Sharon Ní Bheoláin (, approximately ; born Boland on 15 February 1971) is an Irish journalist, newsreader and presenter with

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(RTÉ), Ireland's national public service radio and television broadcaster, for which she has presented many flagship programmes including ''

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'', '' RTÉ News: One O'Clock and'' '' RTÉ News: Six One'' as well as all other news bulletins on both radio and television. In 2018, she became the co-anchor of '' RTÉ News: Nine O'Clock'' sharing presenting duties with

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, while it was also announced that she would present ''

Crimecall ''Crimecall'' is a television show broadcast once monthly on RTÉ. It is co-produced in Dublin, Ireland by Green Ink Ltd and 360 Production South Ltd. Since January 2018, the show is presented by Sharon Ní Bheoláin. It is a second RTÉ adapta ...

'' every month along with presenting '' Leaders' Questions'' every Wednesday and Thursday morning during the Dáil term.

Early life and education

Sharon Boland was born in

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, 15 February 1971. Though not a native Irish speaker, she graduated from

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(TCD), with a

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honours degree in early and modern Irish in 1992.

Career

Before joining RTÉ, she worked for the Dublin radio station, Raidió Na Life.''Turas Teanga'' - Presenter (Sharon Ní Bheoláin)

11 September 2008, Irish Independent Ní Bheoláin began her career with RTÉ in 1994, presenting ''

'' and in 1997, she became the presenter of '' News 2''. Throughout the early 2000s, she had sporadic appearances on various RTÉ News programmes, including the '' Six One News'', the '' Nine O'Clock News'' and on

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's news programmes. In 2005, she became permanent co-presenter of the ''Six One News''. In November 2013, Ní Bheoláin revealed that she would be leaving ''Six One News'' to pursue something new. She also presented the short-run RTÉ series ''Turas Teanga'', which helped viewers learn the

Irish language Irish ( Standard Irish: ), also known as Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language family, which is a part of the Indo-European language family. Irish is indigenous to the island of Ireland and was ...

. In 2018, she became the co-anchor of the '' Nine O'Clock News'', sharing presenting duties with

Personal life

Ní Bheoláin married cameraman Kevin Cantrell in 1999, settling in Clontarf; they have one daughter. They split up in 2005. Her partner since 2009 is vet Finbarr Heslin. In 2014, she was the victim of two online stalkers.

References

External links

RTÉ's ''Six One News''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ni Bheolain, Sharon 1971 births 20th-century Irish people 21st-century Irish people Living people Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Irish radio presenters Irish women radio presenters Irish women television presenters RTÉ newsreaders and journalists People from Malahide