Irish voices behind NBC’s NY parade show

LONG before Cobh native Treasa Goodwin met her husband Tommy Smyth, she heard his voice flow across the Atlantic on RTÉ Radio airwaves.

This was back when the ESPN soccer commentator would co-host a show called Overseas Requests with Mike Murphy.

Little did Treasa know she would subsequently emigrate to New York where she would meet and marry the owner of that distinctive Louth accent — or that their relationship would inspire her to try her own hand at broadcasting.