RTÉ News has announced its new Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Correspondent, commencing in January 2025, the national broadcaster has confirmed.

Currently a multimedia journalist with RTÉ, Aengus Cox has worked with RTÉ News across radio, television and online since 2012.

He takes up the Correspondent role from Joe Mag Raollaigh, who now serves as the Political Coverage Editor with RTÉ News.

Aengus has reported for, edited, and presented RTÉ's flagship radio news programme Morning Ireland.

As a reporter for Morning Ireland he regularly covered food production, the environment, biodiversity and regular investigative features on the reasons behind steep rises in the cost of motor and public liability insurance.

Previously, Aengus worked as a business reporter for RTÉ News where he covered a wide range of topics including personal finance, housing, the cost of living and an extensive series on Brexit which looked at the impact the UK leaving the EU was having on various sectors such as agriculture and IT.

He has also reported from London during the summer on the British general election and the European Parliament in Strasbourg.

Most recently he travelled to Sudan, where he was one of the few western journalists reporting from inside the country on the devastation caused by the ongoing civil war there in a special series for all RTÉ News platforms airing this week.

He has also presented the European Parliament Report on television and has been a stand in presenter on This Week and News at One on RTÉ Radio 1.

Prior to working with RTÉ, Aengus was a reporter and presenter with East Coast Radio in his home county of Wicklow. He hosted a weekend current affairs programme on the station discussing the issues facing people in both urban and rural parts of the county.

Aengus holds a BA Hons in German and Politics, as well as a first-class honours Masters Degree from UCD in European Regional & Minority Studies.

"Farming in Ireland has reached a pivotal point, with competing pressures from key environmental targets and the ever-increasing cost of doing business,” Aengus said.

“Farmers are looking to quickly adapt practices in reducing carbon emissions, while at the same time needing to stay competitive. I hope to visit as many farms, agri-businesses, and other stakeholders as I can to tell these stories as they deal with this transition.

“I'm also delighted that consumer affairs is so prominent in this brief as it impacts all parts of our lives including pricing, travel cancellations and peoples consumer rights.”

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