- Síle Seoige
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name = Síle Seoige
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birth_date = 1979
birth_place =An Spidéal ,County Galway ,Ireland
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nationality = Irish flagicon|Ireland
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employer = RTÉ One
occupation = Television Presenter
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spouse = Glen Mulcahy, 2005 [ [http://www.showbizireland.com/news/november05/07-cranberries05.shtml ShowBiz Ireland] ]
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website = http://www.sileseoige.com
footnotes =Síle Seoige IPA| [ˈʃiːlʲə ˈʃoːɟə] was born in
1979 inSpiddal ,County Galway and has been a television presenter for both RTÉ and TG4 [http://www.sileseoige.com/ Sile Seoige webpage, accessed 31 October 2007] ] . She was the youngest of four children. She is fluent in both Irish and English, and has worked forRTÉ and the Irish language stationTG4 . From October 2008, she will join her older sister Gráinne and replace Joe O'Shea as co-presenter ofSeoige onRTÉ One Education and early career
She attended Scoil Mhuire at primary level and Coláiste Chroí Mhuire at secondary level. After completing her
Leaving Certificate she landed the job of hosting a movie program onTG4 called "Hollywood Anocht". There she was given the job of interviewing some of Hollywood's top talent such asBruce Willis andMeryl Streep . When "Hollywood Anocht" ended Síle becameTG4 's weather girl and continuity presenter, and after two years she moved on to host a children's programme called "Cúla4".After two years of "Cúla4" Síle took a year out and spent that time travelling. She returned to Ireland to try radio presenting. She worked for Beat 101-102, a station based in the south-east before moving to national station
Today FM . In the summer of 2004 Síle landed the job of coveringIreland 's summer festivals for RTÉ's "Nationwide".Bilingual hosting
Following this Síle presented
RTÉ 's "Up for the Match " and became a regular host on the bilingual programme "Seachtain". This news and features format was very different for Síle, but she revelled in the opportunity to get out amongst the public and it gave her a firm footing in production, scripting and media law. Síle was also approached to be the face for "Seachtain na Gaeilge", a week where everything Irish is celebrated. She produced a four part series forRTÉ called "Coiscéim" and appeared with The Devilins on a compilation CD "SnaG-05" featuring bands from Ireland singing in Irish.Since "Seachtain na Gaeilge" Síle has presented
RTÉ 's coverage of the 2005St. Patrick's Day Parade and finished in third place in aYou're A Star Charity Special. She presented last years series of You're A Star.Currently she is presenting a bilingual English-Irish current affairs programme on
RTÉ One calledPobal .Notes
External links
* [http://www.sileseoige.com Síle's Official Site]
* [http://www.rte.ie/news/pobal.html Pobal's site]
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