Geraldine McInerney

Geraldine McInerney was an Irish journalist and continuity announcer on Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ), Ireland's national broadcaster, during the early 1970s. She went on to become the first woman to read the news on RTÉ Television in October 1975.[1][2]

She moved to the United States in the late 1970s, and worked in public relations.[3]Jack Lemmon, Linda Ronstadt, and The Rolling Stones were among some of her clients.[4]

See also

• Barbara Mandell, ITN's first onscreen female newsreader in 1955
• Nan Winton, the BBC's first onscreen newsreader in 1960

References

1. "RTÉ Libraries and Archives: preserving a unique record of Irish life". RTÉ. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
2. Corless, Damian (21 April 2008). "Sorry to break the news to you, Katie..." Irish Independent. Independent News and Media. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
3. A former RTÉ newsreader, her enchanting friend, and the worlds most notorious murder suspect Dan MacGuill, www.thejournal.ie, 7 April 2015.
4. McInerney, Geraldine. "Always a woman ahead of her time" (Interview). Interviewed by Jan Battles. RTÉ. Archived from the original on 17 September 2012.