Gráinne Seoige

Gráinne Seoige (Irish pronunciation: [ˈɡɾˠaːnʲə ˈʃoːɟə], born 5 November 1973) is an Irish journalist, news anchor and documentary and entertainment television presenter.She is the only television personality to have worked with all four Republic of Ireland televisions stations.; TG4, TV3, RTÉ one and RTÉ two. Seoige made broadcast history by reading the inaugural news bulletin on Tnag ( now TG4 ), TV3, and sky news Ireland.Seoige is the only news anchor to have presented the inaugural news bulletins on two Irish terrestrial stations, TV3 and TG4, and she is the first television personality to have worked with all four Republic of Ireland television stations; TG4, TV3, RTÉ One and RTÉ Two.She joined RTÉ in 2006 where she co-presented afternoon chat show Seoige for three years alongside her sister Síle. Other high-profile roles for the broadcaster have included presenting The All Ireland Talent Show, co-presenting Up for the Match, hosting the People of the Year Awards, documentary series Gráinne Seoige's Modern Life,and Great Irish Journies which looked at Ireland during the Famine in 1849.Grainne worked on ITV's breakfast show GMTV reporting and presenting and was Features Editor on its successor Daybreak from 2010–11.In fact she has presented 3 British breakfast television shows Sky News Sunrise with Eamonn Holmes, GMTV & Daybreak.Seoige presented the Irish jury votes at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012.And was one of the presenters on BBC1 show That's Britain in 2012.Her name is pronounced "Grawn-ya Show-ig-eh".

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Birth dateNovember 05, 1963
Birth place
Republic of Ireland , County Galway , Spiddal
Nationality
Irish people
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