Nationality Irish Spouse Macdara O Fatharta | Role Newscaster Name Eileen Dunne | |
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Occupation Journalist, broadcaster Notable credit(s) RTE News and Current AffairsRTE lyric fm TV shows RTE News: Nine O'Clock, RTE News: Six One Similar People Anne Doyle, Macdara O Fatharta, Aengus Mac Grianna, Sharon Ni Bheolain, Miriam O'Callaghan | ||
Eileen dunne
Eileen Dunne (born 22 June 1958) is an Irish newscaster and radio presenter, known as a television and radio newsreader with RTÉ. She is currently the sole anchor of RTÉ's flagship Nine O'Clock News and presents afternoon bulletins for RTÉ Radio 1.
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Dunne was born in Dublin. She studied Arts at University College Dublin before joining RTÉ in 1980 as a staff announcer. She began presenting television news bulletins in 1984.
In addition to her news work, Dunne also presented the religious affairs programme The God Slot for RTÉ Radio 1 on Friday nights, having previously presented Eileen Dunne's Classic Melodies for RTÉ lyric fm until 2010. She was the International President of the Association of European Journalists (2010-2014).
She is married to the actor Macdara Ó Fátharta who plays the part of the villain Tadhg in the Irish language TG4 drama, Ros na Rún.
Rt news 1992 with eileen dunne
