Maura Derrane: I’m so glad menopausal women are not ignored now

RTE presenter Maura Derrane says she had aches and pains for five years before realising it was perimenopause

“Every woman goes through menopause,” Derrane says. “For years, nobody talked about it. Nobody talked about perimenopause, and women didn’t really know the symptoms.”

In an upstairs room of The Grayson restaurant, off Stephen’s Green in Dublin, RTÉ journalist and presenter Maura Derrane sips a coffee and is ready for her first interview of the day, before heading to Cork in the afternoon for her Today commitments.

She is keen to talk about all things menopause. It’s part of her ambassadorship with Active Iron, marking World Menopause Month.