Tim Brannigan

Tim Brannigan was born in Belfast in 1966. He spent the first year of his life in St Joseph’s Baby Home, before being adopted by his birth mother. He studied politics at Liverpool Polytechnic and returned to Belfast in 1990 where he began training for a career in the media. He went on to become an award-winning journalist, working as a reporter for GMTV’s Northern Ireland bureau and then as features writer for the Irish News until 2003. He lives in Belfast and works as a freelance journalist and commentator, and speaks to schools, colleges and organisations about race, diversity and his life experiences. He is the author of the powerful and acclaimed memoir, Where Are You Really From?

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