Noel Curran is a former Irish television producer and journalist who has been the director-general of the European Broadcasting Union since October 2017.
15 Facts About Noel Curran
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Noel Curran has worked in the editorial, management and commercial areas of media.
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Noel Curran was born in Carrickmacross, County Monaghan, where he attended both primary and secondary school.
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Noel Curran studied 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.
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Noel Curran wrote about European broadcasting policy while studying for post-grad.
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Noel Curran joined Current Affairs as a senior financial journalist before becoming a television producer.
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Noel Curran then became executive producer of live entertainment series and productions, 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.
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Noel Curran was a member of the EBU Eurovision group.
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Noel Curran returned to RTE as editor of current affairs, where he helped launch the Prime Time Investigates series of documentaries.
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Noel Curran was editor of the award winning Mary Raftery documentaries Cardinal Secrets and Broken Trust.
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Noel Curran spoke on Radio 1's 'Drivetime' programme about Mary Raftery's contribution to journalism after her death in January 2012.
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Noel Curran left RTE to become Director of an independent TV production company.
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Noel Curran led a policy of increased investment in Irish TV production during his tenure, as RTE's commercial income grew to its highest historic level.
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In March 2010, Noel Curran left RTE to pursue a consultancy and other private business interests before being interviewed and then appointed DG by the RTE board effective from 1 February 2011.
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Noel Curran returned to Dublin City University in April 2016, where he criticised Irish broadcasting policy and warned that RTE and public media faced a difficult financial future without changes in policy and funding.