Kate Smith (b. Belleek,

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Belfast Telegraph: "What Kate does next"
dated 3 January 2007; accessed 20 January 2009) is a former

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television presenter and journalist.

Broadcasting career

Smith began her broadcasting career at

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as a newsreader and reporter.Northern Ireland Screen website
She later worked as a presenter and reporter for

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in 1980 and moved to UTV in 1983. Smith hosted her last edition of ''

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'' in December 2006. She was appointed a board member of Northern Ireland Screen in December 2007.Northern Ireland Executive: "Northern Ireland Screen gets new board members"
dated 21 December 2007, retrieved 17 June 2008

Personal life

Before her broadcasting career, Smith studied sociology and psychology at

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and took a postgraduate course in sociology at

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. 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

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, CLIC Sergeant Cancer Care and The Children's Cancer Unit Charity. She is married to Belfast restaurateur Michael DeaneBelfast Telegraph: "Kate dines on love"
dated 17 July 1997, accessed 17 June 2008 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.

References

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