married Sarah Caden in 1999. She is also a journalist with the Sunday Independent and she is the daughter of John Caden, an independent television producer. The couple have two children, a daughter, born in early 2008, Anna and a daughter born in August 2010, Mary. O'Connor wrote about her diagnosis with Down syndrome in his Sunday Independent'' column in September 2010, drawing a warm response from readers. O'Connor tested positive for COVID-19 in March 2022. See also List of one-hit wonders in Ireland References External links Profile on UCC Philosoph's wiki project Profile: Brendan O'Connor From The Sunday Times O'Connor's Sunday Independent article about "Who's In The House?" O'Connor's Sunday Independent article about "The smart, ballsy guys are buying up property right now" 1970 births Living people Alumni of University College Cork Irish columnists Irish television talk show hosts Irish television personalities People from County Cork RTÉ television presenters Sunday Independent (Ireland) people Virgin Media Television (Ireland) presenters