Frank McDonald

Frank McDonald is the Environment Editor of The Irish Times.

Life

He was born in 1950 and educated at Kelly's Private School, Cabra Road; St Vincent’s CBS Glasnevin and University College Dublin, graduating with a BA (History and Politics) in 1971. He was editor of the UCD newspaper, >Student<, from 1970 to 1972, deputy president, Students' Representative Council, UCD, from 1970 to 1971, freelance New York Correspondent for the Irish Press newspaper from 1972 to 1973, sub-editor with the Irish Press from 1973 to 1977 and reporter from 1977 to 1978. He joined the Irish Times in 1979, becoming Environment Correspondent in 1986, a post which he held until he was appointed Environment Editor in 2000. He lives in the Temple Bar area of Dublin. Currently "Writer in Residence" with the [Academy of Urbanism] [http://www.academyofurbanism.org.uk/index.htm] .

Awards

*Outstanding Work in Irish Journalism, 1979
*Lord Mayor’s Millennium Medal, 1988
*Chartered Institute of Transport Journalist of the Year, 1998
*ESB National Media Award for Campaigning Journalism, 1999
*ESB National Media Award for Features (Print), 2003
*Lord Mayor's Award, 2003
*Honorary DPhil, Dublin Institute of Technology, 2006

Bibliography

*The Destruction of Dublin, Gill and Macmillan, 1985
*Saving the City, Tomar, 1989
*Ireland's Earthen Houses (jointly with Peigin Doyle), A&A Farmar, 1997
*The Ecological Footprint of Cities (editor), International Institute for the Urban Environment, 1998
*The Daily Globe: Environmental change, the public and the media (contributor), Earthscan, 2000
*The Construction of Dublin, Gandon Editions, 2000
*Chaos at the Crossroads (jointly with James Nix), Gandon Books, 2005

References

* [http://architecturefoundation.ie/pressroom/Downloads/Biographies.pdf Irish Architecture Foundation biographies (PDF)]