Maura Catherine Derrane (born 8 July 1970) is an Irish television presenter and journalist. She currently works for Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ), having previously worked for TV3 and

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. Derrane is a from

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, County Galway. She previously worked as a researcher for RTÉ News in Galway. In 1996, she moved to

as a news reporter. From 1998, she worked for

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. She worked as a news reporter and crime correspondent. From 2004 to 2006, she was a co-presenter on ''

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''. She has presented three series of ''Feirm Factor'' on

. Derrane presented ''

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'' from October 2009, with Sheana Keane. The programme was dropped after the launch of the 2010 new season of

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, and replaced by two other afternoon chat shows. '' Four Live'' was presented by Derrane, and was followed by ''

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'' presented by

Dáithí Ó Sé Dáithí Mícheál Ó Sé (; born 2 June 1976) is an Irish television presenter. He currently hosts RTÉ One's ''Today'', alongside Maura Derrane. He is also the current host of the Rose of Tralee and hosts a chat show on TG4 every Thursday nig ...

and

Claire Byrne Claire Byrne (born 11 August 1975) is an Irish journalist and television presenter. Byrne presented ''The Daily Show'' from September 2010 to March 2012. In 2013, she became an anchor on RTÉ's flagship current affairs programme ''Prime Time''. ...

. These ended in March 2012. ''

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'' debuted in November 2012, and is hosted each weekday by Maura Derrane and Dáithí Ó Sé.

Personal life

In 2005, she married politician John Deasy and lived with him in Dungarvan, County Waterford. She gave birth to a son in May 2014, and later moved with her family to Dublin.

References

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