Kate Smith (presenter)
Kate Smith (b. Belleek, County Fermanagh[1]) is a former Northern Irish television presenter and journalist.
Broadcasting career[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
After retiring from UTV IN December 2006, Smith She is now fully involved in running Deanes Restaurants with husband Michael Deane.
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Belfast Telegraph: "What Kate does next": dated 3 January 2007; accessed 20 January 2009
- ^ a b Northern Ireland Screen website Archived 2011-07-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Belfast Telegraph: "Exodus of broadcast starts not a big deal, says UTV"; dated 22 December 2006; accessed 17 June 2008
- ^ a b Northern Ireland Executive: "Northern Ireland Screen gets new board members"; dated 21 December 2007, retrieved 17 June 2008
- ^ Belfast Telegraph: "Kate dines on love"; dated 17 July 1997, accessed 17 June 2008
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