A Clear voice on the board

Margaret E Ward is known as a journalist, but it was her passion for business and her flair as an entrepreneur that saw her appointed to the board of RTE.

Margaret E Ward: ‘The function of journalism is not to be friends with people, it’s to report on the issues of the day’ Picture: Feargal Ward

‘A stroke of genius”. That’s how Margaret E Ward described the appointment of Moya Doherty as chairman of the RTE Authority.

“If anybody is going to get something done, it’s a producer,” she said. “What does a producer do all day? They come up with ideas, they get people together, they choose the right people, the right teams and they get stuff done.”

Ward, a campaigning businesswoman who is herself accustomed to getting ...