Dairena Ní Chinnéide is an Irish poet and former broadcast journalist, interpreter and television producer.
[citation needed] She has received several awards for her writing, including from The Patrick and Katherine Kavanagh Fellowship, The Arts Council of Ireland and Éalaíon na Gaeltachta Literature Awards.
She was nominated Poet Laureate for Listowel during the Poetry Ireland initiative, Poetrytown 2021.
[1] She moved back to Kerry to work at RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta.
[3][1] Ní Chinnidéide was appointed writer-in-residence at Dublin City University for the 2017-2018 year.