Deirdre Finnerty

Deirdre Finnerty is a multi-media journalist for the BBC, specialising in international news. She started her career in the BBC World Service, and has worked in the BBC's Brussels, Washington and Westminster bureaux. 

Bessborough: Three Women. Three Decades. Three Stories of Courage (Hachette Ireland, 2022), is her first book and the project won the Society of Authors Antonia Fraser Award in 2020. Originally from County Mayo, she now lives and works in London.