Kate Smith (presenter)

Kate Smith (born in Belleek, County Fermanagh^[1]) is a former television presenter and journalist from Northern Ireland.

Kate Smith
Born	Belleek, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
Occupation(s)	Television presenter, Journalist
Spouse	Michael Deane
Children	1

Broadcasting career

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

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

After retiring from UTV IN December 2006, Smith She is now fully involved in running Deanes Restaurants with husband Michael Deane.