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Noel Curran
Director-General of RTÉ
In office
1 February 2011 – 11 April 2016
Preceded byCathal Goan
Succeeded byDee Forbes
Personal details
Born (1965-11-13) 13 November 1965 (age 58)
Editor in chief
  • Journalist

    • Noel Curran (born 13 November 1965) is an Irish CEO, chairperson and a former radio and television producer and journalist who has been the director-general of the

    director-general of RTÉ (Ireland's national broadcaster) from 2011 to 2016.[1]
    He has worked in the editorial, management and commercial areas of media.

    Previously he was

    Raidió Teilifís Éireann
    (RTÉ).

    Early life

    Curran was born in

    communications in Dublin City University, where he specialised in Irish and international broadcasting policy, writing his final year thesis on the future of public service broadcasting.[2]
    He also wrote about European broadcasting policy while studying for post-grad.

    Career

    RTÉ

    He joined

    Raidió Teilifís Éireann
    (RTÉ) as a business and investigative reporter in 1992, after a period working for Business & Finance magazine. While working at Business & Finance Curran was involved in several prominent investigations. He became deputy editor of Business & Finance two years after joining as a reporter, before leaving for RTÉ. He joined Current Affairs as a senior financial journalist before becoming a television producer.

    He then became executive producer of live entertainment series and productions,[3] producing several live television shows at the Point Theatre, before being appointed as executive producer of the Eurovision Song Contest 1997, held in Dublin, presented by Ronan Keating and Carrie Crowley. He was a member of the EBU Eurovision group.

    Senior management at RTÉ

    He returned to RTÉ as editor of current affairs, where he helped launch the Prime Time Investigates series of documentaries. He was editor of the award winning Mary Raftery documentaries Cardinal Secrets and Broken Trust. He spoke on Radio 1's 'Drivetime' programme about Mary Raftery's contribution to journalism after her death in January 2012.

    In 2003, he was appointed managing director of TV, at 37 the youngest person to hold the position, according to the Irish Independent and Irish Times.[4] He led a policy of increased investment in Irish TV production during his tenure, as RTÉ's commercial income grew to its highest historic level. According to the Sunday Business Post Curran's tenure marked the first time editorial and commercial departments in TV were integrated under one managing director.

    Director General of RTÉ

    In March 2010, Curran left RTÉ to pursue a consultancy and other private business interests before being interviewed and then appointed DG by the RTÉ board effective from 1 February 2011.[5][6]

    He returned to Dublin City University in April 2016, where he criticised Irish broadcasting policy and warned that RTÉ and public media faced a difficult financial future without changes in policy and funding.[7]


    References

    1. The Irish Independent
      . Retrieved 13 February 2011.
    2. ^ The Sunday Times Culture October 2011.
    3. ^ Ronan McGreevy (9 November 2010). "Curran named RTÉ director general". The Irish Times. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
    4. ^ RTE's Wunderkind – Prime Time Innovator and now Youngest MD", The Irish Times, 27 September 2003. The Irish Independent, 24 September 2003.
    5. ^ Colin Coyle (7 March 2009). "Ryan Tubridy joins pay-cut volunteers". The Sunday Times. London. Retrieved 5 July 2010.
    6. ^ "Curran named as RTÉ's next Director General". RTÉ News. 10 November 2010. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
    7. ^ The Irish Times 14 April 2016
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