| Dáithí Ó Sé | |
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| Born | Dáithí Ó Sé 1976 (age 35–36) Feothanach, Dingle, County Kerry, Ireland |
| Education | Mary Immaculate College |
| Occupation | Weatherman, presenter |
| Domestic partner | Rita Talty (2009-present) |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Notable credit(s) | TG4 Weather The Rose of Tralee The All Ireland Talent Show The Daily Show |
Dáithí Ó Sé (born 1976) is an Irish television presenter. Best known as a continuity announcer and weather presenter with TG4, he currently co-hosts RTÉ One's The Daily Show.[1]
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Born in Feothanach in West Kerry, Ó Sé is the second youngest of five children born to musician and author Maidhc Dainín Ó Sé and his wife Kathleen.[2] He was educated at the local national school before later attending Dingle CBS. He subsequently completed a Bachelor of Arts in Irish and History at Mary Immaculate College in Limerick and qualified as a secondary school teacher.
After leaving university Ó Sé worked as a teacher, a butcher, a bouncer a ferry driver around the Blasket Islands and even a short stint as a ringmaster with Duffy's Circus.[3]
Ó Sé had just completed his university education and was working as a ferry driver in Kerry when he joined TG4 in 1999. He began his television career on a part-time basis as a continuity announcer and weather presenter with the Irish language station.[4]
In 2001 Ó Sé started working full-time for TG4. While continuing as a continuity announcer he quickly became one of the station's most recognisable presenters. In 2002 he presented Féilte, a ten-part summer festival programme which also featured two Christmas specials from Boston and New York. A second series of Féilte was broadcast in 2003.
Ó Sé took over as host of Clemahnas, a blind date-style programme in 2004.[5] Later year he showed his versatility when presented Coinne Le, a live Saturday night chat show, while also fronting the stations live coverage of the Galway Races. He hosted TG4's coverage of the Galway Races again in 2005.
In 2006 Ó Sé began three seasons as host of Glór Tíre, a country music talent show[6] and in 2007 he presented Dáithí ar Route 66 a travel programme about his journey on the famous U.S. highway.
He was a contestant on Charity You're a Star in 2006.
In 2007, he appeared on Celebrities Go Wild, an RTÉ reality television show in which eight celebrities had to fend for themselves in the wilds of rural Connemara.[7]
He was a guest presenter on The Panel in 2008.
He was one of the judges on RTÉ programme The All Ireland Talent Show.
On 17 May 2010, it was announced that he would host the Rose of Tralee contest for 2010.[8] He became the 11th host of the contest and the first Kerryman to compère. He was afforded a homecoming fit for a Sam Maguire Cup winner.[9] He succeeded radio broadcaster Ray D'Arcy, who presented the competition on RTÉ television for five years from 2004 to 2009.[10] Ó Sé is dating a former Rose, Rita Talty.[11]
On 28 August 2010, he started a new RTÉ 2fm radio show on Saturday mornings from 10am until midday.
He is the co-presenter of The Daily Show with Claire Byrne on RTÉ One.
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| Preceded by Ray D'Arcy |
Host of The Rose of Tralee 2010 – present |
Succeeded by N/A |