[1][5] In December 2015, Mannion's live reporting from Galway during Storm Desmond went on to go viral online.
[1] Her subsequent rise in fame led to becoming a contestant on the first Irish series of Dancing with the Stars.
Mannion reported for RTÉ News from Salthill during Storm Desmond.
[8] Due to the dramatic nature of her delivery, footage from the reports for Six One and Nine O'Clock News, both raw and altered (merged with fictional storms, or songified) was shared over social media, and soon became a viral phenomenon.
[14] Mannion was raised in Ballygall in the northern suburbs of Dublin city and lived for a time in Terenure.