Maura Derrane: I have always put family and lifestyle first

Six months on from reducing her working week, Maura Derrane on the importance of trusting your instinct

Maura Derrane

Maura Derrane believes in trusting your gut. It’s six months since the Today Show presenter reduced her working week to three days, and life, she says, is unrecognisable.

“It has changed our lives so much for the better,” she tells me while making the weekly journey from Dublin to Cork, where she will stay for two nights before returning home. “Having two shows less a week is a huge deal. It is giving me a kind of a balance in my life that I was lacking before.”