Elaine Crowley (presenter)
{{short description|Irish TV journalist and presenter (born 1977)}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|08|18|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Newtwopothouse, Mallow, County Cork, Ireland
| education = Dublin Institute of Technology
| occupation = Journalist, presenter, newsreader
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| years_active = 2000–present
| nationality = Irish
| credits = Ireland AM
TV3 News
Midday
Elaine
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Elaine Crowley (born 18 August 1977) is an Irish journalist, presenter and newsreader, best known for presenting Midday from 2010 to 2016 and Elaine from 2016 to 2021. Since September 2021 she has been a co-host on Ireland AM alongside Martin King and Katja Mia.{{cite web|url=http://www.sundayworld.com/showbiz/brunker-meets.php?aid=4951 |title=TV3 Personality Elaine Crowley |publisher=Sunday World |access-date=19 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120514021941/http://www.sundayworld.com/showbiz/brunker-meets.php?aid=4951 |archive-date=14 May 2012 }}
Career
Crowley studied at Dublin Institute of Technology before joining TV3 in 2000. She was a newsreader and a presenter on morning talk show Ireland AM before headlining panel show Midday from 2010 to 2016.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}
Personal life
Crowley is the youngest of ten. She is in a long term relationship. Crowley has been open about her struggles with her weight and body image, and with clinical depression.{{cite news|last1=Horan|first1=Niamh|title=TV3 star Elaine Crowley: 'I'm probably classified as clinically obese but it doesn't bother me anymore'|url=http://www.independent.ie/style/beauty/body/tv3-star-elaine-crowley-im-probably-classified-as-clinically-obese-but-it-doesnt-bother-me-anymore-31209773.html|access-date=30 June 2016|work=The Irish Independent|date=10 May 2015}}{{cite news|last1=Quigley|first1=Maeve|title='I was never suicidal but I felt if a bus ran me over it wouldn't make any difference'|url=http://www.irishmirror.ie/news/tv3-beauty-elaine-crowley-battled-1919888|access-date=30 June 2016|work=The Irish Mirror|date=30 May 2013}}
In 2016, she took part in Celebrity Operation Transformation on RTÉ One.{{cite web|url= http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/10-things-we-learned-from-celebrity-operation-transformation-35031302.html|title=10 things |date=7 September 2016|work=Irish Independent|access-date=8 September 2016}}
In 2025 she took part in the eighth season of Dancing with the Stars on RTÉ.
References
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External links
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Category:Alumni of Dublin Institute of Technology