- Gráinne Seoige
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name = Gráinne Seoige
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caption = Seoige reading the news for "Sky News Ireland "
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employer =RTÉ
occupation = Broadcaster
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salary = €200,000 a year [ [http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/493618/style_queen_grainne__seoige_is_turning_heads__channels/index.html STYLE QUEEN GRAINNE ; Seoige is Turning Heads.. & Channels - Technology - redOrbit ] ]
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footnotes =Gráinne Seoige (born
5 November 1974 ) is an Irish TV presenter who was well known for her work as a news anchor onTG4 , TV3 and the now defunctSky News Ireland . She now works for the national broadcaster, RTÉ, presenting a daily magazine show with her younger sisterSile Seoige . She was born on5 November 1974 inAn Spidéal ,County Galway .Gráinne is the sister of
Síle Seoige , who is also an Irish TV presenter. Gráinne Seoige has been married to her former colleague, TV3 News Sports CorrespondentStephen Cullinane , since2002 .Career
Seoige began her career on
31 October 1996 with the launch of Teilifís na Gaeilge (nowTG4 ) anchoring the 10pm news bulletin withGillian Ni Cheallaigh . [http://www.independent.ie/national-news/nuacht-an-lae-seoige-goes-back-to-tg4-135110.html] She stayed there until1998 , when she moved to the recently launched TV3 and presented TV3's 5:30pm News (also known as "First Edition") and 6:30pm News with Alan Cantwell. Seoige also hosted News Tonight, as well as producing, writing and presenting news updates throughout the day. She was also the presenter of Ireland AM, Ireland's only breakfast programme. Seoige moved toSky News Ireland and presented news there from2004 . [http://www.independent.ie/national-news/dumped-by-fax----grainne-deals-second-body-blow-to-ailing-station-188668.html]In February 2006, Gráinne began presenting overnight bulletins on Sky News (which is often called the "graveyard shift" because of the low amount of viewers it gets). From the end of the week beginning the 6th February, Gráinne presented Sky News Today from 9am to 12pm, filling in for the regular presenters (including Martin Stanford who presented Live At 5 for a while during Jeremy Thompson's break from work) and Anna Botting and Anna Jones.
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External links
* [http://www.rte.ie/tv/seoigeandoshea/grainne.html Gráinne Seoige's Profile]
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Grainne_Seoige Gráinne Seoige group on Yahoo]
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