Alison Comyn

Alison Comyn
Born	County Louth, Ireland
Nationality	Irish
Occupation	Journalist
Notable credit(s)	Ireland Live

Alison Comyn is an Irish television journalist and broadcaster. She is best known as news anchor of UTV Ireland's weekday news and current affairs programmes Ireland Live news and Ireland Live news at 10 which aired between January 2015 and January 2017. The programme won the IFTA for Best News programme for its Brexit coverage in 2016.

In April 2017, Alison presented RTE's Liveline programme on RTÉ Radio 1 for two weeks.

Comyn previously worked on programmes with RTÉ, BBC, Sky News and Channel 4. Originally from Louth, Alison is a highly experienced broadcaster who presented numerous current affairs and entertainment programmes in the UK and Ireland. Prior to working at UTV Ireland, Alison was a reporter with Independent Newspapers, covering regional, political, crime and current affairs issues, including her column Comyn Sense. Alison was also a reporter and news anchor with Newsline on BBC NI and Sky News Ireland. She presented BBC 1’s national ‘Holiday’ programme for four years, where she worked alongside Jill Dando, Carol Smillie and Craig Doyle.

Comyn is married to Malachy Murphy and they live in Drogheda with their two children, Holly and Luke.

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