Nuala McGovern

Nuala McGovern is an Irish journalist and broadcaster working for the BBC. McGovern was the main presenter of Outside Source on the BBC World Service from 2014 to 2022. She presents Woman's Hour on BBC Radio 4 from Monday to Wednesday.

Early life and education McGovern grew up in Drumcondra in Dublin, Ireland. Her father was Jim McGovern, a publican from Aughavas in County Leitrim. She is a graduate of University College Dublin, where she studied English and Italian.

Early career After graduating from university she taught English in Italy for a period before moving to the United States after her sister made an application for a green card on her behalf. She got her start in broadcasting as a presenter and producer for Adrian Flannelly's radio show in New York, before joining WNYC.

BBC career McGovern joined the BBC in 2009 as a presenter and producer of World: Have Your Say on the BBC World Service. In 2012 she became one of the founding presenters of Newsday, the World Service's new breakfast programme. She started presenting OS in 2015.

In April 2024, she took over as host of BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour. She presents the programme on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays.