Dermot Murnaghan

Dermot John Murnaghan (; 26 December 1957 – 11 July 2026) was an English media personality, notable as a journalist, news reporter and television host. He presented for numerous networks, including Channel 4, CNBC Europe, Independent Television News and BBC News. Murnaghan anchored news programmes in a variety of time slots from when he joined Sky News in 2007 until the end of February 2023. He also presented the BBC quiz show Eggheads between 2003 and 2014.

Dermot John Murnaghan was born on 26 December 1957 in Barnstaple, Devon, and spent much of his early childhood in Northern Ireland following a family relocation. The family settled sequentially in Armagh, Newry (County Down), and later Holywood. His schooling took place at St Malachy's Primary School in Armagh and Sullivan Upper School, a grammar institution located in Holywood. Murnaghan went on to study history at the University of Sussex, where he earned a master's degree in 1980. He subsequently undertook postgraduate training in journalism at City University London.

Murnaghan began his journalism career as a trainee reporter with local newspapers before transitioning to television. He joined Channel 4 as a researcher and later worked as a reporter on The Business Programme. After a brief period presenting for the European Business Channel in Switzerland, he returned to the UK in 1989 to contribute to Channel 4’s breakfast programme The Channel Four Daily, where he presented business segments. He later became one of the programme’s lead presenters.