Valerie McGovern was an Irish radio and television broadcaster. She worked as a continuity announcer, and read the news on

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 ...

Television starting in 1977. McGovern presented the programme ''Summer Lookaround'' with

Bunny Carr Bernard "Bunny" Carr (31 July 1927 – 19 September 2018) was an Irish television presenter. He presented shows such as '' Quicksilver'', ''Teen Talk'' and ''Going Strong'' on RTÉ. He later set up his own communications and public relations c ...

on RTÉ TV. The weekly magazine programme, ''Summer Scene'' was presented by McGovern, along with Joe Mac Anthony. She was the television commentator of the 1970 Eurovision Song Contest, which Ireland won, for RTÉ.Ireland at Eurovision
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