Caitriona Perry has explained why doesn’t share the names of her husband or two children publicly and why she keeps them out of the spotlight.
She said that her family has entitlement to privacy.
The former RTÉ presenter has never shared pictures of her kids online and she has never posed on the red carpet with her husband.
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Caitriona said: “I have a job in the public eye — they don’t.
“I think these days, we all share, some more than others, so much about our lives. You can’t ever get that back. You put that information out there, and it feels right in the moment, but I don’t want a situation by the time that my children are conscious of what the internet is, and their entire lives have been documented, that people know everything about them.
“They have an entitlement to privacy, like everyone else does. If they get to a point in life and they want to be Instagram influencers and put their whole lives out there, that’s fine, but that’s their choice to make. Until that point, you do want to kind of protect them.”
Caitriona has never tried to curry favour with the media or live a "celebrity" style lifestyle.
She told Weekend: “For me, being a journalist has always been a priority.
“I love chasing the story. I love the shoe leather stuff. And doing the jobs I’ve done, everyone kind of knows who you are.
"Every street you walk on, people say, ‘howarya Caitríona, how’s it going’. I mean, it’s nice. It’s a place of privilege.”
One story in particular propelled the now BBC presenter into the global spotlight. While working as RTE's Washington Correspondent in June 2017 Donald Trump gestured her to approach him in the Oval Office during his first phone call with then-taoiseach Leo Varadkar.
She recalled: “At the time, I had interview requests coming in from every media organisation in the world, in every country you could name. It was very interesting, because I was just doing my job.
"It was actually quite instructive as a journalist because, you know, things happen in the course of our job, and we’re all trying to chase the interview, aren’t we? It gave me an insight into what it feels like being underneath that pile-on of attention. It was intense.
“It’s actually been quite useful this time around, but obviously with Donald Trump and his entourage, a lot of them are still the same people.
"So I have contacts in that world which are very useful for trying to do my job now. If you have a tiny little bit of profile or connection, it’s quite helpful to getting the door open.”
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