Will Goodbody

Will Goodbody (born 1977) is an Irish former journalist, who has served as Head of External Communications at Allied Irish Banks since February 2025. He previously was the RTÉ News Business Editor from 2018 to 2025.^[1]

Will Goodbody
Born	1977 Wicklow, Ireland
Education	Trinity College, Dublin Dublin City University
Occupation	Allied Irish Banks Head of External Communications
Years active	2001–present
Notable credit(s)	TV3 News RTÉ News

Career

Goodbody began his journalism career in the print media as a markets reporter with the Sunday Business Post in 2000. The following year he made the move to television when he joined TV3 News. Over the following two years he worked as a general news reporter.

In 2003, Goodbody joined RTÉ News where he initially worked as a reporter and occasional editor on its flagship morning radio news programme, Morning Ireland on RTÉ Radio 1. In 2005 he moved to the news desk, from where he worked as a general news journalist in Dublin and around the country and part-time Deputy Programme Editor for RTÉ News. Goodbody was RTÉ's Science and Technology correspondent between 2013 and 2018.^[2]

In November 2018, it was announced that he would succeed David Murphy as the Business Editor for RTÉ News.^[3]

In December 2024, it was announced that Goodbody would leave RTÉ to join Allied Irish Banks as Head of External Communications from February 2025.^[4]