Sybil Mulcahy (born 1973) is an Irish

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and presenter, known for co-presenting TV3's ''

The Morning Show with Sybil & Martin ''The Morning Show with Sybil & Martin'' was a morning magazine show that aired on TV3 (Ireland). It launched on 11 May 2009 as part of a major overhaul of daytime programming on the channel. The programme aired live at 11:00 on weekdays, an ...

'' since 2009.

Early life

Born in Ballsbridge,

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, Mulcahy was educated locally before being conferred with a

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from

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. She subsequently attended University College Galway, where she attained a H.Dip in Applied Communications. She has also completed a marketing diploma.

Career

She began her broadcasting career in

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in the mid-1990s, where she worked on the Education Channel as a reporter and editor in a CBS affiliate. She returned to Ireland in 1999 where she joined

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. She worked with the station's news division and spent several years as entertainment reporter. In 2007 Mulcahy joined TV3's entertainment show ''

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'' as a reporter. She spent two years with that programme before leaving in 2009 to co-present '' The Morning Show'' with Martin King.

Personal life

Mulcahy married John Prendeville on 17 July 2004. The couple have three children, Hugh (born 2006), Genevieve (born 2008), and Michael (born 2012). In February 2015, she decided to take redundancy and to operate at TV3 in a freelance contract (rather than fulltime employee) capacity.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mulcahy, Sybil 1974 births Living people Alumni of the University of Galway Alumni of University College Dublin People from Ballsbridge Virgin Media News newsreaders and journalists