Her father was the RTÉ journalist, presenter and commentator, Mick Dunne, a native of Clonaslee, County Laois.
She also presented from Rome on the inauguration of Pope Benedict in 2005 and his resignation in 2013 and from Blacksod Bay, Mayo on the day of the R116 Air Crash in 2017.
Other major live news specials she presented include the 2000 Concorde crash on 25 July of that year, the result of the 2005 papal conclave on 19 April of that year, the IRA announcement that it was ending its armed campaign in Northern Ireland on 28 July 2005, the Green Party pulling out of government on 23 January 2011, and the arrival of the then U.S. President Trump in Ireland on 5 June 2019.
[8] In December 2023, Dunne was announced as one of the eleven celebrities taking part in the seventh season of Dancing with the Stars.
[9] She is married to the actor Macdara Ó Fátharta since 1993; he plays the part of the villain Tadhg in the Irish language TG4 drama, Ros na Rún.