Eileen Magnier to retire after 39 years with RTÉ

Eileen Magnier – RTE News' first female correspondent – is to retire after 39 years with the broadcaster.

Magnier became the North West correspondent in the summer of 1990, reporting from areas including Donegal, Leitrim and Sligo.

In a tweet, the Kilkenny-native thanked everyone who shared their stories with her over the years, as well as her colleagues.

 

Her journalistic work has been recognised with two John Healy Awards, an AT Cross Woman Journalist of the Year Award and two Justice Media Awards.

According to a report on RTÉ, Magnier graduated from University College Dublin with a degree in History and Politics, before completing a post-graduate degree in Journalism at Dublin City University.

In January 2012, she was conferred with an MA in History of Family at the University of Limerick.

RTÉ said Magnier, who is married to former Mayo footballer TJ Kilgallon, will finish her on-air reporting in May.