Dil Wickremasinghe

Dil Wickremasinghe is a broadcaster and journalist living in Ireland. She was a radio presenter with Newstalk and is a panellist on TV3's Midday programme.

Biography Born in Rome to Sri Lankan parents, who rejected her at the age of 17 after she told them she was gay and she became homeless as a result. Her mother, a Jehovah's Witness, attempted to "cure" her of her lesbianism after she fell in love with a girl. While in Sri Lanka, she had a job on the radio but was dismissed in a dispute over her sexual orientation. As well as Italy and Sri Lanka, she lived for a time in Bahrain. She moved to Ireland in 2000.