Maura Derrane

Maura Derrane
Born	8 July 1970 (1970-07-08) (age 41) Inishmore, County Galway
Nationality	Irish
Occupation	Television presenter and journalist
Employer	RTÉ
Agent	Noel Kelly
Known for	Presenting work on RTÉ, TV3 and TG4.
Television	RTÉ News TV3 News Ireland AM Ferim Factor The Afternoon Show 4 Live
Spouse	John Deasy (2005 – )

Maura Derrane (born 08 July 1970) is an Irish television presenter and journalist. She has worked for RTÉ, TV3 and TG4.

Derrane is a from Inishmore, County Galway. She previously worked as a researcher for RTÉ News in Galway.^[1] In 1996 she moved to TG4 as a news reporter. From 1998 she worked for TV3 News. She worked as a news reporter and crime correspondent.^[2]

From 2004 to 2006, she was a co-presenter on Ireland AM. She has presented three series of Feirm Factor on TG4.^[3]

Derrane presented The Afternoon Show from October 2009 with Sheana Keane.^[3] The programme was dropped after the launch of the 2010 new season of RTÉ Television.^[4] The programme will be replaced by two other afternoon chat shows. 4 Live will be presented by Derrane, which will be followed by The Daily Show presented by Dáithí Ó Sé and Claire Byrne.^[5]

She married in 2005, to John Deasy TD and lives with him in Dungarvan, County Waterford.^[1] Her agent is Noel Kelly.^[3]

Reference

1. ^ ^{a b} Ciara Dwyer (10 August 2008). "There's no holding her back". Sunday Independent. http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/independent-woman/celebrity-news-gossip/theres-no-holding-her-back-1451330.html. Retrieved 6 August 2010. 
2. ^ "The Afternoon Show: Presenters". RTÉ.ie. Archived from the original on 6 August 2010. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rte.ie%2Ftv%2Ftheafternoonshow%2Fpresenters.html&date=2010-08-06. Retrieved 6 August 2010. 
3. ^ ^{a b c} "Maura Derrane - TV Presenter". NK Management. http://www.nkmanagement.ie/index.php/noel-kelly-portfolio/69-maura-derrane-tv-presenter. Retrieved 6 August 2010. 
4. ^ Ronan McGreevy (6 August 2010). "RTÉ bucks recession with more investment in home-made documentaries and drama". The Irish Times (Dublin). http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/0806/1224276309420.html. Retrieved 6 August 2010. 
5. ^ "RTÉ Television announces new season". RTÉ.ie. 5 August 2010. http://www.rte.ie/ten/2010/0805/rtetelevision.html. Retrieved 6 August 2010. 

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Name	Derrane, Maura
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Date of birth	20 January 1963 (1963-01-20) (age 48)
Place of birth	Inishmore, County Galway
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