RTÉ announce the two new presenters of the Six One News

Bryan Dobson and Sharon Ní Bheoláin will be hard acts to follow.

RTÉ News has announced that Keelin Shanley and Caitriona Perry will be the new presenters of the RTÉ Six One News from January 2018. Broadcaster Keelin Shanley, who currently presents News at One on RTÉ Radio 1 and Crimecall on RTÉ One, will be joined by RTÉ's current Washington Correspondent Caitriona Perry, as co-presenters on the programme. The current presentation team of Bryan Dobson and Sharon Ní Bheoláin are moving to new presenting roles within the RTÉ newsroom. Sharon Ní Bheoláin will present the Nine O'Clock News on rotation with Eileen Dunne, and remain as a presenter of Leaders Questions. She will also be the new presenter of Crimecall on RTÉ One. Bryan Dobson joins the Morning Ireland team on-air from November 1. Announcing the new appointments, Director of RTÉ News & Current Affairs Jon Williams said: "For over a decade, Bryan and Sharon have set the standard for TV News in Ireland and I couldn't be more grateful and more excited as each embarks on new challenges for RTÉ News. “I’m thrilled that Keelin and Caitriona will bring their intellect, competitive drive, and focus on storytelling to RTÉ's Six One News. In a news environment where we are bombarded by opinions and half-truths all day long, there’s no bigger challenge than to make sense of it all on Six One - and no better new presenting team to do so." Keelin Shanley joins the Six One team having worked as a reporter and presenter with Prime Time on RTÉ over 10 years, during which time she made a number of award-winning documentaries. She has previously presented special budget and election coverage, Morning Edition, The Consumer Show and the documentary, Hacked, on RTÉ One, as well as Morning Ireland, Today with Sean O'Rourke and The Late Debate on RTÉ Radio 1. She has also worked as a news reporter for Radio France International and for CNN World Report. Caitríona Perry joined RTÉ in 2007 and was appointed Washington Correspondent in late 2013. During her current tenure as Washington Correspondent, she has reported on major stories such as the Berkeley tragedy and the US Presidential election and Inauguration, and co-presented special RTE news US Election coverage from Washington DC. She has also presented and produced several special Nationwide programmes, including three from the US - on the Special Olympics World Games, the Irish in Canada and the Irish in the White House. Having joined RTÉ after working for Today FM and Newstalk, Caitríona has also previously spent time as an editor and reporter on the RTÉ News at One radio programme and as a newscaster for RTÉ Radio 1, RTÉ 2FM and RTÉ Lyric FM, and occasional presenter of the RTÉ Business News on Morning Ireland. Bryan Dobson made his last appearance as presenter of the Six One News on Wednesday evening, during which he was paid a very classy tribute.