Seamus McKee


Seamus McKee is a BBC Northern Ireland news presenter broadcasting mostly on Radio Ulster
A former French teacher and sports presenter he has worked for the BBC fulltime since the early 1980s and today is found mostly presenting Evening Extra.

History

In 1984, during The Troubles, there was controversy when he was named at an Ulster Unionist Party conference as one of an unrepresentatively large number of Roman Catholics working for the BBC.

Awards

He was named as News Broadcaster of the Year in the Phonographic Performance Ireland Radio Awards in 2014 and 2016.