Elaine Crowley reflects on the major shake-up at Virgin Media Television in 2021, expressing gratitude for being retained despite numerous colleagues leaving. She details her personal upheaval during that time, including her mother's illness, and acknowledges her versatility as a reason for staying on.
Elaine Crowley felt very "privileged and grateful" that she was kept on by Virgin Media Television during their major shake-up.
Read more: Martin King tries to live life to the fullest after his and wife Jenny's recent health scares "Now looking back, I'm very privileged and grateful I was kept on because so few of us were. It was a big change."She added: "I’m kinda handy, handy as a small pot, on television. I can do news and sport and I can do the light and the shade quite easily.Ireland AM turned 25 last week, and Elaine was there from the beginning and she can remember being starstruck and nervous.
"TV3 was the first commercial station and before that it was RTÉ or nothing and RTÉ was a closed shop."I got offered a screentest here and on my second day I shadowed Claire Byrne at a protest at the Glen of the Downs. I was 22 at the time."She recalled: "I was bricking it. It was very nerve racking, especially in my first few bulletins as a newscaster.
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