Uaneen Fitzsimons

Uaneen Fitzsimons (11 April 1971 – 22 November 2000) was an Irish music critic, television presenter and DJ. She presented alternative music programmes on RTÉ television and radio during the 1990s and became an influential music critic and popular media personality in Ireland.

Fitzsimons was born in the village of Ardglass, County Down She worked in the newsroom of BBC Northern Ireland before moving to Dublin to study. She received a bachelor’s degree in communications from the Dublin City University in 1994. While living in Dublin she reviewed bands for the teen television programme Jo Maxi and worked at the Ormond Multi-Media Centre. In 1997, she began working for RTÉ Cork as the presenter and researcher for No Disco, an alternative music television programme created by Donal Dineen. In 1999 she also started hosting a late-night radio show on RTÉ 2fm.