Dermot Murnaghan
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| Born |
Dermot John Murnaghan 26 December 1957 Barnstaple, Devon, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | University of Sussex |
| Occupation | Journalist, television presenter |
| Years active | 1984–present |
| Notable credit(s) |
BBC Breakfast Eggheads Sky News Today Are You an Egghead? Murnaghan Sky News Tonight |
| Spouse(s) | Maria Keegan (m. 1989) |
| Children | 4 |
Dermot Murnaghan (born 26 December 1957) is a British broadcaster. A presenter for Sky News, he was a news presenter at CNBC Europe, Independent Television News and BBC News. He has presented news programmes in a variety of time slots since joining Sky News in 2007.
He also presented the hugely popular BBC quiz show Eggheads between 2003 and 2014 before Jeremy Vine took over full-time.
Murnaghan was born in Barnstaple, Devon in South West England. He and his family later moved to Northern Ireland - first to Armagh City, then to Newry, County Down, and then to Holywood.
Murnaghan was educated at two schools in Northern Ireland: St Malachy's Primary School in Armagh City and Sullivan Upper School (a grammar school) in Holywood, followed by the University of Sussex in England, graduating with a master's degree in history in 1980. He then completed a postgraduate course in journalism at City University London.
Murnaghan worked as a trainee reporter on local newspapers before joining Channel 4 as a researcher and later a reporter for The Business Programme.
Murnaghan presented the European Business Channel in Switzerland before being recalled by ITN to present the World News on The Channel 4 Daily between 1991 and 1992 after the departure of original anchor Carol Barnes.
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