Eileen Dunne is an Irish newscaster

News presenter

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 and radio presenter. She currently presents RTÉ News: Nine O'Clock

RTÉ News: Nine O'Clock

RTÉ News: Nine O'Clock is the flagship evening news programme for Irish television channel RTÉ One. It is presented by Anne Doyle, and deputised by Eileen Dunne. It is the final comprehensive news programme of the day on RTÉ One...

on RTÉ One

RTÉ One

RTÉ One is the flagship television channel of Raidió Teilifís Éireann , and it is the most popular and most watched television channel in Ireland. It was launched as Telefís Éireann on 31 December 1961, it was renamed RTÉ Television in 1966, and it was renamed as RTÉ One upon the launch of RTÉ...

 and is afternoon newsreader on RTÉ Radio

RTÉ Radio

RTÉ Radio is a department of Irish national broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann. RTÉ Radio broadcasts four analogue channels and five digital channels....

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Dunne is the daughter of Mick Dunne

Mick Dunne

Michael ‘Mick’ Dunne was an Irish sports journalist who pioneered television coverage of Gaelic Games.-Birth and childhood:He was born 27 May 1929 in Clonaslee, County Laois, one of two sons of Francis Dunne, insurance agent, and Agnes Dunne , schoolteacher...

, who was a correspondent with RTÉ. She was born in Dublin, living in Clontarf

Clontarf

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. Dunne studied Arts in University College Dublin

University College Dublin

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, and joined RTÉ in 1980 as a continuity announcer.

She moved to RTÉ News in 1984, and began presenting television news bulletins. Currently, she alternates presentation of RTÉ News: Nine O'Clock

RTÉ News: Nine O'Clock

RTÉ News: Nine O'Clock is the flagship evening news programme for Irish television channel RTÉ One. It is presented by Anne Doyle, and deputised by Eileen Dunne. It is the final comprehensive news programme of the day on RTÉ One...

and afternoon newsreading on RTÉ Radio with Anne Doyle

Anne Doyle

Anne Doyle is a newsreader for the Irish broadcaster, Raidió Teilifís Éireann . She currently presents RTÉ News: Nine O'Clock. She is "the most popular television newsreader for a generation" and is regarded as an icon....

 on a seven days on and seven days off basis.

She has also presented a programme on RTÉ lyric fm

RTÉ lyric fm

RTÉ lyric fm is an Irish classical music radio station, owned by the public-service broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann. The station, which is based in Limerick, was launched in 1999 and is available on FM in Ireland, on satellite, on Sky Digital in Ireland and United Kingdom and via the...

 called Eileen Dunne's Classic Melodies; the series ended in 2010. Now Eileen Dunne can also be heard on the radio with her new series called The God Slot which airs right after the 10.00 p.m. RTÉ Radio 1 news every Friday which started on Friday 23rd September 2011 and will run for a number of weeks. She sits on the Executive Board of the Association of European Journalists

Association of European Journalists

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In May 2011, she fronted RTÉ television coverage of Queen Elizabeth II's visit to the Republic of Ireland

Queen Elizabeth II's visit to the Republic of Ireland

Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh made a state visit to the Republic of Ireland from 17 May to 20 May 2011, at the invitation of the President of Ireland, Mary McAleese....

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She is married to Macdara Ó Fátharta

Macdara Ó Fátharta

Macdara Ó Fátharta, Irish actor, plays the part of the villain Tadhg on the Irish language TG4 drama, Ros na Rún.A native of Inis Meáin, Ó Fátharta has been a regular member of the cast since its first season in 1996. Prior to that he had spent two years with an acting school with the Abbey Theatre...

, who plays Tadhg on TG4

TG4

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's Ros na Rún

Ros na Rún

Ros na Rún is an Irish soap opera produced for Irish language TV channel TG4. It broadcasts for 35 weeks of the year, airing 2 episodes each week.It airs in Ireland, Scotland and the United States.-Show history:...

, and they have one son.