Shelagh Fogarty (born 13 January 1966) is a

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and

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presenter and

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. She currently presents the afternoon programme on

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, having previously co-hosted the

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breakfast show with Nicky Campbell.

Early life

Fogarty was born in

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, Liverpool. Her Irish parents moved to England in the late 1950s. One of six children, She went to the Mary Help of Christians R.C. High School, a girls' Catholic

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run by the Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco, on Stonebridge Lane in

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. She studied French and Spanish at

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, spending a year in

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and graduating in 1988.

Career

Learning her trade, she worked as a BBC trainee at Radio Humberside, Radio Guernsey, Radio Bristol,

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and

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. She co-hosted the Radio Merseyside breakfast show in the early 1990s with Roger Summerskill for around three years, entitled ''Morning Merseyside''. In 1998, she moved to ''Merseyside Tonight'' on Radio Merseyside. Fogarty joined Radio 4 in 1994, and went freelance in 1999.

Five Live

She then moved on to

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where she co-presented ''Weekend Breakfast'' before moving to co-host the ''Breakfast'' programme with Nicky Campbell. In April 2011, Fogarty took over from

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on the lunchtime show.Shelagh Fogarty to leave BBC 5 live's breakfast show
BBC News, 14 December 2010 The show covered news, sport and interviews. Each day there was a special feature. On Mondays the feature was the sports team. Health was covered on Tuesdays. The programme was broadcast from Westminster on Wednesdays when Fogarty was joined by political correspondent

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, a guest journalist and three members of Parliament to cover Prime Minister's Questions. Thursday's consumer desk included Martin Lewis. Five Life on Fridays looked at work and lifestyle. In January 2008, she had a gun pointed at her and her film crew while filming a report for

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's ''

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'', in

where she was brought up. She had been asked to return to the area to see how safe she felt walking around after dark. In January 2010, Fogarty joined the presenting team of '' The Daily Politics'', co-hosting the show on Thursdays with Andrew Neil. In March 2010, she swam a mile in The Serpentine in

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for

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. In July 2014, Fogarty announced that she would be leaving 5 Live to explore other opportunities. Her final programme was broadcast on 3 September.

LBC

Following a period as a guest presenter with

, in December 2014 it was announced that Fogarty would join the station to present its 1:00 pm-4:00 pm weekday slot.

Awards

Fogarty won the Sony Silver Award in 2007 for the 5 Live Breakfast programme as Best News and Current Affairs Programme with Nicky Campbell.

Controversy

Fogarty crossed

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s during the 2005 BBC strike. At 7:00 am on the day of the strike, Fogarty went on air live, without co-presenter Nicky Campbell and without giving herself a name-check. Sports reporter Alistair Bruce-Ball responded: "Thanks, Shelagh", as she handed over to him. During a December 2009 breakfast show, she chastised rock band Rage Against the Machine for their use of profanity.

References

External links

Shelagh Fogarty
Yellow Poppy Media
Shelagh Fogarty on LBC
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