RTÉ is pleased to announce that Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh will
be joining Nationwide in 2020 alongside presenter Anne Cassin,
as broadcaster Mary Kennedy departs the team. With over 20 years’
broadcasting and presenting experience, Bláthnaid will join RTÉ’s much loved
series featuring positive good news stories from all over Ireland.
Nationwide is enjoyed by an average audience
of 250,000 people every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 7.00pm on RTÉ
One, with a unique blend of news and views from communities throughout
Ireland. With programmes featuring Irish tourism destinations,
entrepreneurs throughout the land, craftspeople, food producers, fashion
designers, farmer inventors, people recalling historic events and the extraordinary
stories of ordinary people in different parts of Ireland, Nationwide is
a celebration of the ingenuity of the people who call Ireland home.
Commenting on her new role Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh said:
“I am really looking forward to joining the Nationwide team
and can’t wait to meet the people that share their stories with
RTÉ from all around the country. I’m so pleased to take on the role,
following the wonderful Mary Kennedy, especially on a programme
that is such a firm favourite with so many viewers and shares such positivity.
Táim chomh bródúil bheith ar chlár telefíse atá chomh h-aitheanta.“
Bláthnaid is married to Ciarán and lives in Dublin with her
four children. Born in Canada and brought up in the Ráth Chairn Gaeltacht
in Meath, the native Irish speaker completed a MA in Women &
Gender Studies in UCD in 2016.
Bláthnaid will join co-presenter Anne Cassin on screens in
January 2020.