- Ray Kennedy (journalist)
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footnotes =Ray Kennedy is an Irish news journalist currently working as Ireland Correspondent for
Sky News inDublin . He was one of theSky News Ireland 's two anchors for its twice-weeknightly programmes alongside colleagueBrian Daly , following the departure of previous Sky News Ireland anchorGráinne Seoige .Before joining Sky News, Kennedy worked as a reporter and anchor for Irish channels
RTÉ and TV3. His career began in 1989, working with various newspaper groups before both radio and television presenting.He is considered one of Ireland's most experienced television presenters. Covering most major Irish news stories of the past two decades.
Overseas assignments have included the funeral of
Princess Diana in 1997. The war and refugee crisis inKosovo 1999. In recent years he covered the 2004Asian Tsunami for Sky News, and was also dispatched by Sky for the death ofPope John Paul II and election ofPope Benedict in Rome. In 2004 Ray Kennedy covered the US presidential election live fromWashington . He has also spent time working from Sky News center in London.In 2006 he was nominated one of Ireland's favourite news presenters at the TV Now Awards.
Ray is based in Dublin, is married with children, and is a fanatic of Shelbourne Football Club.
External links
* [http://www.skynewsgreenroom.co.uk/SkyNewsGreenroom/presenters/4/biography.asp?id=112 Profile on Sky News]
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