Declan Curry
| Declan Curry | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Declan Gerald Curry 5 September 1971 Strabane, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland |
| Occupation | Journalist, Presenter, Businessman |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Notable credit(s) |
BBC Breakfast On The Money (BBC 5Live, Sunday evening) |
Declan Gerald Curry (born 5 September 1971) is a Northern Irish freelance journalist, presenter and businessman, best known as the former business correspondent for BBC Breakfast.
Curry was born and raised in Strabane, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. He attended the Catholic Convent Grammar School on Curlyhill Road, which in 2003 became Holy Cross College.
Curry studied chemistry at Imperial College, London. There he reported for IC Radio and ICNN (Imperial College News Network), as well as the weekly paper Felix.
Curry has worked for and broadcast on ABC News and LBC, but has spent most of his career with the BBC.
Curry started working for the BBC in 1994. He worked on the BBC News Channel from the channel's inception in 1997. He has also worked for BBC World News, Radio 5 Live, and Radio 4. Curry is best known for his reporting of the happenings in the and other British economic news, particularly during the Breakfast programme on BBC One and BBC News Channel.
On 23 May 2005, Curry did not participate in a staff strike against announced pay cuts.
On 6 October 2008, Curry began a new role as presenter of BBC Two's Working Lunch, alongside Naga Munchetty, replacing the previous team headed by Adrian Chiles and Adam Shaw. After the programme ended in July 2010 Curry was a regular host of Your Money on the BBC News Channel on Saturday mornings until August 2014.
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