Sharon Ní Bheoláin

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name = Sharon Ní Bheoláin


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residence = Clontarf, Dublin
nationality = Irish
other_names = Sharon Boland
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education = Honours degree: early and modern Irish, Trinity College
employer = RTÉ
occupation = Newsreader
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Sharon Ní Bheoláin (surname pronEng|nʲiː vʲoʊlˠaːn) is is a television newsreader with Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ.) in the Republic of Ireland. Today, she is best known as co-anchor of RTÉ One’s .

Early and private life

Sharon Ní Bheoláin is the Irish translation of the English name 'Sharon Boland'. Sharon prefers to use the Irish version of her name, and this is the name by which she almost exclusively known. She graduated from Trinity College Dublin (TCD) with an honours BA degree in early and modern Irish. [http://www.rte.ie/tv/turasteanga/presenter.html "Turas Teanga" - Presenter (Sharon Ní Bheoláin)] . This Page also contains a Photo of her.] For a brief period in the mid-1990s she was a teacher of Irish at Castleknock Community College, Castleknock, Dublin and Coláiste Columba in An Cheathrú Rua in Galway. [ [http://www.ratemyteachers.ie/schools/ireland/dublin_15/castleknock_college/sharon__ni_bheolain RateMyTeachers.ie - Sharon Ní Bheoláin] .]

Before joining RTÉ she worked for the Dublin radio station, 'Raidió na Life'. [http://www.rte.ie/tv/turasteanga/presenter.html "Turas Teanga" - Presenter (Sharon Ní Bheoláin)] .]

She is separated from her freelance cameraman husband Kevin Cantrell [ [http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/news-gossip/ni-bheolain-asks-for-privacy-after-marriage-split-1473426.html "Ni Bheolain asks for privacy after marriage split"] ] and has a daughter named Faye, born in late 2002. cite web
url=http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/2003/09/04/story641402826.asp
title=Reading aloud to children ‘holds key to genius’
author=Vivien Kilfeather
work=Irish Examiner
date=Thursday, 4 September 2003
accessdate=2008-05-09] [ [http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-129864585.html "My baby girl is the light of my life..."] "The Mirror" (London), 3 August, 2005 (Full Story Requires Registration).] They live at Clontarf, north Dublin. [ [http://www.rte.ie/tv/turasteanga/interview.html RTÉ Guide Interview with Sharon Ní Bheoláin] .]

Career

She is currently the co-anchor on RTÉ's Six One News bulletin. She began her career with RTÉ in 1994 presenting Nuacht RTÉ and in 1997 she became the presenter of News 2. [http://www.rte.ie/tv/turasteanga/presenter.html "Turas Teanga" - Presenter (Sharon Ní Bheoláin)] .] Throughout the early 2000s, she had sporadic appearances on various RTÉ News programmes - including Six-One News, the Nine O'Clock programme and on RTÉ Two's News programmes. In 2005 she became permanent co-presenter of "Six One News".

She also presented the short-run RTÉ series "Turas Teanga", which helped viewers learn the Irish language. It is now available in DVD and book form.

References

External links

* [http://www.rte.ie/news/6news/ RTÉ's Six One News]