Sharon Tobin (born 11 October 1979) is an Irish journalist and newsreader working for

RTÉ (RTÉ) (; Irish language, Irish for "Radio & Television of Ireland") is the Public broadcaster, national broadcaster of Republic of Ireland, Ireland headquartered in Dublin. It both produces and broadcasts programmes on RTÉ Television, telev ...

, Ireland's national radio and television station, where she has co-presented the '' Six One News'', alongside David McCullagh, since September 2023. She has also presented the '' One O'Clock News'' and '' Nine O'Clock News''.

Career

After completing the

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and a brief stint at the Institute of Education, Tobin attained a

Higher National Diploma Higher National Diploma (HND), part of the Higher Nationals suite of qualifications, is an academic higher education qualification in the United Kingdom and various other countries. They were first introduced in England and Wales in 1920 alongsi ...

(HND) in radio production and journalism and a media production management degree from Ballyfermot College of Further Education, then known as Ballyfermot Senior College. Upon graduation, she landed her first job with

East Coast FM East Coast FM (formerly known as BLB, Horizon FM, then East Coast Radio) is an Irish local radio station broadcasting from Bray, County Wicklow under a sound broadcasting contract from the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland The station operates ...

in Bray, County Wicklow and later worked for the ''

Liffey Champion The ''Liffey Champion'' is a local newspaper for north County Kildare and the Lucan area of west Dublin in Ireland. It is based in Leixlip. The first edition was printed on 17 May 1991. Published weekly every Thursday, the paper is in a tabl ...

'' and '' Show Business Weekly''. She also worked at a

community radio station Community radio is a radio service offering a third model of radio broadcasting in addition to commercial and public broadcasting. Community stations serve geographic communities and communities of interest. They broadcast content that is popular ...

in west Dublin, presenting and working on the news. Tobin went on to work at

TV3 News Virgin Media News (formerly TV3 News and then 3News Ireland) is the news division of Virgin Media Television in Ireland, owned by Liberty Global. The news division produces news and current affairs programming for free-to-air channels Virgin M ...

, where she focused on international news and was also a newsreader, before moving to

RTÉ News RTÉ News and Current Affairs ( ga, Nuacht agus Cúrsaí Reatha RTÉ), also known as RTÉ News (''Nuacht RTÉ''), is the national news service provided by Irish public broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann. Its services include local, nationa ...

in July 2008 as a journalist. Tobin was named as one of four presenters to host ''Monday Night Live'', a new eight-part current affairs panel series on

RTÉ One RTÉ One ( ga, RTÉ a hAon) is an Irish free-to-air flagship television channel owned and operated by Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ). It is the most-popular and most-watched television channel in the country and was launched as ''Telefís � ...

, in September 2022. In September 2023, Tobin took over as co-anchor of the '' RTÉ News: Six One'' alongside David McCullagh.

Personal life

Tobin married music industry worker Paul Dunne in 2008. They have two children, a son and daughter. The couple split in 2017.

References

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