She joined RTÉ News and Current Affairs in 1994 . She was appointed Foreign Editor in 1999 . In her time at RTÉ she has provided coverage from over 20 countries and has reported from conflicts in Balkans , Afghanistan , Kosovo , Rwanda , North Korea and Sudan . Ward has also acted as a location producer for RTÉ during the Good Friday Agreement and the Omagh bombing . After a leave of absence from RTÉ beginning in September 2006 , she wrote about her experiences in Chad in August 2007
Omagh bombing
Omagh bombing
Margaret Ward (journalist)