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After hosting Eurovision 1981, Ní Bhriain left RTÉ again, this time to pursue a scholarship granted to her from the Journalists in Europe programme in Paris. On her return, she co-presented ''The Women's Programme'' with Marian Finucane. This was a groundbreaking, prime-time magazine and current affairs programme. She also worked the RTÉ [[Belfast]] newsroom (where she met her husband, [[Andy Pollak]]) and presented the ''Book Programme'' on RTÉ Radio 1. The late 1980s saw her take her first courses in radio production, and soon after she worked as a producer on ''The Arts Show'' with [[Mike Murphy (broadcasterpresenter)|Mike Murphy]]. She also produced several radio documentaries, winning a [[Jacob's Award]] in 1983 for her work with Nuala Hayes on 'Moving Statues', a documentary on the work of sculptor Louise Walsh. She left RTÉ in 1993 to run the ''L'Imaginaire Irlandais'' festival in France, living between Dublin and Paris until the festival was over in 1996.