Lynette Faye

Lynette Fay is an award winning presenter and producer , working in television and radio. Hailing from Dungannon, Co Tyrone, she attended St Patrick’s Girls’ Academy and at third level, and graduated with a BA International in Irish and History and HDip in Communications in NUIG.

Broadcasting  in Irish and English on BBC Radio Ulster since 2001, Lynette is now well known on the local airwaves.  She has presented every type of programme from current affairs, to arts to sport.  Currently, she presents and produces  3 weekly music based programmes, - Blas Ceoil, The Lynette Fay Show and Folk Club,  and specialises in the promotion of folk and traditional music. She is on the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards judging panel. She has been nominated numerous times for her radio work and has 3 PPI awards to her credit.

In the world of television, Lynette also works as a producer and presenter and has a number of documentaries to her credit, in Irish and English. She presented the hugely popular BBC series Blas Ceoil for 4 years, and is an integral part of the  presenting team for the Ifta award winning Fleadh TV since the programme’s inception.

Alongside Daniel O’Donnell, she has co-presented five series of country music show Opry an Iúir for BBC NI/TG4, and she is the voice of the hugely popular BBC series Keepin Er Country. Lynette has also presented BBC NI’s BBC Music Day live show from Belfast’s Crumlin Road Gaol. A history graduate, Lynette also fronted a 1916 documentary Faoi Gheall ag Éirinn for the BBC.

Behind the camera, Lynette has produced a number of documentaries for TG4 and BBC  including Michaela, Mo Dheirfúir, Luí na Talún, It’s a Blas, Imirce, An tAmhrán Gaeilge and Píobairí Ard Mhacha – the story of the internationally renowned Armagh Pipers’ Club.

Besides broadcast media, Lynette is in demand as an event MC, hosting community and corporate events on a regular basis, and focuses her charity work on the Southern Area Hospice, which is based in Newry.