Mannion, Teresa

Teresa Mannion is a broadcaster and reporter on RTÉ News

Born in Dublin in 1961, Teresa Mannion began her career as a children's television presenter in the 1980s working on RTÉ programmes such as 'Youngline', 'Top Club', 'Blockbuster' and 'Zero'.

In the late 1980s, she became an RTÉ News reporter and in 2007 was appointed as the RTÉ News regional reporter in the west of Ireland.

In December 2015 a report for RTÉ News on 'Storm Desmond' became an internet sensation when Teresa Mannion delivered an impassioned report from the Salthill promenade in Galway as the storm raged around her.