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10 Facts About Sarah McInerney

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Sarah McInerney completed a degree in journalism at Dublin City University in 2003.

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Sarah McInerney has since said that this was by mistake, as she really wanted to learn how to write fiction.

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Sarah McInerney's course included a term at Boston University studying fiction writing, but her lecturer did not recommend a career as a general creative writer but as a playwright or actor.

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Sarah McInerney has since said that she found that she was well-prepared for the work, and after a few weeks, loved it.

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Sarah McInerney secured employment at the Tribune after graduation, initially on a temporary basis, and later being made permanent, initially to produce a social diary, Sarah in the City, and then as a news reporter.

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Sarah McInerney joined the current affairs unit at TV3, sometimes substituting for leading presenters such as Vincent Browne, a mentor of hers, on television, and taking on her own current affairs programme on Sundays.

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Sarah McInerney wrote a book on the disappearances of women in the Wicklow Mountains, and worked on a documentary for the BBC.

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8.

Sarah McInerney is married to Thomas, an actuary, and they have two sons.

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Sarah McInerney was given an Alumni Award by her alma mater, DCU, in 2018.

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Sarah McInerney is a voluntary advisory board member at the Centre for the Talented Youth of Ireland.