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

Delargy is married with three children.

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