Doireann Garrihy is a Radio and TV Broadcaster. She launched her pilot show The Doireann Project on the RTÉ Player and season two of The Doireann Project was aired on both RTÉ Two and the RTÉ Player. Doireann also hosted The Podge and Rodge Show on RTÉ Two where the doors of Ballydung Manor have truly been open once again!
Doireann kicked off her radio career with AA Roadwatch, reporting on both Breakfast Republic and The Eoghan McDermott Show on RTÉ 2FM. It wasn’t long before she had shown her broadcasting potential and within a year, she progressed to a full-time position in Spin 1038 as their Entertainment Reporter in May 2016. In May 2017, she joined the Zoo Crew on Spin 1038. The show was a huge hit with listeners. Doireann has also featured on The Last Word with Matt Cooper on Today FM, discussing the trending news stories of the week. Doireann regularly takes to the hotseat on Today FM covering for Alison Curtis Weekend Breakfast.
Doireann kicked off her radio career with AA Roadwatch, reporting on both Breakfast Republic and The Eoghan McDermott Show on RTÉ 2FM. It wasn’t long before she had shown her broadcasting potential and within a year, she progressed to a full-time position in Spin 1038 as their Entertainment Reporter in May 2016. In May 2017, she joined the Zoo Crew on Spin 1038. The show was a huge hit with listeners. Doireann has also featured on The Last Word with Matt Cooper on Today FM, discussing the trending news stories of the week. Doireann regularly takes to the hotseat on Today FM covering for Alison Curtis Weekend Breakfast.
Doireann is no stranger to TV Broadcasting. She launched her pilot show called The Doireann Project on the RTÉ Player. The show features a number of impressions of both well known names across Ireland as well as characters we regularly meet every day. Season two was aired on both the RTÉ Player and RTÉ Two.
Before moving to the Zoo Crew, Doireann rounded up the best stories from across the entertainment world every Friday on Virgin Media One's The Six O’Clock Show. She acted as Entertainment Contributor to Virgin Media One's Ireland AM. She has also appeared on Virgin Media One's Elaine and Xpose. During RTE’s Dancing With The Stars, she was a panellist on the spin off show Can’t Stop Dancing.
Doireann also worked with RTÉ at the 2017’s Ladies Day at the Dublin Horse Show where she reported on all the fashionable highlights of the day.
Before moving to the Zoo Crew, Doireann rounded up the best stories from across the entertainment world every Friday on Virgin Media One's The Six O’Clock Show. She acted as Entertainment Contributor to Virgin Media One's Ireland AM. She has also appeared on Virgin Media One's Elaine and Xpose. During RTE’s Dancing With The Stars, she was a panellist on the spin off show Can’t Stop Dancing.
Doireann also worked with RTÉ at the 2017’s Ladies Day at the Dublin Horse Show where she reported on all the fashionable highlights of the day.
Doireann rose to attention across social media, becoming known for her uncanny impressions of well-known Irish bloggers and personalities and as such, has amassed a major social following. Her Instagram account boasts over 172,000 followers, 23,500 Twitter followers and over 74,000 followers on Facebook. Organic reaches of the posts far surpass these figures reaching over 2 million people on some posts.
In 2017 Doireann was awarded with the Most Stylish Online Influencer Award at the Peter Mark VIP Style Awards, Best Snapchat Star at the Gossies as well as U Magazine’s 30 under 30 Rising Star Award. In 2018, The Zoo Crew with Martin and Doireann on Spin 1038 won Best Radio Show at the Gossies. Thanks to her warm personality, sharp wit and her ability to make people laugh, Doireann spoke at Zeminar 2017 MC's a number of BEO events, a health and wellness event taking place in various locations across the country. Doireann has MC'd the Sky Shine Awards. She also took part in the Westport Sea to Summit Adventure Race in aid of the Make a Wish charity and MC’d the X Hale Youth Awards for the Irish Cancer Society. Doireann is an avid support of the Saint Vincent de Paul.
Doireann graduated from Trinity College with a degree in Drama and Theatre Studies. From there, she enrolled in a Radio Production course with the Today FM School of Radio where she was bitten by the broadcasting bug! Doireann also runs a School of Speech & Drama in Castleknock in Dublin with her sister Ailbhe, teaching 60 children per week.
In 2017 Doireann was awarded with the Most Stylish Online Influencer Award at the Peter Mark VIP Style Awards, Best Snapchat Star at the Gossies as well as U Magazine’s 30 under 30 Rising Star Award. In 2018, The Zoo Crew with Martin and Doireann on Spin 1038 won Best Radio Show at the Gossies. Thanks to her warm personality, sharp wit and her ability to make people laugh, Doireann spoke at Zeminar 2017 MC's a number of BEO events, a health and wellness event taking place in various locations across the country. Doireann has MC'd the Sky Shine Awards. She also took part in the Westport Sea to Summit Adventure Race in aid of the Make a Wish charity and MC’d the X Hale Youth Awards for the Irish Cancer Society. Doireann is an avid support of the Saint Vincent de Paul.
Doireann graduated from Trinity College with a degree in Drama and Theatre Studies. From there, she enrolled in a Radio Production course with the Today FM School of Radio where she was bitten by the broadcasting bug! Doireann also runs a School of Speech & Drama in Castleknock in Dublin with her sister Ailbhe, teaching 60 children per week.