Ronan was featured on The Ray D'Arcy Show that originally aired every weekday morning on Today FM.[3] She initially interned on the show before being promoted to broadcasting assistant, and then became co-producer, also featuring as an on-air contributor.
When Ray D'Arcy left Today FM, Ronan became the producer of The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show. In 2017, after fifteen years with the radio station Ronan left the radio station to focus on other projects.[4] In 2019, Ronan rejoined the station fronting her own daily music and entertainment show, The Mairead Ronan Show between 12pm-2pm.[5] On 12 November 2021, Ronan announced that she was leaving Today FM again to spend time with her family.
Television career
From November 2006, Ronan became a panelist on series five of the popular RTÉ show The Panel.[6]
Since 2013, Ronan has hosted the RTÉ competition reality programme, Ireland's Fittest Family. In 2018, she stepped down from hosting the sixth series of the show to have her third child.[8] She resumed hosting duties from 2019.
In 2017, Ronan became the co-host of the RTÉ travel show, Getaways, with Joe Lindsay and Tommy Bowe.
In April 2016, in partnership with Debbie Lawless, Ronan launched FARO, a hairstyling equipment brand.[10]
Personal life
It was announced on 4 July 2010 that Ronan's marriage to advertising executive Eddie Fitzpatrick had ended.[11] She had married him at the age of 24 after meeting him when her mother died on the eve of her 21st birthday.[12][13] She married businessman Louis Ronan in the village of Ballyclerihan in County Tipperary in June 2015.[14][15][16]
Ronan has three children: a son, Dara, from her first marriage to Eddie Fitzpatrick, whom she had when she was 26,[17] and two daughters, Eliza[18] and Bonnie,[19] from her second marriage to Ronan.[20]
^Butler, Laura (4 February 2012). "Mairead -- I was amazed by support for show on being a new mum". Evening Herald. Retrieved 4 February 2012. The 31-year-old admitted she was braced for a "mixed response" to the Hello Baby, Bye Bye Body programme which aired on RTÉ last December, but was thrilled when she didn't receive any negative feedback.