Karen Koster: Last News

Ryan Andrews has detailed the moment he went ‘BANG’ in panto rehearsals, sustaining a serious injury, and his ankle isn’t the better for it.

The Sun on Sunday, a source revealed: ‘They can easily carry any number of shows, so producers at the Beeb are considering handing them a format to front.’It will be interesting to see if they do jump ship.Meanwhile, Dermot appeared on Ireland AM this week and let slip about his new role. Karen Koster asked if This Morning viewers will be seeing Dermott on their screens ant time soon.‘Of course.

New favourite family photo.A post shared by Karen Koster (@karenkostertv) on Jul 12, 2020 at 12:25pm PDTThe accomplished broadcaster added, ‘Also, keep the head down because work ethic is really going to be one thing that stands to you.’‘You’re not going to know everything all of the time and you will be kind of bluffing your way through it all the time but if you just keep the head down it will pay off.’Reflecting on moving to Ireland AM from Xposé, and whether she missed the latter, Karen shared, ‘It suits me much better now being honest.’‘Xposé was my dream gig in my twenties but once the kids started to come along the logistics of trying to organise childcare and work evenings or work in London just became really really tricky and it

EVOKE she shared what she consumes to kick off her day as she entertains the nation on breakfast television: ‘Normally it’s like a pot of coffee, I drink so much coffee first thing, and I normally have Alpen and a bit of fruit chopped up over it.’‘And then the leftovers of the kids toast that they don’t eat,’ she laughed.Karen continued sharing, ‘Then for lunch, I’ll always have a brown bread sandwich with a bit of cheese and coleslaw.’‘Then I tend to end up eating whatever I’ve made the kids for dinner,’ she said of the pasta and other bits she snacks on at this stage of the day.As for her own evening meal with John she explained, ‘Then dinner we’re really simple eaters.’‘We love eating out but when it’s summer at home we’re very much like

EVOKE how a fateful Monday night out during the Celtic Tiger era led to love for these two who are still smitten all these years later.Recounting that fateful night, the former Xposé host shared, ‘We met at a launch on a Monday night, when things like that used to happen back in the Celtic Tiger era.’‘It was a car launch, which just seems so bizarre to me now that I would go to something like that, but I dragged a friend of mine along.’‘It was a really sunny Monday evening in town and I knew of him, he sort of knew of me but our paths hadn’t crossed before.’‘We ended up having our first kiss that night and that was it,’ she said remembering the shindig that started their love affair.Following on from their smooch at the car launch, Karen

EVOKE how a fateful Monday night out during the Celtic Tiger era led to love for these two who are still smitten all these years later.Recounting that fateful night, the former Xposé host shared, ‘We met at a launch on a Monday night, when things like that used to happen back in the Celtic Tiger era.’‘It was a car launch, which just seems so bizarre to me now that I would go to something like that, but I dragged a friend of mine along.’‘It was a really sunny Monday evening in town and I knew of him, he sort of knew of me but our paths hadn’t crossed before.’‘We ended up having our first kiss that night and that was it,’ she said remembering the shindig that started their love affair.Following on from their smooch at the car launch, Karen

A post shared by Karen Koster (@karenkostertv) on Aug 27, 2020 at 3:43am PDT‘How she always offers her nice coffee from her cafetière.‘How we have matching appetites for all food & alcohol.‘How she robs my shoes and still asks if that’s ok when they’ve been on her feet for 20mins already.‘How she never made me feel thick for not knowing something & explaining things in a way my foggy brain could digest.  A post shared by Karen Koster (@karenkostertv) on Jul 16, 2020 at 1:30am PDT‘How she could switch from being a total goofball to a news junkie within the space of an ad break.‘How she’s such a softie for her lil girl and always calls her “my wee pet”.‘How’s she made me fall in love with Donegal even though I’ve never been there.’She went on

A post shared by Karen Koster (@karenkostertv) on Aug 3, 2020 at 3:09pm PDTIreland AM’s Karen Koster is soaking up the sun in Wexford with her family and meeting up with friends.Karen shared a shot with the caption: ’35 years of friendship means @julesconway and Dave don’t even roll their eyes when we ask them to come to Wexford for a BBQ…if they can just help build the barbecue first and show us how the oven works.’  A post shared by Eoghan McDermott (@eoghanmcdermott) on Aug 3, 2020 at 1:19pm PDTWhile he was rumoured to have been planning to have moved to Australia by now, Eoghan McDermott has gone west and is checking out Connemara.Eoghan posted a series of snaps from his Galway trip with girlfriend Aoife Melia including some adorable

extended break from the show to spend more time with her children, her replacement has been revealed.The mum-of-three shared earlier this week that ahead of her middle child JJ’s big transition into junior infants come September, she wants to have some precious family time.‘Taking annual leave followed by a chunk of parental leave,’ Karen explained before enjoying her first day off, spending it playing with her kids in a park.  A post shared by Laura Woods (@laurawoodstv) on Jul 23, 2020 at 1:48am PDTNow, the person filling in for her has been revealed and it’s none other than Weekend AM’s Laura Woods.Announcing the news on her Instagram, Laura shared, ‘Morning! I’ve joined the @irelandamvmtv weekday gang for next few weeks while the girls

‘redeployed’ when the pandemic left him with no sports programmes to present.It seems like he slotted in well with the Ireland AM crew over the last few months as Karen posted an amusing and affectionate post about him leaving them.  A post shared by Karen Koster (@karenkostertv) on Jul 16, 2020 at 1:30am PDTSharing a photo of the team in studio Karen wrote, ‘Tommy Martin is breaking up with us! Well for now.’‘Not sure if it’s cos he hates my bob, or is it because @ciaradirelandam still hasn’t had her roots done? Or that @alanhughestv insists on always standing on a chair to be the tallest in every pic. Who knows?’‘But as foursomes go, I couldn’t have worked through the pandemic without the craic we had every morning.

Instagram to show off her new-do, and we must admit it looks great!The blonde beauty usually has quite long hair, and without any hairdressers available in recent months, it has just continued to grow.So changing things up a little, Karen decided to just go for it and cut off a fair few inches of hair, leaving her with hair just touching her shoulders.In her stories, followers could see just how much hair she cut off which she followed by a selfie showing off her bright blonde ‘lob’ (long bob).Despite feeling like a new woman, Karen revealed that when she came home, her husband John said that it didn’t look that different, we beg to differ!The Ireland AM presenter stuck to her roots, pardon the pun, and got her hair done in her brother’s

Tommy Martin was the first presenter to have his children feature in a broadcast from home and now Karen Koster’s clan have followed suit.

Ireland AM has been forced to once again edit its schedule in yet another shakeup at Virgin Media.

You have to feel a bit sorry for those born on February 29, aka Leap Day, as they  technically only have a birthday once every four years.

When you find a winning look stick with it, that seems to be Karen Koster’s motto and we are in full agreement. 

Karen Koster is ready for the lockdown to end…right now!