Sinéad Desmond

Sinéad Desmond is an Irish journalist and television presenter. Working in London for the majority of her career in print journalism, she was a writer and reporter for many major newspaper and magazine titles. She then spent ten years working as a writer and editor on the Sun newspaper. In 2007 she became the longest serving female anchor of Ireland AM, Ireland's most popular morning television show on TV3. She became a much loved 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

Sinéad attended Holy Child Killiney Secondary School. She is a fluent speaker in French, German and Italian, and also holds a BA Hons in English and Drama and studied English, Film and Television at York University.

On 10 June 2008, Sinéad 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.[3]

In September 2009, after suffering altitude sickness, she was rescued by a helicopter on Mont Blanc.[3]

In 2014, she danced in the Breast Cancer Ireland's Strictly Against Breast Cancer Fundraiser.[4]

Sinead divorced from her ex-husband in 2016. She had been in a new relationship for the last three years.

References

  1. ↑ "Ireland AM presenter Sinead Desmond has quit TV3 breakfast show after 11 years". 20 November 2017.
  2. ↑ S TIreland, Programmes Archived 2008-02-25 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. 1 2 "TV3 star Desmond rescued off Mont Blanc". RTÉ. 16 September 2009. Archived from the original on 22 September 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-16.
  4. ↑ "Sinead Desmond as you've never seen her before – Dirty dancing". evoke.ie. 2 December 2014.


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