Siobhan McGarry (née McNeice,) born January 1966 is a television presenter and freelance

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Broadcasting career

Siobhan McGarry is a broadcaster and media expert. Her company ''Media Friendly NI'' provides media training and consultancy for the public, private and voluntary sectors throughout the UK and Ireland. McGarry also produces highly creative, broadcast quality DVDs and web videos for a wide range of clients. McGarry works as a presenter for

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and has worked as a presenter and reporter for UTV in Northern Ireland. She continues to write news, features and travel articles for various outlets. Her accomplishments include having written for

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and The Sunday Life. From 2000 to 2005 McGarry worked as a reporter and newsreader for '' GMTV Northern Ireland'' and acted as Ireland Correspondent for

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. She moved to UTV as a presenter and reporter for ''UTV Life'', initially providing maternity cover for Alison Fleming. In 2006, McGarry won the award for "Best Broadcast Report" at the Visit USA Association Media awards in London for a report she filmed about visiting New York. Prior to her television work, McGarry worked at

Personal life

Before becoming a journalist, McGarry worked at her parents’ restaurant in

Lurgan Lurgan () is a town in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, near the southern shore of Lough Neagh and roughly southwest of Belfast. The town is linked to Belfast by both the M1 motorway (Northern Ireland), M1 motorway and the Belfast–Dublin rail ...

. McGarry has three children.Belfast Telegraph: "Siobhan McGarry: 'Mum? She's the best'"
dated 22 March 2006; accessed 20 January 2009

References

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