Sinéad Desmond (born 11 September 1974) is an Irish journalist and television presenter.
Career
editWorking in London for the majority of her career in print journalism, she was a writer and reporter for many major newspaper and magazine titles. In 2007 she became the longest serving female anchor of Ireland AM, a morning television show on TV3. She became a household name in the ten years she presented the show. In November 2017 she resigned due to a gender pay gap dispute. Desmond has not spoken about this publicly except to say the matter is now a legal one.[1] Desmond has also worked as a columnist for several publications, including The Observer, Marie Claire, Vogue and Sun.[2]
Personal life
editDesmond is a fluent speaker of French, German and Italian.
Her agent is Noel Kelly, of NK Management.[3]
On 10 June 2008, she was rushed to hospital having suffered a brain haemorrhage on the set of Ireland AM. She made a full recovery and weeks later was released from hospital.[4]
In September 2009, after suffering altitude sickness, she was rescued by a helicopter on Mont Blanc.[4]
In 2014, she danced in the Breast Cancer Ireland's Strictly Against Breast Cancer Fundraiser.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Ireland AM presenter Sinead Desmond has quit TV3 breakfast show after 11 years". 20 November 2017.
- ^ TV3 Ireland, Programmes Archived 2008-02-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Meagher, John (20 November 2011). "Why RTE stars call Noel Kelly 'The Godfather': He is agent to the big names and he negotiated their huge salaries. Who is he -- and how did he become so powerful?". Sunday Independent.
- ^ a b "TV3 star Desmond rescued off Mont Blanc". RTÉ. 16 September 2009. Archived from the original on 22 September 2009. Retrieved 16 September 2009.
- ^ "Sinead Desmond as you've never seen her before – Dirty dancing". evoke.ie. 2 December 2014.
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