| Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh | |
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| Born | 12 November 1970 [1] Ontario, Canada [1] |
| Residence | Dublin, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Occupation | Television presenter |
| Spouse | Ciaran Byrne[1] |
| Children | 4[1] |
| Parents | Sean Ó Cofaigh, Aine Nic Riogh [1] |
Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh (born 12 November 1970) is an Irish TV presenter, Gaeilgeoir and all-round personality. She has presented Echo Island, The Afternoon Show and Charity ICA Bootcamp. She was a judge in The All Ireland Talent Show and participated in Celebrity Bainisteoir.
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Ní Chofaigh is an accomplished journalist, presenter and broadcaster. Presenter of Sin É, and reporter for RTÉ News and Current Affairs, she has covered stories as diverse as The Clinton Visit; 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens BC, 2003 Special Olympics World Summer Games;[2] The Tall Ships and Female Genital Mutilation,[1] as well as the last Irish and British general elections.
Ní Chofaigh is most famous for presenting shows such as The Afternoon Show, Echo Island[1] and The RTÉ People in Need Telethon on RTÉ Television. Her first role as a TV presenter was with the teenage weekly evening show Jo Maxi during the early 1990s.
Ní Chofaigh presents the Saint Patrick's Day Parade live every year in Dublin City.
Ní Chofaigh announced the votes for Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2001.
Ní Chofaigh co-presented The Afternoon Show from the first season in 2003 but left in 2009, citing health problems as the reason for her departure, and wishing to spend more quality time with her family. The show was axed a year in 2010 a year after she left.[3] She was a judge on The All Ireland Talent Show, and had great success on the final season with her act Daniel Furlong who took home the trophy.[1]
In 2010, Ní Chofaigh took part in the TV series Celebrity Bainisteoir, managing Nobber GFC, based in her home county of Meath. She took the team as far as the semi-final and then she lost. In 2011, Ní Chofaigh began hosting a new series called Charity ICA Bootcamp, which pitted celebrities taking on each other in challenges, with the winner receiving money to give to their chosen charity.
Born in Canada, she was raised in Ráth Cairn, County Meath. She is married with four children and currently lives in Dublin. Ní Chofaigh is also a fluent Irish-speaker and is an avid language campaigner.
Ní Chofaigh is an ambassador for the charity Plan Ireland.[4][5]
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