# Fiona Looney > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Fiona_Looney > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Fiona_Looney.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiona_Looney > Source revision: 1341875877 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Irish writer and media personality Fiona Looney Occupations Journalist, playwright Spouse Steve Children Ciara, Cian, Uainín **Fiona Looney** is an [Irish](/source/Irish_people) columnist, playwright, scriptwriter and media personality. ## Personal life Looney was brought up in a Catholic family in the [Greenhills](/source/Greenhills%2C_Dublin) region of south [Dublin](/source/Dublin).[1] She has spoken about having been sexually assaulted on two occasions, while a child and as a young adult.[2][3] ## Career Looney began her career as a writer for the Irish political music magazine *[Hot Press](/source/Hot_Press)*, before going on to a career with [BBC Radio](/source/BBC_Radio) in [London](/source/London), England, during the 1990s. She regularly contributed to *[The Gerry Ryan Show](/source/The_Gerry_Ryan_Show)* on [RTÉ 2fm](/source/RT%C3%89_2fm) until the death of [Gerry Ryan](/source/Gerry_Ryan) in 2010. She was previously a regular contributor to topical comedy show *[The Panel](/source/The_Panel_(Irish_TV_series))*. Looney's other television credits include working as a reporter for news programme *Capital D* and presenting two series of the travel series *Voyager* on RTÉ. Looney is also the creator of *[Celebrity Bainisteoir](/source/Celebrity_Bainisteoir)*, having first submitted the idea to RTÉ in 2004.[4] As a screenwriter, she has contributed to the television shows *[The Fast Show](/source/The_Fast_Show)*, *[No Limits](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=No_Limits_(Sky_TV_series)&action=edit&redlink=1)*, *This Is Ireland*, and *[You're a Star](/source/You're_a_Star)*, among others. Looney writes columns for the newspaper *[Irish Daily Mail](/source/Irish_Daily_Mail)* and magazine *Woman's Way*.[5] Her newspaper columns provided the material for her first book, *Misadventures in Motherhood: Life with The Small Girl, The Boy and The Toddler* (2005). She is also a playwright. Her debut play *Dandelions* was a commercial success and focused on the lives of women in suburban Ireland; it became the first in a trilogy of plays.[6] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Miriam meets...... Dr Anne Looney and her sister Fiona Looney"](https://www.rte.ie/radio1/miriam-meets/programmes/2012/0429/350934-290412/). *RTÉ.ie*. Retrieved 26 July 2016. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Lundon, Jane. ["Fiona Looney:"I was molested as a child so seeing perverts being let off chills my heart""](https://web.archive.org/web/20160817071611/http://rsvpmagazine.ie/fiona-looneyi-molested-child-seeing-perverts-let-chills-heart/). *RSVP.ie*. Archived from [the original](http://rsvpmagazine.ie/fiona-looneyi-molested-child-seeing-perverts-let-chills-heart/) on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2016. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Bibi Baskin and Fiona Looney open up about sexual assault on TV3's Midday"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160818203257/http://www.tv3.ie/xpose/article/tv-news/176983/Bibi-Baskin-and-Fiona-Looney-open-up-about--sexual-assault-on-TV3s-Midday). *TV3.ie*. 31 August 2015. Archived from [the original](http://www.tv3.ie/xpose/article/tv-news/176983/Bibi-Baskin-and-Fiona-Looney-open-up-about--sexual-assault-on-TV3s-Midday) on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2016. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Writer created celebrity TV series - judge"](http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0517/1224297119776.html). *[The Irish Times](/source/The_Irish_Times)*. 17 May 2011. Retrieved 17 May 2011. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Want a stay-at-home wife? Go and see 'Dandelions'"](http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/want-a-stayathome-wife-go-and-see-dandelions-99988.html). *[Irish Independent](/source/Irish_Independent)*. 27 May 2006. Retrieved 13 November 2008. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Public_well_advised_to_pick_Dandelions_6-0)** ["Public well advised to pick Dandelions"](http://www.the-kingdom.ie/news/story/?trs=cwauidqlkf). The Kingdom. 22 June 2006. Retrieved 31 July 2009.[*[permanent dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*] ## External links - [Fiona Looney](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1464650/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) - [Fiona Looney](https://x.com/fionalooney) on [X](/source/X_(social_network)) v t e RTÉ 2fm Presenters Weekday Marie Crowe Beta Da Silva Doireann Garrihy Jenny Greene Dan Hegarty Carl Mullan Ruby Walsh Weekend Cormac Battle Conor Behan Dave Clarke Aindriú de Paor Laura Fox Mo K Aifric O'Connell Emma Power Roz Purcell Dave Tracey Bláthnaid Treacy DJ Wax Former Jay Ahern Bazil Ashmawy Johnny B Nicky Byrne Stephen Byrne Mark Cagney Michael Cahill Tracy Clifford Ronan Collins Ian Dempsey Leo J. 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