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Colette Fitzpatrick is married to her Virgin Media colleague - and they have two kids
Colette Fitzpatrick has been a huge part of Ireland’s news coverage for over a decade.
She is one of the main news anchors at Virgin Media, but her connection to the broadcaster goes beyond her career.
Outside her TV career, she is married and has two children.
Colette was born in June 1974, making her 51 years old. She is originally from Holycross in Thurles, County Tipperary.
She was raised by her mother Phyllis and her father Peter, who was a Garda - and sadly passed away on 31 January 2019 at the age of 87.
The journalist has one younger sister called Olivia, who Colette named her daughter after.
Colette graduated with a degree in Journalism from DIT in Aungier Street, before going on to work at East Coast FM.
She later joined Today FM and worked in the newsroom, where she edited and presented hourly bulletins, and reported on various stories.
Colette moved on to TV3 in March 2001 to edit and anchor bulletins for Ireland AM - she also became a regular stand-in presenter on the morning programme, hosting alongside Mark Cagney, Alan Hughes and Aidan Cooney.
During her time at the broadcaster, she reported on major stories, like the aftermath of the 2005 earthquake in Kashmir.
Colette remained with the broadcaster when it became Virgin Media and is currently one of their main news anchors, fronting weekday bulletins at News at 12.30 and News at 5.30.
There have been frequent change-ups at the broadcaster, with fellow journalists Claire Brock and Ciara Doherty leaving The Tonight Show last November.
Earlier this year, Colette spoke about her future there, telling RSVP Magazine: “I love the newsroom.
“I’ve been in the newsroom now for 15 years at this stage. I have no intention of moving anywhere until I am moved. I am happy where I am.”
Colette is married to her Virgin Media colleague, Niall McDermot - the station’s studio director.
They met while they were working at TV3 and tied the knot on 16 May 2009.
Their wedding was a small and intimate affair, with 18 people attending the ceremony at Holy Cross Abbey in Tipperary.
She spoke about what it’s like working with her husband in 2016, telling the Irish Independent: “Well, we've had plenty of arguments, but thankfully they've never spilled over to the next day so we haven't had to go into work on a row.
“Nor, I can assure you, is Niall whispering sweet nothings in my ear. In the director's role, they give you basic, straightforward instructions, and most of the time I don't even see him at work because he'll be talking to me from a different room.”
Colette and her husband Niall welcomed their first child, son Milo on 18 November 2010.
The birth wasn’t easy as she previously shared that she was left on a trolley outside the delivery ward, where her waters were broken.
She had her second child, a daughter named Olivia, in 2012.
Colette Fitzpatrick has been a huge part of Ireland’s news coverage for over a decade.
She is one of the main news anchors at Virgin Media, but her connection to the broadcaster goes beyond her career.
Outside her TV career, she is married and has two children.
Colette was born in June 1974, making her 51 years old. She is originally from Holycross in Thurles, County Tipperary.
She was raised by her mother Phyllis and her father Peter, who was a Garda - and sadly passed away on 31 January 2019 at the age of 87.
The journalist has one younger sister called Olivia, who Colette named her daughter after.
Colette graduated with a degree in Journalism from DIT in Aungier Street, before going on to work at East Coast FM.
She later joined Today FM and worked in the newsroom, where she edited and presented hourly bulletins, and reported on various stories.
Colette moved on to TV3 in March 2001 to edit and anchor bulletins for Ireland AM - she also became a regular stand-in presenter on the morning programme, hosting alongside Mark Cagney, Alan Hughes and Aidan Cooney.
During her time at the broadcaster, she reported on major stories, like the aftermath of the 2005 earthquake in Kashmir.
Colette remained with the broadcaster when it became Virgin Media and is currently one of their main news anchors, fronting weekday bulletins at News at 12.30 and News at 5.30.
There have been frequent change-ups at the broadcaster, with fellow journalists Claire Brock and Ciara Doherty leaving The Tonight Show last November.
Earlier this year, Colette spoke about her future there, telling RSVP Magazine: “I love the newsroom.
“I’ve been in the newsroom now for 15 years at this stage. I have no intention of moving anywhere until I am moved. I am happy where I am.”
Colette is married to her Virgin Media colleague, Niall McDermot - the station’s studio director.
They met while they were working at TV3 and tied the knot on 16 May 2009.
Their wedding was a small and intimate affair, with 18 people attending the ceremony at Holy Cross Abbey in Tipperary.
She spoke about what it’s like working with her husband in 2016, telling the Irish Independent: “Well, we've had plenty of arguments, but thankfully they've never spilled over to the next day so we haven't had to go into work on a row.
“Nor, I can assure you, is Niall whispering sweet nothings in my ear. In the director's role, they give you basic, straightforward instructions, and most of the time I don't even see him at work because he'll be talking to me from a different room.”
Colette and her husband Niall welcomed their first child, son Milo on 18 November 2010.
The birth wasn’t easy as she previously shared that she was left on a trolley outside the delivery ward, where her waters were broken.
She had her second child, a daughter named Olivia, in 2012.
