Margaret Ward
Saint Margaret Ward (died 30 August 1588), the "pearl of Tyburn", was an English Catholic martyr who was executed during the reign of Elizabeth I for assisting a priest to escape from prison. Her date of birth is unknown, but she was born in Congleton, Cheshire. She was canonised in 1970, as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.
Life
Margaret Ward was living in London in the service of a lady of the "first rank" when she learned of the severe maltreatment of Richard Watson, a priest confined at Bridewell Prison. She obtained permission to visit him. She was thoroughly searched before and after early visits, but gradually the authorities became less cautious, and she managed to smuggle a rope into the prison. Fr. Watson escaped, but hurt himself in so doing, and left the rope hanging from the window. The boatman whom Ward had engaged to convey him down the river then refused to carry out the bargain. Ward, in her distress, confided in another boatman, John Roche, who undertook to assist her. He provided a boat, and exchanged clothes with the priest. Fr. Watson escaped, but Roche was captured in his place, and Ward, having been Fr. Watson's only visitor, was also arrested.
Margaret Ward (journalist)
Margaret Ward is an Irish journalist. She joined RTÉ in 1994, before becoming Foreign Editor in 1999.
Education and Career
Ward obtained a Bachelor of Arts in International Marketing and Languages from Dublin City University in 1985. She worked in business and non-governmental organization.
RTÉ
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.
Ward has also made two documentaries for RTÉ. One programme was on Ireland and World War I and another on the Rwandan Genocide.
China
RTÉ moved Ward to Beijing, People's Republic of China in 2007, setting up a news bureau there ahead of the 2008 Olympic Games. In China, she also covered the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. After €2 million in budget cuts, the bureau was closed in 2009, giving RTÉ a saving of €75,000.
Margaret Ward (disambiguation)
Margaret Ward was a saint.
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