Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh: Difference between revisions
Mitsuko045 (talk | contribs) m Added citation |
Mitsuko045 (talk | contribs) m Added citation |
||
| Line 52: | Line 52: | ||
|accessdate=29 November 2010}}</ref> |
|accessdate=29 November 2010}}</ref> |
||
Bláthnaid is an accomplished journalist, presenter and broadcaster. Presenter of Sin É, and reporter for RTÉ News and Current Affairs, she has covered stories as diverse as The Clinton Visit; Olympic Games in Athens 2004 BC, The Special Olympics 2003; The Tall Ships and Female Genital Mutilation, as well as the last Irish and British general elections. |
Bláthnaid is an accomplished journalist, presenter and broadcaster. Presenter of Sin É, and reporter for RTÉ News and Current Affairs, she has covered stories as diverse as The Clinton Visit; Olympic Games in Athens 2004 BC, The Special Olympics 2003;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rte.ie/tv/therestaurant/nichofaigh/nichofaigh_blathnaid.html |title=The Resturant|Guest Chefs| Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh |publisher=RTÉ |accessdate=29 November 2010}}</ref> The Tall Ships and Female Genital Mutilation, as well as the last Irish and British general elections. |
||
In 2010 Blathnaid took part in the tv series [[Celebrity Bainisteoir]], managing [[Nobber GAA|Nobber GFC]], based in her home county in Co.Meath where they reached the semi-final where she ran once. |
In 2010 Blathnaid took part in the tv series [[Celebrity Bainisteoir]], managing [[Nobber GAA|Nobber GFC]], based in her home county in Co.Meath where they reached the semi-final where she ran once. |
||
Revision as of 04:14, 29 November 2010
 |
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (August 2010) |
Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh | |
|---|---|
| Born | 12 November 1970 |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Occupation | Television presenter |
| Children | 4 |
Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh (born 12 November 1970) is an Irish TV personality.Born in Canada, she was raised in Ráth Cairn, County Meath. Blathnaid is most famous for presenting shows such as The Afternoon Show, Echo Island and The RTÉ People in Need Telethon on RTÉ Television. Her first role as a tv presenter was with the teenage weekly evening show Jo Maxi during the early 1990s. She is married with four children and currently lives in Dublin. Ní Chofaigh is also a fluent Irish-speaker and is an avid language campaigner. She is currently a judge The All Ireland Talent Show. Blathnaid also presents the St. Patricks Day Parade live every year in Dublin City.
Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh has co-presented The Afternoon Show since the first season in 2003 but left in 2009 due to controversial circumstances involving a complaint of being a big bully from her co-star Sheena Keane. However the show was axed a year in 2010 a year after Blathnaid left. Blathnaid then said she left because she was sick with a twisted bowel and wanted to spend more quality time with her family. She has refused to spoke openly about any big bullying allegations made by her former co-star.[1]
Bláthnaid is an accomplished journalist, presenter and broadcaster. Presenter of Sin É, and reporter for RTÉ News and Current Affairs, she has covered stories as diverse as The Clinton Visit; Olympic Games in Athens 2004 BC, The Special Olympics 2003;[2] The Tall Ships and Female Genital Mutilation, as well as the last Irish and British general elections.
In 2010 Blathnaid took part in the tv series Celebrity Bainisteoir, managing Nobber GFC, based in her home county in Co.Meath where they reached the semi-final where she ran once.
Blathnaid is an ambassador for the charity Plan Ireland.[3][4]
References
- ^ "RTÉ star hospitalised after bullying complaint". Sunday Tribune. Retrieved 29 November 2010.
- ^ "The Resturant". RTÉ. Retrieved 29 November 2010.
{{cite web}}: Text "Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh" ignored (help); Text "Guest Chefs" ignored (help) - ^ "Ambassador for Girls". Plan Ireland. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
- ^ "Because I am a Girl". Plan Ireland. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
External links
 | This Irish biographical article related to television is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- Unreferenced BLPs from August 2010
- 1970 births
- Canadian people of Irish descent
- Irish people of Canadian descent
- Irish television personalities
- People from Dublin (city)
- People from County Meath
- The All Ireland Talent Show judges
- Living people
- RTÉ television
- Irish people stubs
- European television biography stubs
- Ireland television stubs