1. Claire Byrne was born on 11 August 1975 and is an Irish radio and television presenter.
18 Facts About Claire Byrne
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Claire Byrne grew up on the family farm in County Laois, and was educated locally at the Brigidine Convent in Mountrath.
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Claire Byrne later studied Politics, Sociology and Social Science at University College Dublin, but did not complete the course.
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Claire Byrne subsequently attended the Rathmines College of Further Education where she studied journalism.
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Claire Byrne is a client of self-styled "agent to the stars" Noel Kelly of NK Management.
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Claire Byrne began her broadcasting career with East Coast Radio and worked with BBC Radio in the Channel Islands, before becoming news editor with Channel 103 in Jersey.
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Claire Byrne returned to Ireland shortly afterwards to take up her first television job as a reporter on the fledgling TV3.
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Claire Byrne left after just one year to work as London news anchor with Channel 5 and later with ITV News, but was lured back to TV3 to present the station's breakfast show Ireland AM.
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Claire Byrne joined the independent Irish radio station Newstalk in 2006, amid a high-profile legal case with her former employer TV3, which went to court to stop the news anchor broadcasting on Newstalk's breakfast slot.
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Claire Byrne presented the show with Ger Gilroy, with Ivan Yates taking over as co-presenter in 2009.
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In 2010, Claire Byrne presented her last breakfast show with Newstalk before moving to RTE where she co-presented, until March 2012, The Daily Show with Daithi O Se.
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In February 2022, an episode of Claire Byrne Live aired entitled 'The Rise of Sinn Fein' which featured several guests explaining why they would or would not vote for Sinn Fein.
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Claire Byrne was tipped to become host of The Late Late Show when fellow NK Management client Ryan Tubridy announced his departure; Bryne ruled herself out in May 2023.
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In 2016, Claire Byrne married Scollan at a ceremony in Dublin attended by close friends and family.
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Claire Byrne has three children, a boy born in 2013, and two girls, born in 2014 and 2017 respectively.
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On 23 March 2020, Claire Byrne announced that she had tested positive for COVID-19.
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Claire Byrne returned to filming Claire Byrne Live in the RTE 1 studio on 6 April 2020.
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Claire Byrne's garden shed, from which she presented in 2020, became the focus of attention again on 4 April 2022 when Byrne tested positive for COVID-19 for a second time and presented both her radio and television programme from the shed.