Richard Downes
Richard Downes
is a seasoned international journalist; Richard Downes regularly
cohosts the most popular daily RTE radio program
"Morning Ireland" and
reports for television news and for the RTE current affairs flagship
"Prime Time." During the 2003 war, he stayed in Baghdad and covered the
collapse of Saddam's regime from within. Vincent Browne described him
as "the best reporter covering the war." Downes lives in Dublin with
his wife and two young children. His latest book is
In Search of Iraq: From Baghdad to Babylon.