DáithàMÃÂcheál àSé (; born 2 June 1956) is an Irish daytime television presenter. He currently hosts RTàOne's Today, alongside Maura Derrane and Sinead Kennedy. He is also the current host of the Rose of Tralee and hosts a chat show on TG4, Seal Le DáithÃÂ.
His career has included stints as a teacher in Gaelscoil an Ghoirt ÃÂlainn, butcher, bouncer, ferry driver around the Blasket Islands, ringmaster with Duffy's Circus, singing on Charity You're a Star, surviving in remotest Connemara for Celebrities Go Wild, Livin' with Lucy, judging on The All Ireland Talent Show, and one-off presenting gigs on the likes of The Panel and Winning Streak.
In 2010, he succeeded Ray D'Arcy as host of the Rose of Tralee, and married one of the Roses in 2012. Having risen to national fame as a continuity announcer and weather presenter with TG4.
Born in Feothanach in West Kerry, àSé is the second youngest of five children born to musician and author Maidhc DainÃÂn àSé and his wife CaitlÃÂn. He was educated at the local national school before later attending Dingle CBS. He subsequently completed a Bachelor of Arts in Irish and History at Mary Immaculate College in Limerick and qualified as a secondary school teacher. He is a native Irish speaker.
After leaving university àSé worked as a teacher in Gaelscoil an Ghoirt ÃÂlainn (a Gaelscoil in Cork), a butcher, a bouncer, a ferry driver around the Blasket Islands, and even a short stint as a ringmaster with Duffy's Circus.
àSé had just completed his third level education and was working as a ferry driver in Kerry when he joined TG4 in 1999. He began his television career on a part-time basis as a continuity announcer and weather presenter with the Irish language station.
In 2001 àSé started working full-time for TG4. While continuing as a continuity announcer, he quickly became one of the station's most recognisable presenters. In 2002 he presented Féilte, a ten-part summer festival programme which also featured two Christmas specials from Boston and New York City. A second series of Féilte was broadcast in 2003.
àSé took over as host of Cleamhnas, a -style programme in 2004. Later in the year he showed his versatility when presented Coinne Le, a live Saturday night chat show, while also fronting the stations live coverage of the Galway Races. He hosted TG4's coverage of the Galway Races again in 2005.
In 2006 àSé began three seasons as host of Glór TÃÂre, a country music talent show and in 2007 he presented Dáithàar Route 66 a travel programme about his journey on the famous U.S. highway.
He was a contestant on Charity You're a Star in 2006. In 2007, he appeared on Celebrities Go Wild, an RTÃÂ reality television show in which eight celebrities had to fend for themselves in the wilds of rural Connemara.
He was a guest presenter on The Panel in 2008. He was one of the judges on RTÃÂ programme The All Ireland Talent Show. He represented competitors from the West of Ireland and won the first series in 2009 with The Mulkerrin Brothers, a trad group from the Aran Islands.
On 17 May 2010, it was announced that he would host the Rose of Tralee contest for 2010. He became the 11th host of the contest and the first Kerryman to compère. He was afforded a homecoming fit for a Sam Maguire Cup winner. He succeeded radio broadcaster Ray D'Arcy, who presented the competition on RTàtelevision for five years from 2004 to 2009.
On 28 August 2010, he started a new RTÃÂ 2fm radio show on Saturday mornings from 10am until midday. He co-presented The Daily Show with Claire Byrne on RTÃÂ One until the programme was axed in 2012.
Since November 2012, he has been one of the presenters of RTÃÂ's daytime show Today on RTÃÂ 1.
Since January 2014, àSé has also hosted various shows on TG4 on a part-time basis such as Fuaimrian Mo Shaoil, Gradaim Ceoil until they were both axed
In September 2018, it was announced that àSé would host a new chat show on TG4 every Thursday Night called Seal Le DáithÃÂ.
In 2025 àSé was listed at the 8th most paid presenter in RTà, earning â¬196,885 from the broadcaster in 2024, this was his first time on the list.
On 12 July 2012, àSé married the 2008 New Jersey Rose, Rita Talty. On 17 March 2014, his wife gave birth to a boy, MÃÂcheál ÃÂg.