| Maura Derrane | |
| Birth Name: | Maura Catherine Derrane |
| Birth Date: | 8 July 1970 |
| Birth Place: | Inishmore, County Galway, Ireland |
| Nationality: | Irish |
| Known For: | Presenting work on RTÉ, TV3 and TG4. |
| Television: | RTÉ News TV3 News Ireland AM The Afternoon Show Four Live Today |
| Employer: | RTÉ |
| Agent: | Noel Kelly |
| Children: | 1 |
Maura Catherine Derrane (born 8 July 1970) is an Irish television presenter and journalist. She currently 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. 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]
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, and later moved with her family to Dublin.