Wendy Austin has been a fixture on Northern Ireland’s airwaves since the mid-seventies, first as a television news correspondent and then as a respected broadcaster. During a journalistic career that spanned the better part of five decades, Wendy made her name as a stalwart of BBC radio, fronting Good Morning Ulster and Talkback for the Corporation in Northern Ireland, as well as Woman’s Hour and PM on Radio 4. Her voice chronicled changing eras and landmark events: the hunger strikes, the Omagh bombing, Margaret Thatcher’s downfall and Nelson Mandela’s release from prison.

In this episode of Little Inspirations, host Declan Lawn chats to Wendy about her experiences during those formative years as a cub reporter, the inspiration she draws from family and her simple hopes for a post-COVID life. She also discusses her “joyful” late brother, David, from whose memory she draws strength every day.