O'Flaherty began her career as a co-presenter of
RTÉ's
The Grip enabling her to travel the world covering sporting events and allowing her participate in many extreme sports such as skydiving and bungee jumping. along with
Jim Delahunt and
Julyan Sinclair. The aim was to try to entice new and younger viewers to the flagship sport show but viewers tuned out and the presenters were criticised for their apparent lack of football knowledge. Over 2,000 fans signed an online petition calling for O'Flaherty and Sinclair's dismissal; however with a view base of over 250,000 this was a very small proportion. After two years the pairs' contract was not renewed in 2006.
On the Radio and in the Paper From 2003 to 2007, O'Flaherty worked for
Radio Clyde as their news, show business and sports reporter as well as DJing on Saturday nights with her own music show called the
Mix Monkey. She also wrote a weekly "Diary" column for the
Evening Times. ==References==