Background
Hurley grew up in Australia in the 1980s. She is the daughter of David and Mairead Hurley and sister of Catriona and Sean.
Hurley grew up in Australia in the 1980s. She is the daughter of David and Mairead Hurley and sister of Catriona and Sean.
She graduated from Mary Immaculate College (Ministry of Information and Communication) with a degree in Media and Communication Studies in 2006.
She is the co-presenter of Sunday Sport on RTÉ Radio 1 and presents the sports news on RTÉ television news each day. Hurley has played at the highest level in the sports of basketball and camogie and currently manages the Irish under-16 women"s basketball team On 1 February 2009, she became the first female to present a sports show on RTÉ Radio when she began working on Sunday Sport.
She played basketball for Ireland and camogie for Cork and has since taken on a management role with the Irish under-16 female basketball team
She is a sports enthusiast. She has webbed toes, a feature of her anatomy which she has openly discussed on radio.
She was paralysed for several days when she was 17 due to a sports accident after she and another player crashed into each other. Hurley initially spent some time as an intern with Columbia Broadcasting System in Mississippi, United States.
Radio She often appeared on The Colm & Jim-Jim Breakfast Show on RTÉ 2fm where her sports blog was a regular feature.
In early 2009, Hurley took over as the co-presenter of Sunday Sport alongside Con Murphy on RTÉ Radio 1. In doing so she made history as the first ever female presenter in the 40-year history of Sunday Sport at the age of 25. She writes the "Jacqui"s Week" column for Sunday Sport.