Aoife Ní Thuairisg is an

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presenter on

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, Ireland's Irish language television station. Aoife co-hosted TG4's 2015 Gradam Ceoil traditional Irish music awards show. Aoife Ní Thuairisg was born in

Inverin Inverin (, meaning "mouth of the river") is a Gaeltacht village between Baile na hAbhann and Minna in County Galway, Ireland. There are Irish-language summer colleges in the area, most notably Coláiste Lurgan and Coláiste Uí Chadhain. The v ...

in Conamara and has two brothers and one sister. Before working in television, she ran her own business. She started working as a presenter on TG4 in 1997, and now presents the weather and is also a continuity announcer. She has presented various programmes in the past, including ''

Glór Tíre ''Glór Tíre'' (, "voice of the country") is a reality-based talent search for Ireland's newest country and western music star. It has been running for a number of seasons on TG4 TG4 ( ga, TG Ceathair, ) is an Irish free-to-air public ...

'', the popular country music show, and the ''Féilte'' series, as well as live coverage of the

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. She has also produced several programmes herself. She produced several episodes of the successful series ''

Paisean Faisean ''Paisean Faisean'' ("Fashion Passion") is an Irish language television dating show broadcast on TG4. It was presented in the first three series by Aoife Ní Thuairisg, and in the fourth series by Bláthnaid Nic Dhonnchadha and Mairéad Ní ...

''. However, she became involved in controversy when she refused to present a show featuring

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men, as she is a

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