{"id":379852,"date":"2026-04-03T11:16:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T11:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/379852\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T11:16:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T11:16:15","slug":"rtes-colm-flynn-and-wife-paola-ready-for-new-adventure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/379852\/","title":{"rendered":"RT\u00c9\u2019s Colm Flynn and wife Paola ready for ‘new adventure’"},"content":{"rendered":"

After many happy years in Italy, it\u2019s time for Irish journalist Colm Flynn and his wife Paola to embark on a new adventure.<\/p>\n

The couple, who said I Do in Co Clare in 2024<\/a>, have announced that they\u2019ll soon be packing their bags and on the move.<\/p>\n

Colm teased that a big change was on the way earlier in the week, but on Thursday confirmed that they\u2019re moving out of the city where they met and fell in love.<\/p>\n

\"colmColm Flynn and his wife Paola. Pic: Supplied <\/p>\n

They\u2019re heading stateside, relocating to Washington DC to work with EWTN, a US network that covers Catholic issues and stories of faith. Colm has been working with the station for a number of years.<\/p>\n

One of the people whom Colm and Paola, who is also a journalist, had to say goodbye to before leaving Rome was the Irish Ambassador to the Holy See, Frances Collins.<\/p>\n

Sharing a picture from their goodbyes, Colm said: \u2018Thank you so much for all your support and friendship to Paola and me during our time in Rome. You have been an incredible ambassador for Ireland and have done so much to shine a light on the great work of so many Irish missionaries around the world.<\/p>\n

\"IrishIrish journalist Colm Flynn and his wife, Paola, with the Irish Ambassador to the Holy See. Pic: Colm Flynn \/ X<\/p>\n

\u2018Thank you for allowing us to collaborate with you and, most of all, for being a true friend. Paola and I will stay in touch as we embark on our new adventure.\u2019<\/p>\n

On Thursday, they caught up with Keith Pitt, the Australian Ambassador to the Holy See. Keith clearly holds the couple in high esteem as he shared a snap of them and said: \u2018Good luck in your new adventure – will miss your inexhaustible good humour!\u2019<\/p>\n

\"IrishIrish journalist Colm Flynn and his wife Paola with the Australian Ambassador to the Holy See. Pic: Colm Flynn \/ X<\/p>\n

This won\u2019t be Colm\u2019s first rodeo in the US, as he lived in New York while working for the BBC World Service after stints at Clare FM and RT\u00c9 Radio back at home.<\/p>\n

Chatting about his last time working in the US, Colm previously told EVOKE: ‘It was so fascinating because I got to travel all over the US and meet people who had incredible stories to tell. It was also a fascinating time politically\u00a0and socially in the country.\u2019<\/p>\n

\"ColmColm Flynn and his wife Paola. Pic: X<\/p>\n

During this time, he was also freelancing for EWTN, and it was through EWTN that he ended up moving to Rome to cover the Vatican and eventually met Paola<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Telling EVOKE how they met, Colm said: ‘Paola followed me after seeing one of\u00a0my\u00a0reports, and I followed her back! Then, in true romantic style, I sent her a message\u00a0and asked her to go for lunch.<\/p>\n

‘We had a beautiful lunch on a street next to the Vatican, and as soon as it was over, I asked her to meet again.’ And the rest, as they say, was history!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After many happy years in Italy, it\u2019s time for Irish journalist Colm Flynn and his wife Paola to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":379853,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,61,60],"class_list":{"0":"post-379852","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=379852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379852\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/379853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=379852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=379852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}