Clár Ní Chonghaile
Clár grew up in the West of Ireland, the eldest of seven children. She left Ireland aged 19 to work as a graduate trainee journalist at Reuters in London. Clár has worked as a journalist for over 20 years and has lived in Madrid, Paris, the Ivory Coast, Senegal and Kenya. Whilst in Nairobi, she freelanced for the Guardian and travelled to Somalia to cover the African Union s battle against al Shabaab and the plight of thousands of displaced people. Clár returned to London in Summer 2014, where she lives with her husband and two daughters.
