Declan Curry

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Declan Curry
Born
Declan Gerald Curry

(1971-09-05) 5 September 1971 (age 51)
Strabane, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Occupation(s)Journalist, news presenter, businessman
Years active1990–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, news presenter and businessman, best known as the former business correspondent for BBC Breakfast .

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Early life

Curry was born and raised in Strabane, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. [1]

Career

Early career

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.

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 London Stock Exchange 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. [2] He justified his stance by commenting: "I don't support the strike at all. The management have made a very strong case in my view as to why these cuts are necessary. It's other people's money that we are spending and we have to use it as wisely as we can." [3]

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 [4] Curry was a regular host of Your Money on the BBC News Channel on Saturday mornings until August 2014.

Curry introduced the business and finance reports on Radio 5 Live's Drive programme, and has also presented the programme on occasions. [5] [6]

From 5 September 2010, Curry presented On the Money, a Sunday evening business programme on Radio 5 Live, [7] and later hosting the business debate programme Show Me The Money on the News Channel, [8] also on Sunday evening at 21.30. [9]

At the end of summer 2014, Curry, who has been freelance for many years, decided to stop making long term programmes for the BBC. He now concentrates on print journalism, public speaking and acting as a business conference chair. [10]

Awards

On 6 July 2009, Curry was awarded an honorary degree from Middlesex University. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "Strabane homecoming for Curry". BBC News. 15 July 2009. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
  2. ↑ Deans, Jason (23 May 2008). "TV stars: why we crossed BBC picket line". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 October 2008.
  3. ↑ "TV stars: Why we crossed BBC picket line". www.theguardian.com. 23 May 2005. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  4. ↑ BBC's Working Lunch show to end BBC News, 23 April 2010
  5. ↑ 5 Live Drive BBC Radio 5 Live, 31 May 2010
  6. ↑ 5 Live Drive BBC Radio 5 Live, 22 July 2010
  7. ↑ Radio 5 Live launches new look to Sunday evenings featuring cream of business, politics and current affairs BBC Press Office, 10 August 2010
  8. ↑ Declan Curry and Harry Gration head for Examiner Business Awards event Huddersfield Daily Examiner, 10 November 2010
  9. ↑ Show Me The Money BBC News Channel
  10. ↑ "Meet our host: Declan Curry - MYFS - My Financial Services". Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014. MyFS-Events.co.uk. Retrieved 13 December 2014
  11. ↑ Honorary Graduates Archived 18 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine Middlesex University, July 2009

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