Career

She is the main female anchor of British Broadcasting Corporation Newsline. Traynor has been nominated twice by the Royal Television Society in the category of "Presenter of the Year". She began her career in broadcasting at RTÉ in Dublin.

Traynor joined the British Broadcasting Corporation in 1989.

She presented news bulletins on British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Ulster, and was the newsreader at the station who first broke the news of the Provisional Ireland Republican Army ceasefire in August 1994. Around this time, Traynor began reading television news bulletins, and was later promoted to her current position.

In addition to her work for British Broadcasting Corporation Newsline, Traynor has also presented Country Times, various educational programmes and coverage of the Balmoral Show for British Broadcasting Corporation Northern Ireland, and she has also presented British Broadcasting Corporation Northern Ireland"s coverage of Children in Need.