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Marie O'Riordan

Marie O'Riordan was the final journalist to interview Nobel Peace Prize winner Mother Teresa, Saint Teresa of Calcutta,[1] for a documentary about street children in Calcutta, now Kolkata, India in 1997 aged 22. The documentary made by the Irish broadcaster called Suffer Little Children aired hours before Mother Teresa died on 5 September 1997.[2][3][4][5][6][7][verification needed]

Marie O'Riordan
O'Riordan speaking at University of Limerick Sport Arena in 2012
NationalityIrish
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • third world documentaries maker
  • broadcaster
  • short filmmaker
  • mentor
  • marketing
  • pr
  • communications
Known for
  • Mother Teresa interview
  • philanthropy award
  • short film award
  • psychology formula
  • mentoring
  • savant
  • polymath
  • Forbes
Websitemarieoriordan.org

Television award

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She won a Sony RTÉ Irish national television short film award for Elaine in Wonderland on 22 December 1990 aged 15.[3][8] The short film first aired on national television on 17 November 1990.[9]

Media

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The global business awards judge[10] appeared on radio and television from the age of 13. She has interviewed Academy Award recipients Paul Newman, Cate Blanchett, Charlize Theron, Michael Caine, Quentin Tarantino and Renée Zellweger. She reported on a news story for CNN aged 20.[11] She recorded a documentary with a Holocaust survivor aired in Ireland in 2005.[12] She made a third world documentary in Africa in 2006 in the Kenyan cities of Nairobi and Mombasa.[13] She was accepted into Forbes Councils in January 2020.[14]

Psychology formula

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The social media influencer[15][16] developed a psychology formula with Dr. Naoisé O'Reilly in 2013[17] named the Periodic Table of the Development of Results also known as Purple Success.[18] They specialised in understanding the psychology behind success using a process called Purple Psychology.[19] O'Riordan is an INFJ personality type and has ambidexterity.[20][21] She was interviewed on national radio in Ireland about having a photographic memory and a sensory processing disorder. Other issues discussed were with regards to the autism spectrum and the LGBTQ community.[22] The mentor and philanthropist[23] founded the Forever Method[24] to help in "humanizing business"[25] advising governments, royal families,[26] Fortune 500 companies,[27] olympians, paralympians, world champion athletes[28] and Hollywood actors.[29]

Philanthropy award

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Originally from Croagh, County Limerick, O'Riordan was presented with an honorary philanthropy award in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates for a recycled technology project to educate children in Africa in December 2011.[30]

Volunteering

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The first time she left Ireland was to fly to France to volunteer in a hospital during the summer aged 16. That hospital is where a child in her family was cared for before dying of leukaemia at the age of 4. This was the start of O'Riordan's volunteering abroad which led to philanthropy and documentary making in Third World countries.[31] Speaking on RTÉ 2fm Irish national radio she told presenter Evelyn O'Rourke on the Drive By with Colm Hayes show on 28 March 2012 that the seeds for philanthropy were set aged 6. That is when she started a bucket list after the deaths of two children in the family aged 4 and 2.[32] In November 2021, she volunteered at an Autism preschool in Pretoria, South Africa.[33] Marie O'Riordan is Autistic.[34] During Pride Month 2022, she won a Gamechanger Progress Champion Award in the U.K. as a diversity, equity and inclusion winner for celebrating diversity and fostering inclusion.[35]

The Irish woman graduated in journalism and radio from college[36][37] after previously failing higher level English at first attempt in the final exams at school.[38] She sustained second degree burns during a firewalk in the Middle East in 2011.[39] O'Riordan has a medical diagnosis from a neurologist[40] of chronic to acute migraine since birth.[41] She tested negative for COVID-19 after returning to Ireland from South Africa as the Omicron variant was discovered.[42]

References

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  1. ^ "Mother Teresa declared saint by Pope Francis at Vatican ceremony". BBC News. 4 September 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  2. ^ Buckley, Dan (28 March 2012). "Irish film-maker joins Oprah as TV life coach". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  3. ^ a b Seright, Dolores (20 September 2011). Shattering Barriers: Amazing Women's Journeys to Personal Empowerment. Passport To Your Dreams. p. 172. ISBN 978-0983805809.
  4. ^ "Broadcaster is back from India". Irish Examiner. 4 September 1997.
  5. ^ "On this day 1950 – 2005 5 September". BBC News. 5 September 1997. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  6. ^ Devlin, Gillian (6 September 1997). "Croagh's Marie highlights the plight of India's street children". Limerick Leader.
  7. ^ Dundon, Mary (5 September 1997). "Calcutta's street children focus of documentary". The Corkman.
  8. ^ "Marie O'Riordan Biography". IMDb. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  9. ^ "Elaine in Wonderland (1990)". IMDb. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  10. ^ "Marketing & Creative Awards Judging Committee | Stevie Awards". 10 August 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  11. ^ Grace-Kelly, Eve (30 November 2010). Ultimate Life Lessons. Ecademy Press Ltd. p. 205. ISBN 978-1905823925. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  12. ^ Harrison, Bernice (29 January 2005). "Urgent witness of those left behind". The Irish Times. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  13. ^ IMDB, IMDB. "Marie O'Riordan Biography". IMDb. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
  14. ^ "PFS' Head of PR Marie O'Riordan Accepted into Forbes Communications Council". AP. 15 January 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  15. ^ Strong, Frank. "50 underrated PR pros to follow on Twitter". Ragan's PR Daily. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  16. ^ "48 PR Pros You Should Follow on Twitter That Aren't Internet Famous". 14 September 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  17. ^ "The secret of success". Herald. 16 April 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  18. ^ "Secrets To Success Formula Revealed By Purple Learning Project Scientist's Invention of Periodic Table of the Development of Results with The Forever Method". Los Angeles Daily News. 11 April 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  19. ^ Putz, Karen (18 July 2017). Unwrapping Your Passion. Morgan James. ISBN 978-1683504757.
  20. ^ Robbins, Denye (22 September 2013). Reveolution: The Return of the Divine Feminine. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. p. 264. ISBN 978-1482716771.
  21. ^ Berg, Marie Grace. "Today's Leading Women podcast". Today's Leading Women. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  22. ^ "Newstalk". Newstalk. 4 March 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  23. ^ Halling, Yvonne (28 February 2013). Bed and Breakfast Magic: How to Transform Your Bed and Breakfast Into A Booming 6 Figure Business. CreateSpace Independent Publishing. p. 1. ISBN 978-1482647907.
  24. ^ Halling, Yvonne (28 February 2013). Bed and Breakfast Magic: How to Transform Your Bed and Breakfast Into A Booming 6 Figure Business. CreateSpace Independent. p. 21. ISBN 978-1482647907.
  25. ^ Halling, Yvonne (28 February 2013). Bed and Breakfast Magic: How to Transform Your Bed and Breakfast Into A Booming 6 Figure Business. CreateSpace Independent Publishing. p. 23. ISBN 978-1482647907.
  26. ^ Berg, Marie Grace. "Today's Leading Women". Today's Leading Women. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  27. ^ Prendeville, Tom (17 March 2013). "Oprah Show star is turning firms around". Sunday Independent. Vol. 108, no. 11. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  28. ^ Robbins, Denye (22 September 2013). Reveolution: The Return of the Divine Feminine. CreateSpace Independent Publishing. p. 271. ISBN 978-1482716771.
  29. ^ Buckley, Dan (28 March 2012). "Irish film-maker joins Oprah as TV life coach". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  30. ^ Fitzgerald, Aine (17 December 2011). "Croagh's Marie wins award in Middle East". Limerick Leader.
  31. ^ Seright, Dolores (20 September 2011). Shattering Barriers: Amazing Women's Journeys to Personal Empowerment. Passport To Your Dreams. p. 175. ISBN 978-0983805809.
  32. ^ O'Rourke, Evelyn. "The Drive By with Colm Hayes Show". Raidió Teilifís Éireann. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  33. ^ "Autism preschool's surprise R20,000+ donation". Show Me. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  34. ^ Travel News, NI (3 December 2021). "Paying It Forward In South Africa". NI Travel News. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  35. ^ "EML Honoured With A Gamechanger Progress Champion Award 2022 For Diversity, Equity & Inclusion". EML (ASX: EML) Newsroom. EML (ASX: EML). Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  36. ^ O'Rourke, Evelyn. "The Drive By with Colm Hayes Show". Raidió Teilifís Éireann. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  37. ^ Lublin, Jill. "The Business Owner Publicity Podcast". Podcast Chart. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  38. ^ Leonard, Sue (6 May 2013). "Purple Success – Helping others realise their dreams". Irish Examiner. No. 59345. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  39. ^ Butler, Laura (11 April 2012). "Charity chief Marie's tears at meeting Oprah". Herald. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  40. ^ Ryan, Donna. "Migraine Youth Information Day a First for Ireland". Migraine Association of Ireland. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  41. ^ Grace-Kelly, Eve (30 November 2010). Ultimate Life Lessons. Ecademy Press Ltd. p. 54. ISBN 978-1905823925.
  42. ^ O'Regan, Ellen (5 December 2021). "Limerick woman describes frantic return from South Africa amid Omicron panic". The Irish Examiner. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
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