Sinead Desmond Wiki Bio, Age, Partner, Wedding, Married, Husband, Diet

Name Sinéad Desmond (Also known as : Sinead Desmond)

Birthday / Date of Birth / What Age is Sinead Desmond Born in 1974. As of 2024, she is around 50 years old.

Wedding & Marriage / Husband / Spouse / Partner / Boyfriend Was married but later divorced in 2012. Check the full bio for relationship details.

Wikipedia Biography / Profile Background

Introduction : Who is Sinead Desmond?

Sinéad Desmond is an Irish TV presenter & journalist. She has also worked as an editor and columnist for major news publications.

Personal Life : Parents, Family and Education

Sinead was born at the St Michael’s Hospital in Dun Laoghaire, a suburb of Dublin.
Her family included her parents (her mother is an archaeologist) and a younger brother named Conor who is deaf.
Desmond is a polyglot i.e. She can speak French, Italian, English and German fluently.
For her education, Desmond first attended the Rathmichael Parish National School, followed by studies at the Holy Child Killiney Secondary School. Later, she received a degree in Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in English and Drama.
She studied English, Film and Television at York University.
Currently, she lives in the Dublin suburb of Dun Laoghaire.

Sinead Desmond Relationship, Marriage and Dating :

Sinead married David Ryan, a businessman, in a lavish ceremony in the south of France in May 2009. They dated for two years before they got engaged & later married.
The couple struggled while trying to conceive. She had said if they weren’t able to do it, she would love to adopt. However, the couple divorced in September 2012.
Sinead criticised the divorce laws in Ireland, saying that they prolong the agony – people keep suffering until everything is finished. She publicly stated she was heart-broken & declared her divorce five months after it happened.
Since 2014, she has been rumoured to be dating a man she met at a black-tie event in New York. His name and occupation are unknown.

TV Career : Job, Salary and Net Worth

Sinead worked as the anchor of Ireland AM, a morning weekly television show. She started working on the show in 2006. After working there for more than a decade, she left the show in November 2017. The reason for the departure was the difference in wages she received compared to co-hosts Mark Cagney and Alan Hughes.
In the past, Sinead has worked as a columnist and editor for publications like The Observer, Vogue and Sun. She has declared that she loves to write.

Interesting Facts :

The only social network that Sinead is active on is Twitter (now called X). She uses the account regularly and has 45,000+ followers there.
She is a brunette & has blue eyes.
She suffered a brain hemorrhage on the set of her show Ireland AM in 2008. She was rushed to a hospital and made a full recovery.
Her favourite leisure activity is climbing mountains. In 2009, she was in Mont Blanc, Europe’s highest mountain, where she suffered altitude sickness. She had to be rescued by a helicopter.
She is involved with many charities like The Irish Heart Foundation, Crumlin Children’s Hospital and The National Bullying Campaign. She is an ambassador of Breast Cancer Ireland. Sinead helped launch The Dublin Neurological Institute’s Patient Drop-In Information Centre.
Hobbies : Desmond loves books (especially about politics) and graphic novels. She loves to swim and scuba dive too. She also runs to stay healthy because she loves the outdoors and to spend some time with herself. Her favourite holiday destination is The Cook Islands.

Body Figure / Physical Info

Sinead Desmond Measurements :

Eye Colour : Brown
Haircut / Hair Colour : Brown
How tall / Height : No confirmed information is available.
Feet / Legs / Boots / Shoe Size : 4
Pregnant? : Currently, she is not expecting a baby.
Weight Loss : A few Google queries regarding this, but we couldn’t find anything conclusive on any of her social media.