Mark Anthony Cagney was born on 11 June 1956 and is an Irish television presenter and journalist, best known for presenting Ireland AM, the breakfast show on TV3 from 1999 to 2019.
13 Facts About Mark Cagney
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Mark Cagney longed to have some musical ability, but settled for working with a variety of bands.
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Mark Cagney learned about audio and audio studio processes; this got him a job as a shore-based radio operator.
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Mark Cagney devoted quite a bit of his paycheck to visiting night clubs; when a disk jockey did not show up for work, Cagney was asked to fill in, doing well enough at it to become a regular at the pirate radio station and now had two jobs.
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Mark Cagney joined RTE in 1977, and was part of the original line-up of 2FM, broadcasting on its first night on air.
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Mark Cagney joined Today FM in 1998 and then joined TV3 Ireland.
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Mark Cagney won the TV Personality of the Year Award in 2005 at the 3rd Irish Film and Television Awards.
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In July 2019, it was announced that Mark Cagney would be leaving Ireland AM at the end of July after twenty years with the programme.
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On 31 July 2019 Mark Cagney presented his last Ireland AM alongside Karen Koster and Alan Hughes.
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Mark Cagney has filled in for Ivan Yates on his Hard Shoulder drive-time radio show on Newstalk.
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When Mark Cagney discovered he was having difficulty hearing, he went for testing; the results showed he had hearing loss.
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Mark Cagney was fitted with a hearing aid, and in 2008, chose to make the information public.
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Mark Cagney has been diagnosed with genetic haemochromatosis, which, unknown to him in his early years with Ireland AM, caused him constant fatigue.