Pamela Flood

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Pamela Flood
Born
Pamela Ann Mary Flood

(1971-07-25) 25 July 1971 (age 53)
Tallaght, Dublin
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Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Hair colourBlonde
Eye colourGreen

Pamela Ann Mary Flood (born 25 July 1971) is an Irish former tv host, former model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Ireland 1993.

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A former employee of Raidió Teilifís Éireann, she was at one time a well-recognised face on the broadcaster's television channels, having presented Off the Rails , Marry Me and The Podge and Rodge Show . She also made an appearance in the genealogy series Who Do You Think You Are? , learning that her grandmother was an illegitimate child and that a deceased distant relative was accused of murdering her husband, but later found not guilty - over 160 years ago. She then went on to feature on Celebrity Showhouse broadcast on 29 December 2008.

Career

Flood worked as a continuity officer with national broadcaster RTÉ from 1997 to 2000, and was a presenter of Irish fashion television show Off the Rails for a number of years before receiving the axe in 2008. [1] [2]

Flood moved on to Marry Me, of which there were eight editions, [3] and has presented two editions of The Podge and Rodge Show, [4] [5] For her research in the RTÉ series Who Do You Think You Are? she travelled through 19th-century Dublin, "taking in red light districts, millionaire solicitors, pawnbrokers, contested wills, illegitimate children and murder." She met historian David Nolan, who has written a history of Corballis House, where her granny was sent to stay and subsequently discovered she was born out of wedlock. [6] She appeared on the front cover of the RTÉ Guide to promote the show, [7] and on Anonymous as "Doreen Prendergast". [8]

Flood has since found herself exposed and vulnerable at RTÉ. [9]

Personal life

In 2008, Flood announced the recent end of her three-year relationship with Michael Sharp, the manager of Denis Desmond's Spirit nightclub in Dublin. [10] She then began a new one with restaurateur, Ronan Ryan.

Flood and Ryan appeared in the news in 2019 following a public battle with their mortgage provider over a house in which the couple had been living in Clontarf, Dublin. It was reported that the couple had been living in the property valued at €900,000 yet had not made a mortgage payment in over 9 years. Nevertheless, the couple refused to vacate the property. [11] [12] [13]

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  2. ↑ "A stylish match". Irish Independent. 13 September 2008. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  3. ↑ "Marry Me". RTÉ. Archived from the original on 28 September 2008. Retrieved 2 November 2008.
  4. ↑ Whitington, Paul (25 October 2008). "The Bourne Supremacy". Irish Independent. Retrieved 2 November 2008.
  5. ↑ O'Brien, Jason (15 October 2008). "Return of the hairshirt". Irish Independent. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
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  7. ↑ O'Kelly, Emer (14 September 2008). "RTÉ should prepare to stretch the boundaries". Sunday Independent. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  8. ↑ "Anonymous | Episode 4". RTÉ. Archived from the original on 8 March 2008.
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  11. ↑ Molloy, Amy; Managh, Ray (13 July 2019). "Why we will not move out: Ex-Miss Ireland Pamela Flood and restaurateur Ronan Ryan vow to stay in €900k home". Irish Independent . Archived from the original on 13 July 2019.
  12. ↑ Editor, Showbiz (8 July 2008). "Has Pamela found true love?". Evening Herald. Archived from the original on 2 August 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2008.{{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  13. ↑ "Producers Looking for Waterford People to Propose in new RTÉ Programme". Waterford Today. 7 November 2007. Archived from the original on 20 April 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2008.
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