Maura Catherine Derrane (born 8 July 1970) is an Irish television presenter and journalist. She currently^[when?] works for RTÉ, having previously worked for 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] and replaced by two other afternoon chat shows. Four Live was presented by Derrane, and was followed by The Daily Show presented by Dáithí Ó Sé and Claire Byrne.^[5] These ended in March 2012.^[6]

Today debuted in November 2012, and is hosted each weekday by Maura Derrane and Dáithí Ó Sé.^[7]

Personal life

In 2005, she married politician John Deasy and lived with him in Dungarvan, County Waterford.^[1] She gave birth to a son in May 2014,^[3] and later moved with her family to Dublin.^{[citation needed]}