Jamie Delargy
{{Short description|British journalist (born 1953)}}
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Jamie Delargy (born 6 August 1953 in Cushendall),{{cite web|url=http://www.u.tv/television/people/showprofile.asp?peopleid=9 |title=Jamie Delargy's profile at u.tv |accessdate=2009-04-05 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20020817180749/http://www.u.tv/television/people/showprofile.asp?peopleid=9 |archivedate=August 17, 2002 }} is a Northern Irish journalist. He was Business Editor at UTV[http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/utv-stars-fear-for-jobs-as-bosses-swing-axe-14007195.html Belfast Telegraph: "UTV stars fear for jobs as bosses swing axe"]: dated 17 October 2008; accessed 6 February 2009 until his retirement in 2016.{{cite tweet|number=748801863907053568|user=enirgy_info|title=Profound thanks to everyone for their best wishes on my retirement. Not withdrawing from journalism though. Working with @theprofitmargin |date=1 July 2016}}
Journalism career
Delargy worked for Ulster Television from 1980 until 2016. He was one of two journalists at the station believed to have not been considered for a voluntary redundancy package at the station in late 2008. From December 2007, Delargy contributed a blog to UTV's website on business news and issues affecting Northern Ireland.[http://u.tv/Blogs/Default UTV Blogs] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415115225/http://www.u.tv/Blogs/Default |date=2012-04-15 }}
Honours
Delargy has been voted Broadcast Business Journalist of the Year at the IPR Awards in 2003,[http://u.tv/corpinfo/releases/docs/UTV SCOOPS TOP HONOURS AT IPR AWARDS.doc UTV scoops top honours at IPR awards] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090816232405/http://u.tv/corpinfo/releases/docs/UTV |date=2009-08-16 }}; dated 31 March 2003, retrieved 11 January 2008 2005,[http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/awards/050420bt.shtml Hold the Front Page: "Northern Ireland prize winners celebrate"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080205132920/http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/AWARDS/050420bt.shtml |date=2008-02-05 }}; dated 20 April 2005, retrieved 11 January 2008 2006[http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/awards/060405bt.shtml Hold the Front Page: "Irish journalists make their mark as awards are handed out"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080205133908/http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/AWARDS/060405bt.shtml |date=2008-02-05 }}; dated 5 April 2006, retrieved 11 January 2008 and 2007.[http://www.cipr.co.uk/ni/awards/2007/CIPRPBAwards260407.pdf CIPR: "Northern Ireland's top journalists honoured at Coca-Cola CIPR Press and Broadcast Awards ceremony] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071108051030/http://www.cipr.co.uk/ni/awards/2007/CIPRPBAwards260407.pdf |date=2007-11-08 }} dated 23 March 2007, retrieved 11 January 2008 He received the overall Business Journalist of the Year award at the same ceremony in 2005 and 2007.
Personal life
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110512113449/http://www.u.tv/Blogs/Default.aspx?cat=Blogs&guid=d7a5381d-d689-4290-9a3d-09b8e97e05df Jamie Delargy's business blog on u.tv]
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Category:People from Cushendall
Category:Male journalists from Northern Ireland