Cynthia Ní Mhurchú
Born1966 (age 57–58)
Carlow, Ireland
Occupations
  • Barrister
  • radio host
  • journalist
  • teacher
EmployerRTÉ (formerly)
Known forEurovision Song Contest 1994
Children2

Cynthia Ní Mhurchú (Irish pronunciation: [n̠ʲiː ˈwʊɾˠəxuː]; born 1966) is an Irish barrister and former radio host with Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ). She presented Eurovision Song Contest 1994 in Dublin along with Gerry Ryan.

Career

Ní Mhurchú initially worked as a teacher in an Irish language school in Carlow and then spent ten years working as a journalist and presenter in RTÉ, RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta and as a freelancer. During the 1990s, she presented RTÉ's Lotto draw. She has also been a web columnist for several years and has written extensively on education, training and careers.

She became a barrister after leaving RTÉ.[1]

Personal life

Ní Mhurchú is married and has two children.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Murphy, Catherine (16 October 2011). "Female TV Presenters: There is only one Queen Bee". Sunday Independent. Retrieved 16 October 2011. Other female faces from the 1990s also moved on from their TV careers — among them Ciana Campbell who now works in PR in the west of Ireland, and Cynthia Ni Mhurchu, now a barrister.
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