Mary Wilson is well-known as the first wife of the late Irish sports commentator Tony O’Donoghue.
Mary Wilson is an Irish broadcaster and journalist.
She was born on May 17, 1967 in Dublin, Ireland.
Wilson commenced her career at RTÉ’s local radio service in Cork before moving to Dublin. While there she worked across a wide range of areas in the RTÉ Newsroom. Prior to presenting Drivetime, she was the legal affairs correspondent for RTÉ News and Current Affairs between 1996 and 2002.
She won the “ESB National Media Awards Journalist of the Year” in 2000. In 2002, she was promoted to the post of legal affairs editor.
Wilson went on to present Drivetime from 2006 to September 2020.
She has presented the RTÉ radio programme Morning Ireland on RTÉ Radio 1 since September 2020.
Mary Wilson and Tony O’Donoghue married in 1994. However, the pair divorced in 2005.
Through their union, the former couple had a daughter, Aoife.
Mary Wilson is currently married to West Dublin GP Hugh Daly.