Teresa Mannion on retiring: I'm leaving with very mixed emotions
Longtime RTÉ reporter Teresa Mannion is retiring after a storied career that included viral fame during Storm Desmond. She reflects on her life as a storyteller and her transition from Dublin to the west of Ireland.
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Provides a retrospective on the career of a prominent public figure in Irish media and the evolution of regional reporting.
When she leaves RTÉ later this summer, Teresa Mannion will be making a journey from a job she has done for most of her life. Donal O'Donoghue gets her story.
"I'm a jack-of-all trades and always have been," says Teresa Mannion, who will retire from RTÉ later this summer, after a career that has taken in children’s TV presenter, newsroom veteran and most famously, viral sensation for her "Don’t make unnecessary journeys" plea from the TV eye of 2015’s Storm Desmond.
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