Carla O'Brien (journalist)

In 2005 O'Brien won the Irish dancing championship titles of Ulster, Ireland, Great Britain and the world.^[8] Then in September 2005 she took on a role as the lead female dancer for Riverdance.^[5][9] Starting with Japan, she also danced for a year in America and a year in Europe, finishing in 2008 back in Japan.^[8] She then moved to work as a financial analyst on a graduate programme with the management consulting part of Deloitte, from August 2008 to December 2009.^[5]

In 2010, O'Brien worked on the An Jig Gig Irish dancing TV programme with TG4.^[10] In January 2011, she wrote a piece for the Galway City Tribune on the growing popularity of sean-nós Irish dancing.^[11] She joined Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) in May 2011, and worked as a researcher on RTÉ's News at One.^[7] She presented RTÉ's news2day from 2011 to 2014,^[12][13] before presenting Newsfeed from September 2014 to 2017.^[7][14][6]

In September 2023, she became the new presenter of Crimecall.^[15]

O'Brien became the Tyrone Rose in 2010, competing for one of six places from the island of Ireland. She secured a place at NUI Galway to pursue a Master of Arts degree in journalism from September 2010,^[10] graduating with First Class Honours, and winning an award for the highest marks in the broadcasting part of her course.^[16][13]

In September 2013, O'Brien married Ronan Glynn, who had a friend on the Riverdance staff; he was Deputy Chief Medical Officer of Ireland from 2018 to 2022. They have two children.^[17][18][19] As of 2015, they lived in Smithfield, Dublin.^[5][6]