'I'll be missing out on Operation Transformation to have my baby.. but I'll still be at home doing it' RTE Evelyn's new arrival sees her bow out as host.Byline: MAEVE QUIGLEY RTE (1) See runtime engine. (2) (Real-Time Executive) The operating system used in the HP 1000 series. See HP 1000. presenter Evelyn O'Rourke is bowing out of this year's Operation Transformation to have a baby. The star and her husband John McMahon John McMahon may refer to:
Evelyn said: "My pregnancy and Operation Transformation will be working very nicely together. "In October and November we will be off looking for our people as usual. I will be totally involved with that - and then once they have been selected and cast I will retire gracefully. "I will be at home watching it and probably doing it." Evelyn is over the moon about the forthcoming arrival but as yet she doesn't know if she's having a boy or a girl. She said: "I don't really want to find out - I have decided to wait and make it a surprise. "It doesn't matter how late I will go - the baby will be here for Christmas." At the minute she is currently working as a reporter on The Gerry Ryan Gerry Ryan (born 4 June 1956) is a veteran Irish radio presenter, for RTÉ 2fm. Gerry Ryan was born in Clontarf, Dublin. His father Vinnie was a dentist, and his mother Maureen worked in the theatre. He was educated at St. Show and she also has her own series on digital radio. Evelyn added: "I am presenting a series called Girl Talk on RTE Choice where each week I will get an opinionated o·pin·ion·at·ed adj. Holding stubbornly and often unreasonably to one's own opinions. [Probably from obsolete opinionate : opinion + -ate1. group of female friends together to talk about everything from fashion and 'staycations' to tantric tan·tra n. Any of a comparatively recent class of Hindu or Buddhist religious literature written in Sanskrit and concerned with powerful ritual acts of body, speech, and mind. sex." She will have to bow out before Operation Transformation gets as far as the TV screens but Evelyn said the show is more ambitious than ever before. She added: "This year it's bigger and we are making things even more exciting. "There's going to be a national campaign, the HSE HSE House HSE Health and Safety Executive HSE Helsinki School of Economics HSE Hamilton Southeastern (High School) HSE Health, Safety & Environment HSE Higher School of Economics (Moscow, Russia) are involved and hopefully the Defence Forces too. So hopefully it will be a really big project. It will be sad for me not to be there but I will probably be doing it at home myself. "And at least I have Dr Eva's number so I can ring her at home for tips. "We are taking five people I think this year but the whole idea is to get the nation moving. "So it's not just about you at home sitting down watching the five - it's about you being invited in a really serious way to be a part of Operation Transformation." Last year more than two million people checked in to the Operation Transformation website for tips on weight loss. But Evelyn said she didn't know if they would be getting a replacement in for her roving reporter's job. She added: "People really got involved but now we are going to try and move the relationship a bit more. "We want to get people moving in a big national campaign way - let's all try and get moving together. "This year I will be part of it in a big way having just delivered junior as I'll be wanting to get back in shape myself." IRISH DAILY MIRROR BEST FOR TV CAPTION(S): MAKING WAVES Evelyn, right, with Gerry and RTE radio collegaues last week WEIGH TO GO Evelyn O'Rourke is due to give birth in December |
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