Maura Derrane: ‘I was one of the first journalists in TV3. We were all young and wild’

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Broadcaster Maura Derrane had a sheltered childhood on the Aran Islands. Photo: David Conachy

Maura Derrane

Maura Derrane is the presenter of RTÉ’s ‘Today’ show. She grew up on the Aran Islands and now lives in Dublin with her husband and son. ​

I’d never tasted a pizza as a child. I grew up on an island where there were not a lot of modern trappings. We were very self-sufficient, we had a farm, our own milk, all our own vegetables.​