003
  • Lord Mayor's Award, 2003
  • Honorary D.Phil, Dublin Institute of Technology, 2006[1]
  • Press Fellow, Wolfson College, Cambridge, Lent Term, 2008
  • Honorary member, Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland, 2010[1]
  • Honorary fellow, Royal Institute of British Architects, 2011[1]

Bibliography

  • The Destruction of Dublin, Gill and Macmillan, 1985
  • Saving the City, Tomar, 1989
  • Ireland's Earthen Houses (jointly with Peigin Doyle), A&A Farmar, 1997
  • The Ecological Footprint of Cities (editor), International Institute for the Urban Environment, 1998
  • The Daily Globe: Environmental change, the public and the media (contributor), Earthscan, 2000
  • The Construction of Dublin, Gandon Editions, 2000
  • Chaos at the Crossroads (jointly with James Nix), Gandon Books, 2005
  • McDonald, Frank; Sheridan, Kathy (2008). The Builders. Penguin. ISBN 978-0-141-03780-6.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Frank McDonald – Personally Speaking Bureau". Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  2. ^ "A review of 'The Builders' by Kathy Sheridan and Frank McDonald". Sunday Tribune. 12 October 2008.
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