Kate Smith (b. Belleek, County Fermanagh[1]) is a former Northern Irish television presenter and journalist.

Broadcasting career

Smith began her broadcasting career at Downtown Radio as a newsreader and reporter.[2] She later worked as a presenter and reporter for RTÉ in 1980[1] and moved to UTV in 1983.[2]

Smith hosted her last edition of UTV Live in December 2006.[3] She was appointed a board member of Northern Ireland Screen in December 2007.[4]

Personal life

Before her broadcasting career, Smith studied sociology and psychology at Queen's University, Belfast and took a postgraduate course in sociology at University College Dublin.[1] Her first journalism work was as an agony aunt for the Sunday News paper.

Smith has worked with a number of charities, including the William Keown Trust, the Prince's Trust, CLIC Sergeant Cancer Care and The Children's Cancer Unit Charity.[4] She is married to Belfast restaurateur Michael Deane[5] and they have one son, Marco.

Retirement from television

After retiring from UTV IN December 2006, Smith She is now fully involved in running Deanes Restaurants with husband Michael Deane.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Belfast Telegraph: "What Kate does next": dated 3 January 2007; accessed 20 January 2009
  2. 1 2 Northern Ireland Screen website Archived 2011-07-25 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ Belfast Telegraph: "Exodus of broadcast starts not a big deal, says UTV"; dated 22 December 2006; accessed 17 June 2008
  4. 1 2 Northern Ireland Executive: "Northern Ireland Screen gets new board members"; dated 21 December 2007, retrieved 17 June 2008
  5. ↑ Belfast Telegraph: "Kate dines on love"; dated 17 July 1997, accessed 17 June 2008


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