Sinéad Desmond (born 11 September 1974) is an Irish journalist and television presenter.

Career

Working in London for the majority of her career in print journalism, she was a writer and reporter for many major newspaper and magazine titles. In 2007 she became the longest serving female anchor of ''

Ireland AM ''Ireland AM'' is an Irish morning television show on Virgin Media One. It airs live every weekday from 07:00 to 10:00, and weekends from 9:00 to 12:00. The program features news, current affairs, weather updates, showbiz, fashion, beauty, f ...

'', a morning television show on

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. She became a household name in the ten years she presented the show. In November 2017 she resigned due to a

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dispute. Desmond has not spoken about this publicly except to say the matter is now a legal one. Desmond has also worked as a columnist for several publications, including ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Personal life

Desmond is a

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speaker of French, German and Italian. Her agent is Noel Kelly, of NK Management. On 10 June 2008, she was rushed to hospital having suffered a brain haemorrhage on the set of ''Ireland AM''. She made a full recovery and weeks later was released from hospital. In September 2009, after suffering

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, she was rescued by a helicopter on

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. In 2014, she danced in the Breast Cancer Ireland's Strictly Against Breast Cancer Fundraiser.

References

1974 births 20th-century Irish journalists 21st-century Irish people Living people The Observer people People educated at Holy Child Killiney Broadcasters from County Dublin Irish columnists Writers from County Dublin Irish women columnists {{Ireland-tv-bio-stub