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.
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.
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'sDrive 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]
declan, curry, declan, gerald, curry, born, september, 1971, northern, irish, freelance, journalist, news, presenter, businessman, best, known, former, business, correspondent, breakfast, borndeclan, gerald, curry, 1971, september, 1971, strabane, county, tyro. 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 Declan CurryBornDeclan Gerald Curry 1971 09 05 5 September 1971 age 51 Strabane County Tyrone Northern IrelandOccupation s Journalist news presenter businessmanYears active1990 presentNotable credit s BBC BreakfastOn The Money BBC 5Live Sunday evening Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2 1 Early career 2 2 BBC 3 Awards 4 References 5 External links 5 1 Video clipsEarly life EditCurry was born and raised in Strabane County Tyrone Northern Ireland 1 Career EditEarly career Edit 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 Edit 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 EditOn 6 July 2009 Curry was awarded an honorary degree from Middlesex University 11 References Edit Strabane homecoming for Curry BBC News 15 July 2009 Retrieved 15 July 2009 Deans Jason 23 May 2008 TV stars why we crossed BBC picket line The Guardian Retrieved 31 October 2008 TV stars Why we crossed BBC picket line www theguardian com 23 May 2005 Retrieved 4 March 2021 BBC s Working Lunch show to end BBC News 23 April 2010 5 Live Drive BBC Radio 5 Live 31 May 2010 5 Live Drive BBC Radio 5 Live 22 July 2010 Radio 5 Live launches new look to Sunday evenings featuring cream of business politics and current affairs BBC Press Office 10 August 2010 Declan Curry and Harry Gration head for Examiner Business Awards event Huddersfield Daily Examiner 10 November 2010 Show Me The Money BBC News Channel 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 Honorary Graduates Archived 18 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine Middlesex University July 2009External links EditDeclan Curry at IMDb Curry biodata BBC Presenters Working LunchVideo clips Edit Visiting his home town in July 2009 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Declan Curry amp oldid 1122657114, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
