{"id":455661,"date":"2026-05-18T23:23:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T23:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/455661\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T23:23:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T23:23:18","slug":"tv3-virgin-media-girls-past-and-present-reunite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/455661\/","title":{"rendered":"TV3\/Virgin Media girls past and present reunite"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was reunions galore over the weekend as Claire Byrne and Ciara Doherty posed with their former TV3 colleagues. <\/p>\n<p>The women were amongst the big names who descended on the InterContinental Hotel on Saturday night for the annual VIP Style Awards.<\/p>\n<p>There were plenty of selfies shared online, with rival presenters &#8211; many of whom are former colleagues &#8211; coming together for one special evening.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/claire-ciara_359490.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2145810\"  \/>Pic: Instagram\/ Ciara Doherty<\/p>\n<p>Among the group was Claire Byrne with her former TV3 (now Virgin Media) pals.<\/p>\n<p>Claire joined TV3 in the late 90s, starting on Ireland AM, before making the move to TV3 News at 5.30.<\/p>\n<p>She later went to Newstalk, before making the move to <a href=\"https:\/\/extra.ie\/2026\/05\/17\/entertainment\/daithi-top-earners-list\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/extra.ie\/2026\/05\/17\/entertainment\/daithi-top-earners-list\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">RT\u00c9<\/a>, and is now back at Newstalk as of earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/colette-claire.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2145781\"  \/>Pic: Instagram\/ Claire Byrne<\/p>\n<p>It was almost like a school reunion, with Claire posed with Virgin Media stalwart Colette Fitzpatrick.<\/p>\n<p>Colette has been with the TV station since 2001, originally joining to present News at 5.30. She is one of the best-known faces across the channels&#8217; current affairs shows.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ciara-claire.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2145776\"  \/>Pic: Instagram\/ Ciara Doherty<\/p>\n<p>Claire Brock was up next, another presenter whose career has reached great heights. Both girls were sharing presenting duties on The Tonight Show until 2024.<\/p>\n<p>If there was any speculation as to their friendship following their shock exits, that was quelled on Saturday as the blonde beauties smiled together for the camera.<\/p>\n<p>Ciara was all smiles as she also enjoyed some time with current Ireland AM presenters <a href=\"http:\/\/www.evoke.ie\/tag\/muireann-oconnell\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"www.evoke.ie\/tag\/muireann-oconnell\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Muireann O&#8217;Connell<\/a>, Karen Koster, and Ger Treacy.<\/p>\n<p>One such photo saw the sports journalist stand alongside Colette and fellow Virgin Media News journalist, Zara King, while another saw Ciara and Claire join in for a snap &#8212; a sure sign the women are missed at Virgin Media!<\/p>\n<p>Another former TV3 star is RT\u00c9 News&#8217; Sharon Tobin, who was another blast from the past regarding the station&#8217;s (TV3) history. Check out more pictures in our gallery below:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/colette-ger-zara.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2145780\"  \/>Pic: Instagram\/ Ger Treacy<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/virginmediareunion.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2145779\"  \/>Pic: Instagram\/ Ger Treacy<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ciara-karen.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2145778\"  \/>Pic: Instagram\/ Karen Koster<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/karen-muireann-ciara.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2145777\"  \/>Pic: Instagram\/ Karen Koster<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/karen-ciara.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2145775\"  \/>Pic: Instagram\/ Karen Koster<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/sharontobin.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2145811\"  \/>Pic: Instagram\/ Zara King<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/sharontobin1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2145829\"  \/>Pic: Instagram\/ Sharon Tobin<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/sharontobin3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2145828\"  \/>Pic: Instagram\/ Sharon Tobin<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/sharontobin-sarah.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2145827\"  \/>Pic: Instagram\/ Sharon Tobin<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/sarahmcinerney.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2145826\"  \/>Pic: Instagram\/ Sarah McInerney<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/sarah-ciara.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2145825\"  \/>Pic: Instagram\/ Sarah Mc Inerney<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/glendagilson.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2145824\"  \/>Pic: Instagram\/ Glenda Gilson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It was reunions galore over the weekend as Claire Byrne and Ciara Doherty posed with their former TV3&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":455662,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[93,61,60,282],"class_list":["post-455661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=455661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455661\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/455662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=455661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=455661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=455661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}