Sybil Mulcahy (born 1973) is an
Irish
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* Someone or something of, from, or related to:
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***Éire, Irish language name for the isle
** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...
journalist
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and
presenter
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, known for co-presenting TV3's ''
The Morning Show with Sybil & Martin
''The Morning Show with Sybil & Martin'' was a morning magazine show that aired on TV3 (Ireland). It launched on 11 May 2009 as part of a major overhaul of daytime programming on the channel. The programme aired live at 11:00 on weekdays, and ...
'' since 2009.
Early life
Born in
Ballsbridge,
Dublin
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, Mulcahy was educated locally before being conferred with a
Bachelor of Arts
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from
University College Dublin
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. She subsequently attended
University College Galway
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, where she attained a H.Dip in Applied Communications. She has also completed a marketing diploma.
Career
She began her broadcasting career in
San Diego
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in the mid-1990s, where she worked on the Education Channel as a reporter and editor in a
CBS
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affiliate. She returned to Ireland in 1999 where she joined
TV3. She worked with the station's
news division and spent several years as entertainment reporter. In 2007 Mulcahy joined TV3's entertainment show ''
Xposé
''Xposé'' is an entertainment, fashion and beauty programme that aired on Irish television from 2007 to 2019.
It was broadcast every Friday at 18:00 on Virgin Media One. It ran for a 3-day week at 20:00 on Virgin Media Two (previously known ...
'' as a reporter. She spent two years with that programme before leaving in 2009 to co-present ''
The Morning Show'' with
Martin King.
Personal life
Mulcahy married John Prendeville on 17 July 2004. The couple have three children, Hugh (born 2006), Genevieve (born 2008), and Michael (born 2012).
In February 2015, she decided to take redundancy and to operate at TV3 in a freelance contract (rather than fulltime employee) capacity.
References
External links
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1974 births
Living people
Alumni of the University of Galway
Alumni of University College Dublin
People from Ballsbridge
Virgin Media News newsreaders and journalists