Norah Casey

Norah Casey is an Irish businesswoman, magazine mogul, television personality and broadcaster from Dublin, Ireland.

Norah Casey
Born
Dublin, Ireland
OccupationEntrepreneur, publisher, broadcaster
Partner(s)Richard Hannaford (m. 1996; d. 2011)
Children1

Early life

Norah Casey grew up in the Phoenix Park, her father and grandfather were park rangers.[1]

Growing up, Norah worked for a period of time in the quarantine section of Dublin Zoo helping to raise gorillas. Norah cites this early experience with animals as the foundation for her love of animals. Norah now works closely with the ISPCA to encourage people to adopt animals.[2]

At 17, Norah moved from Dublin to Glasgow to study nursing. After sometime, Norah decided she needed a career change and began studying journalism and television production at Harlow College and Ealing College, respectively. Norah went on to work for several well known publications, including The Irish Post, before moving back to Ireland to start her own company.

Business career

Norah began her publishing career at the age of 28, when she was still working as a nurse.[3] She is the founder of award-winning company, Harmonia. An Irish publishing house behind such titles including, Irish Tatler, Woman's Way and U Magazine.[4]

In November 2017, it was announced that Norah had closed a deal with US-based publishing company Irish Central to sell six of Harmonia's titles to the company. Norah would remain on the board of each of the titles in an executive role.[5]

Norah still publishes Ireland's best selling Women's weekly magazine, 'Woman's Way,' along with several other contracted magazine publications.

Casey was a member of the team which facilitated and organised events as part of the World Meeting of Families, during the visit of Pope Francis in 2018.

Broadcasting career

Dragon's Den

Norah joined the panel of Dragons' Den (Irish TV series) in 2011 for two series.[6][7]

Today

Norah became the Friday host, alongside Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh, of Today with Maura and Daithi. She left the show after one series.[8]

The Takeover

Casey participated in The Takeover by RTÉ.

Norah's Traveller Academy

Norah’s Traveller Academy was an RTÉ2 show where Casey advised young ambitious Irish Traveller women who all wanted to go down certain career paths. She helped them on their journey to creating and sustaining jobs in a country where they deal with prejudice on a regular basis.[9]

Newstalk

In September 2012, Norah began presenting Newstalk's breakfast radio show. She left the station the following Summer to spend more time with her son.[10]

Dancing with the Stars

On 8 December 2017, in an appearance on The Late Late Show, Norah announced she was joining the cast of the second series of Dancing with the Stars (Irish series 2).[11]

Personal life

Norah married broadcaster Richard Hannaford on New Year's Eve 1996. They had one child together, a son, Dara, in 1998. After a short battle with cancer, Richard died on 12 October 2011.[12]

Norah was a guest on the Late Late Show on 26 May 2017, during which Norah discussed the abuse she suffered from her first husband.[13] Since this announcement, Norah has worked closely with domestic violence charities, including Women's Aid, most notably on their campaign #TooIntoYou.[14]

References
  1. "Dragons' Den judge Norah Casey: Anything but a Dragon in real life". Independent.ie. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
  2. "ISPCA Ireland - Irish SPCA - Animal Charity - Rescue Dogs, Cats, Pets, Horses - Prevent Animal Cruelty - ISPCA.ie". www.ispca.ie. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
  3. McKeigue, James (2011-05-17). "Norah Casey: How a nurse became a Dragon". MoneyWeek. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
  4. Monday; March 27; 2017 (2017-03-27). "'You're doing phenomenally well with brilliant men; why wouldn't you want brilliant women too?'". www.irishexaminer.com. Retrieved 2019-07-25.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. Paul, Mark. "Norah Casey's Harmonia sells six magazines to US group". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
  6. "Norah Casey publishing group returns to profit". Independent.ie. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
  7. "Dragons' Den judge Norah Casey: Anything but a Dragon in real life". Independent.ie. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
  8. "Here today, gone tomorrow... Norah is the second star to go off air of new-look RTE show". Independent.ie. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
  9. McDonagh, Rosaleen. "Traveller TV: we deserve more than tokenism". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
  10. Slattery, Laura. "Norah Casey leaves Newstalk breakfast show". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
  11. "Marty Morrissey and Erin McGregor among Dancing with the Stars line up". Echo Live. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
  12. "Obituary: Richard Hannaford". Independent.ie. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
  13. Boland, Rosita (2017-05-27). "Norah Casey: my first husband 'battered me senseless'". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
  14. "'He pulled me into the house and battered me senseless' - Businesswoman Norah Casey reveals abuse by former partner". Independent.ie. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
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