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Dermot Murnaghan | |
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| Born | Dermot John Murnaghan 26 December 1957 Barnstaple, Devon, England |
| Education | University of Sussex |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, television presenter |
| Years active | 1984–present |
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| Spouse |
Maria Keegan (m. 1989) |
| Children | 4 |
Dermot John Murnaghan (/ˈmɜːrnəhən/; born 26 December 1957) is a British media personality, notable as a journalist, news reporter and television host. He has been a presenter for numerous networks including at Channel 4, a news presenter at CNBC Europe, Independent Television News and BBC News. He has presented news programmes in a variety of time slots since joining Sky News in 2007, until the end of February 2023.
He also presented the BBC quiz show Eggheads between 2003 and 2014 before Jeremy Vine took over full-time.
On 8 September 2022, Sky News was the first British television media outlet to report that monarch Queen Elizabeth II had died, with Murnaghan presenting the afternoon rolling coverage live.