Evanne Ní Chuilinn

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Evanne Ní Chuilinn
Born5 September 1981 (age 40)
Kilkenny, Ireland
EducationDublin City University
University College Dublin
NUI Galway
OccupationSports journalist, television presenter
Years active2004–present
Notable credit(s)
RTÉ News: Six One
The Sunday Game
Ireland's Greatest Sporting Moment
Spouse(s)Brian Fitzsimons (m. 2013)
Children3

Evanne Ní Chuilinn (born 5 September 1981) is an Irish sports journalist and television presenter. She currently works as a sports news presenter on RTÉ News: Six One.[1]

Ní Chuilinn has graduated from NUI Galway.[2]

Ní Chuilinn began her career as a sub editor with RTÉ Sport in 2004 where she worked behind the scenes on various sports programmes. She progressed onto RTÉ Radio 1 and RTÉ 2fm where she delivered the hourly sports bulletins, as well as co-presenting various live Gaelic games broadcasts. A move to television in 2006 saw Ní Chuilinn work as a reporter on minority sports programme, OB Sport. She became the sideline reporter for the Sunday Game in 2007.

In 2008 Ní Chuilinn started working for RTÉ News, initially as a sports reporter, and shortly afterwards as a sports news presenter on RTÉ News: Six One. Since then she has covered several major sporting events, including the Olympic Games.

References[]

  1. ^ "Evanne Ní Chuilinn on love, loss and meeting her birth mother". RTÉ News. 23 November 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  2. ^ "NUIG to host Olive Loughnane". Galway Advertiser. 5 November 2009. Archived from the original on 15 February 2019. Hosted by the NUI Galway alumni group, Olive Loughnane will be in conversation with RTÉ sports journalist and NUI Galway graduate Evanne Ní Chuilinn at 6.30pm on Thursday, November 12.
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