Conor Pope
{{short description|Irish journalist, author and broadcaster (born 1968)}}
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|birth_name = Conor Pope
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1968|8|3}}
|birth_place = Galway, County Galway, Ireland
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|nationality = Irish
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|known_for = "Pricewatch" in The Irish Times and on The Ray D'Arcy Show
|occupation = Journalist
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Conor Pope (born 3 August 1968)Pope revealed his date of birth on The Ray D'Arcy Show on 16 February 2009, by indicating he shared a birthday with Terry Wogan. Wogan had been a guest that morning, occupying Pope's normal slot thus delaying his appearance.{{Better source needed|date=December 2018}} is an Irish journalist, author and broadcaster who works for The Irish Times as well as appearing on radio and television as a consumer advocate.
Pope is the consumer affairs correspondent with the Times and writes the weekly Pricewatch page in The Irish Times as well as occupying a segment of the same name on The Ray D'Arcy Show on RTÉ Radio 1.{{cite web|url = https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/radio/the-ray-darcy-show-on-rte-radio-1-review-not-bad-at-all-from-the-new-old-boy-30957356.html | publisher = Independent News & Media | website = independent.ie | title = The Ray D'Arcy Show on RTE Radio 1 review | date = 2 February 2015 | accessdate = 15 December 2018 | author = Darragh McManus }} He has also had a weekly slot on TV3's Six O'Clock Show,{{citation needed|date=December 2018}} and is the presenter of Conor Pope's Consumer 999 on the same channel.{{cite web|url = https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio-web/what-to-watch-on-tv-this-week-1.3083513 | publisher = Irish Times | website = irishtimes.com | title = What to watch on TV this week | date = 15 May 2017 |author = Kevin Courtney | accessdate = 15 December 2018}}
Early life
Born in Galway, Pope moved with his family to County Cork when he was six and they returned when he was thirteen.{{cite web|url = http://www.galwayindependent.com/profiles/profiles/conor-pope-%11-journalist/ | title = Conor Pope biography |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20090323143331/http://www.galwayindependent.com/profiles/profiles/conor-pope-%11-journalist/ |archivedate=23 March 2009 | publisher = Galway Independent | website = galwayindependent.com | date = 18 June 2008}} He studied English and Philosophy at University College Galway (UCG). Upon graduating, he took a programming course in FÁS, then worked at the Connacht Tribune as placement.
Career
In 1996, Pope joined The Irish Times, becoming involved with the paper's website.
Pope wrote a consumer advice book (Stop Wasting Your Money; Liberty Press), which was published in 2007,{{cite web| author = Pope, Conor| url = http://www.libertiespress.com/index.php?option=com_cartage&main_page=product_info&cPath=8&products_id=35 | title = Stop Wasting Your Money | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110719154039/http://www.libertiespress.com/index.php?option=com_cartage&main_page=product_info&cPath=8&products_id=35 |archivedate=19 July 2011 | publisher = Liberties Press | date = 2011}} and contributed to two consumer-related shows on RTÉ Television in 2007 and 2009.{{cite web|url = https://presspack.rte.ie/2007/11/18/highly-recommended-2/ | publisher = RTÉ | website = presspack.rte.ie | date = 18 November 2007 | title = Press Release - Highly Recommended - RTÉ Lifestyle | accessdate = 16 December 2018 }}{{cite web|url = http://www.mayonews.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7582:tv-three-families-are-challenged-to-live-frugally-&catid=47&Itemid=154 | publisher = Mayo News | website = mayonews.ie | title = TV: Three families are challenged to live frugally | author = Áinr Ryan | date = 7 September 2009 | accessdate = 15 December 2018}}
In 2012, as part of his job, he rang into TV3's Psychic Readings Live and asked Psychic Wayne about a concern he felt that someone he is connected to in his job was stealing money belonging to other people. He was promptly cut off.{{cite news|last=Pope|first=Conor|title=Fortunes in the making|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2012/0717/1224320250659.html|accessdate=19 July 2012|newspaper=The Irish Times|date=17 July 2012}}
He has supported a campaign to erect a statue in Galway in memory of Che Guevara, who was partly descended from the Lynch family of Galway. This was the subject of controversy when American politicians commented unfavourably on the proposed memorial.{{cite news|last=Pope|first=Conor|title=Guevara merits recognition in his Galway homeland|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2012/0809/1224321790017.html|accessdate=9 August 2012|newspaper=The Irish Times|date=9 August 2012}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/pricewatch/ Pricewatch] at The Irish Times
{{Today FM}}
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Category:Alumni of the University of Galway
Category:Consumer rights activists
Category:Irish non-fiction writers
Category:Irish television personalities
Category:Writers from Galway (city)
Category:Writers from County Cork
Category:Radio personalities from the Republic of Ireland
Category:The Irish Times people