Samantha Libreri

Samantha Libreri (, born 13 October 1982) is an Irish journalist for RTÉ News, where she has been the Eastern correspondent since 2024.

Early life
Libreri was born in Dublin in 1983 and grew up in Finglas. Her surname is from a Maltese great-grandfather.

She attended University College Dublin, where she edited The University Observer and received a B.A. in English and Sociology.

Career
As a student, Libreri began working as a news assistant for RTÉ News in 2000. In 2004 she won six National Student Media Awards (Smedias). In 2005, she was hired as a journalist for RTÉ. In 2007 she won a Justice Media Award for her work on road safety with Charlie Bird and in 2011 and 2012 she was named Transport Journalist of the Year. During her twenty-year career as a reporter, Libreri covered issues in the Greater Dublin Area in addition to major stories such as the Carrickmines fire, as well as presenting RTÉ's Morning Ireland and Drivetime radio programmes.

In 2012 she wrote a book about the people of Finglas: Finglas: A People's Portrait, with photographs by Darren Kinsella.

In April 2024, Libreri was appointed Eastern correspondent for RTÉ News, reporting on social, economic, cultural and political developments in all of Dublin, east Meath, north and east Kildare and north Wicklow.

Personal life
Libreri is a lifelong fan of Shamrock Rovers F.C.

Libreri is married to Niall Colman. She gave birth to her first child at the end of 2013, a son. She later had a daughter. They live in Clontarf, Dublin.