Interview Sarah cherishes her time with her children, Daniel (5) and Emily (3)
Sarah with her UTV colleagues, Marc Mallett, Rose Neill and Paul Clark Coming from different religions, the good-looking couple chose to get married, after a two year engagement, in an ecumenical service in St Anne’s Cathedral in Belfast, in January 2010. Their “fabulous” reception was held in the Merchant Hotel and they honeymooned in Thailand, where they went online to watch the big winter chill story and the Iris Robinson scandal unfold. “Yes, you can tell I’m a newshound,” she affirms. “I love what I do but I wouldn’t want to be presenting full-time. I like to get out reporting. “I really enjoyed being the live anchor for the Euros homecoming last year – there was such a good atmosphere and energy when the team got off the plane. “It was lovely to celebrate something positive about Northern Ireland. The team had really striven – is that the right word? – at the championships and the focus had been on uniting both sides of the community. I do like football; I’m no expert but
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I enjoy the big occasions and my husband’s a big United fan.” She also admires boxing hero Carl Frampton, whom she met while judging the Sunday Life Spirit of Northern Ireland Awards. “I also met Louis Walsh at those awards, and he was lovely, too,” she recalls. “I don’t get to meet many celebrities but I got a fleeting interview with Louis Thompson from One Direction. He gave me a big hug, which I wasn’t expecting – I would have been the envy of all the One Directioners. “He was lovely and comes across as really down to earth. The PR had warned me not to ask about the baby – that’s a journalist’s quandary when everyone wants to know. Celebrities are entitled to their privacy but I did sneak something in at the end – they weren’t going to stop the interview at that stage.” Eamonn Holmes once told me he thinks Sarah IS a very good presenter, along with former BBC NI news presenter Sarah Travers. The admiration
Time passes so quickly, we want to enjoy every second with the children as they aren’t young for long