Mark Carruthers

In 2005 he and his BBC Newsline co-presenter, Donna Traynor, lifted a prestigious IFTA (Irish Film and Television Award) for Best News Programme.Carruthers was born in Derry, grew up in Limavady, County Londonderry, studied at Coleraine Academical Institution[6] and went on to study for degrees in Political Science and Irish Politics at Queen's University Belfast.[2][7] He was appointed an OBE for services to drama in Northern Ireland in the 2011 New Year Honours list.[8] In 2013 Alternative Ulsters – Conversations on Identity was published by Liberties Press, a series of interviews by Carruthers with leading writers, actors, journalists and politicians.The following year Alternative Ulsters was shortlisted for the prestigious Christopher Ewart-Biggs Memorial Prize.
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