Alison Comyn
Alison Comyn | |
|---|---|
Comyn in 2025 | |
| Senator | |
| Assumed office 7 February 2025 | |
| Constituency | Nominated by the Taoiseach |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 October 1969 Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland |
| Political party | Fianna Fáil |
| Spouse |
Malachy Murphy
(m. 2001; div. 2018) |
| Children | 2 |
| Occupation |
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Alison Comyn (born 28 October 1969) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has served as a senator since February 2025 after being nominated by the Taoiseach. She is a former Irish television journalist and broadcaster.
She has presented Sky World News on Sky News, and occasionally presented Sunrise with Stephen Dixon, She was formerly the news anchor of UTV Ireland's weekday news and current affairs programmes Ireland Live news and Ireland Live news at 10 which aired between January 2015 and January 2017. It won the IFTA for Best News programme for its Brexit coverage in 2016. She has also worked for the Drogheda Independent from 2006 to 2014, and from 2018 to 2024. She was an unsuccessful Fianna Fáil candidate for Louth at the 2024 general election.