Martin O'Brien

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Martin O'Brien a native of Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh is a journalist and producer with BBC Northern Ireland. Since 1995 he has produced Sunday Sequence, BBC Radio Ulster's weekly religious affairs and ethics programme, jointly winning four Andrew Cross Awards in religious broadcasting. Recipient of the Irish Association's Montgomery Medal 1993. Previously he produced Good Morning Ulster and Sunday Newsbreak, winning a Radio Academy Sony Award. Before joining the BBC, he was Editor of The Irish News from 1982 to 1984. At his appointment, he was the youngest newspaper editor in the UK. He began his journalistic career as a reporter with the Belfast Telegraph. He is a graduate in Politics and Scholastic Philosophy from Queen's University, Belfast, and served on the university's Senate from 1982 to 2006.