Fluent in both English and Irish, Síle is well-liked as a talented television-radio personality and voice-over artist, and has developed a wealth of broadcasting experience over the past twelve years in the business.
A native of Spiddal in Co. Galway and the youngest of four children, she has worked on a variety of successful and well-received projects for RTÉ and TG4 including Entertainment, Daytime, Lifestyle, Factual, Young Peoples and News and Current Affairs programming.
Her previous and current television credits include, RTÉ's ratings hit The All Ireland Talent Show, Winning Streak, The National Lottery Gameshow, Class Act, primetime entertainment series, Nationwide and Up for the Match, as well as a number of Irish language programmes for RTÉ and TG4, including TG4’s cult dating/fashion series Paisean Faisean, the IFTA nominated Feirm Factor and she is currently fronting entertainment talent series Feis and Blood also on TG4.
Singing is another of Síle’s passions; in 2005 she took part in the first Charity You're A Star series in which she raised over 40,000 euro.
Later that year she went on to co-present season four of the hit series.
On New Years Eve 2010 she sang the Nina Simone classic “Feeling Good” live on The All Ireland Talent Show to great reviews.
A natural people person, she co-presented RTÉ's live coverage of the St. Patrick's Day Parade celebrations for three years in a row, including fronting the Festival Highlights programme in 2007.
For two years she travelled across the country reporting and presenting Pobal, a weekly regional and community affairs programme on RTÉ.
She was a guest presenter on RTÉ One's travel programme No Frontiers on numerous occasions and in January 2010 she flew to Thailand to do some reports for the show.
Síle was part of RTÉ’s daytime family having joined her sister Gráinne in 2008 on the stations flagship late-afternoon daytime show, Seoige and also presented many times with the infamous The Afternoon Show.
She continues to gain respect and praise as a voice over artist for her warmth and versatility and in 2010 she was unveiled as the voice of Meteor’s Irish Voicemail service. Since then she has also narrated Feargal Quinn’s Retail Therapy, the lifestyle series which was a huge hit with viewers.
In October 2010 she took on the challenge of her life by reaching the top of the highest freestanding mountain in the world, Mount Kilimanjaro, in order to raise funds and create awareness for Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin. So far over 250,000 euro has been raised by Síle and her fellow climbers and a TV documentary will be screened shortly on RTÉ.
She has worked on a number of radio shows down through the years, including a stint on RTÉ Radio 1’s,Today with Pat Kenny but is in her element fronting her own 2 hour live show every Saturday from 12-2pm on Newstalk 106-108 called Shenanigans with Síle, with recent JNLR results seeing the timeslot grow by 11,000 up 22%.
Síle is a regular MC at events and Awards ceremonies across the country and is popular as a professional host with a friendly, down to earth style.
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