Fran McNulty is an award-winning journalist who most recently held the role of Agriculture & Consumer Affairs Correspondent for RTÉ News.
His appointment as a presenter sees him return to RTÉ Prime Time where he worked as a reporter for five years.
During his time with the programme he uncovered abuses in the fishing industry, exposed significant issues in the agricultural and food production sectors and explored a range of issues within the insurance industry, including fraud.
For more than ten years as well as being a familiar face and voice as a reporter Fran was a regular presenter on some of RTÉ’s leading radio programmes such as Morning Ireland, News at One and This Week.
He also has vast experience reporting on international news. He reported from London during terror alerts.
Fran covered the death of Nelson Mandela in South Africa, and the resignation of Pope Benedict, he also reported on the Papal Conclave that elected Pope Francis. The Longford native has also reported from the West Bank.
Early in his career Fran won an ESB Media Award for Regional broadcast Journalist of the year 2005.
He was also shortlisted in the Celtic Film and Television Awards for a documentary he made "The Forgotten Bomb" about the killing of two children in a loyalist car bomb in Belturbet County Cavan in 1972.
In 2020 the Guild of Agricultural Journalists of Ireland presented an award to the Correspondent for his work reporting on farming.
A native of County Longford Fran worked in local radio before joining RTÉ and currently lives in Dublin.
Fran McNulty spoke about the change and said: “It’s so humbling to be asked to present RTÉ Prime Time, the country’s flagship current affairs programme, to be part of the new presenter line-up as the programme is reimagined, with a new editor backed up by a tremendous team is an incredible honour.
"Now more than ever people need trusted journalism, we need people to ask the important questions and get underneath the many issues facing Ireland at present.
"On Prime Time we will continue to work hard to dispel fiction from fact.
"I can’t wait to get started and work alongside Miriam and Sarah, both of whom I’ve had the great pleasure of knowing for many years and have worked alongside in the past.”
RTÉ Prime Time anchor Miriam O'Callaghan warmly welcomed her new co-presenters: "I have been incredibly lucky with my co-presenters on RTÉ, most recently Dave McCullagh - superb colleagues, many of whom have become close friends.
"I am now very excited to be joined by two exceptional presenters, Sarah McInerney and Fran McNulty.
"I know and really like them both, and we are all going to work so well together and get on great.”
Speaking about the appointments, Managing Director, RTÉ News & Current Affairs Jon Williams said: “Prime Time has been at the heart of RTÉ's journalism for three decades - but has never been vital more than it is right now: investigating, explaining, and getting answers to the questions that matter.
"With Miriam, Fran and Sarah, RTÉ Prime Time will follow the story, and join the dots, so our audience have the information they need to make the decisions that impact their lives - doubling down on what has been RTÉ Prime Time's mission from day one: to make sense of what's really going on, whether that's around the corner, around Ireland or around the world.”
