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Telly presenter Grainne Seoige has been sensationally axed by RTE as a presenter of Crimecall, RTE’s popular crimewatch programme.

RTE presenter Keelin Shanley is now set to take over the Galway presenter’s pivotal role in the series.

While RTE has said that Ms. Seoige will continue to present Up for the Match and The People of the Year Awards, no other broadcasting projects have yet been linked to her name.

In a statement released at the weekend, the national broadcaster said: ”Grainne will be hosting Up for the Match and The People of the Year Awards and we will also be talking to her about other potential projects in the coming months”.

Grainne spent the last six years presenting the show alongside Philip Boucher-Hayes who is also not returning.

The show was also put out to tender this year for the first time and the original makers Coco Television lost out to another compnay.

The RTE statement released at the weekend continued: “The hugely successful series (Crimecall) has been on air for over 10 years with a variety of presenters at the helm.

“This season, RTE has decided to change the look and feel of the show with Keelin replacing Grainne and Philip as the presenter of the series.

’We’d like to thank Grainne and Philip for their fantastic work over the past six years and we’re looking forward to working with them again on different projects for RTE One in the coming months”.

While Mr. Boucher-Hayes has spoken about his broadcasting work, including a new TV series of ‘What Are You Eating’, and radio work on Drivetime and Liveline, Ms. Seoige has remained tight-lipped and was not seen at RTE’s recent autumn schedule launch.