Síomha Ní Ruairc is ready to step into the next chapter of her life.
The Ireland AM host is set to welcome her first child in January of 2026.
And VIP Magazine sat down with her for an exclusive chat about starting this new era with her husband, Cathal Prendred.
“My mam tells this story about how when I was younger, they’d ask me what I wanted to be when I grew up, and I’d always say ‘a mammy’,” she reveals to us in our August issue.
“Me in my twenties would have been horrified to hear eight-year-old me say that. I’m very ambitious, very career driven, but it’s always been on the cards for me.”
She goes on to say: “I’m very excited. And I’m excited to see what I’m like as a mam. I expect I’ll be very much like my own mother, but sure aren’t we all? It’ll be a good thing if I am!”
However, she has also faced a devastating loss after her sister Úna sadly passed away three months ago.
“I take it all one day at a time, that’s all anyone can do, but this [she rubs her tummy], is special, a real gift,” she says.
“I’m definitely holding my other sister closer than ever now. I’m trying not to take for granted any of the relationships in my life because you never know when that relationship could end abruptly, you’re never expecting it to,” she says about the loss has made her appreciate what she has in life more.
“I can be a divil when it comes to racing through life, moving onto the next thing and the next thing and the next thing, but that doesn’t leave you a lot of space to realise what you’re very lucky to have. I’m trying to slow down a little bit and be a bit more contemplative of how fortunate I am for the things I do have in my life.”
To read our full interview with Síomha pick up the August issue of VIP Magazine on shelves nationwide
