Geraldine McInerney was an Irish journalist and
continuity announcer
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on
Raidió Teilifís Éireann
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(RTÉ), Ireland's national broadcaster, during the early 1970s. She went on to become the first woman to read the news on
RTÉ Television in October 1975.
She moved to the United States in the late 1970s, and worked in public relations.
A former RTÉ newsreader, her enchanting friend, and the worlds most notorious murder suspect
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, Linda Ronstadt, and The Rolling Stones were among some of her clients.
See also
* Barbara Mandell, ITN's first onscreen female newsreader in 1955
* Nan Winton, the BBC's first onscreen newsreader in 1960
References
Irish women radio presenters
Irish women journalists
RTÉ newsreaders and journalists
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
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