Cynthia Ní Mhurchú

Cynthia Ní Mhurchú (born 1966) is an Irish barrister from Carlow and previously a radio host with Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ). She presented Eurovision Song Contest 1994 in Dublin along with Gerry Ryan.

Cynthia Ní Mhurchú
Born	1966 (age 56–57) Carlow, Ireland
Occupations	Barrister radio host journalist teacher
Employer	Formerly RTÉ
Known for	Eurovision Song Contest 1994
Children	2

Biography

Ní Mhurchú initially worked as a teacher in an Irish language school in Carlow and then spent ten years working as a journalist and presenter in RTÉ, RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta and as a freelancer. She has also been a web columnist for several years and has written extensively on education, training and careers. She became a barrister after leaving RTÉ.^[1]

During the 1990s, she presented RTE's Lotto Draw.

Ní Mhurchú is married and has two children.

^ Murphy, Catherine (16 October 2011). "Female TV Presenters: There is only one Queen Bee". Sunday Independent. Retrieved 16 October 2011. Other female faces from the 1990s also moved on from their TV careers — among them Ciana Campbell who now works in PR in the west of Ireland, and Cynthia Ni Mhurchu, now a barrister.

Preceded by Fionnuala Sweeney	Eurovision Song Contest presenter (with Gerry Ryan) 1994	Succeeded by Mary Kennedy