predecessor birth_place citizenship nationality ethnicity salary article_title birth_date known_for residence term spouse employer education name occupation
cathal goan county monaghan , ireland irish irish caucasian 250,000 -lrb- 2011 -rrb- noel curran
 yes 1967 director-general of rtÉ carrickmacross , county monaghan 1 later if extension sought and approved -rrb- february 2011 -- 1 february 2016 -lrb- or eimear quinn raidió teilifís Éireann -lrb- rtÉ -rrb- dublin city university -lrb- dcu -rrb- noel curran radio and television producer , editor in chief
noel curran

noel curran -lrb- born 1967 in county monaghan , ireland -rrb- is a radio and television producer and current director-general of rtÉ .
he joined raidió teilifís Éireann -lrb- rtÉ -rrb- as an investigative reporter in 1992 after a period working as a business journalist for `` business & finance magazine '' .
while working at ` business & finance ' curran was involved in several prominent investigations , most notably into the controversial collapse of ballybay meats .
he became deputy editor of business & finance before leaving for rte .
he joined current affairs as a financial reporter before becoming a television producer .
he then became executive producer of live entertainment series and productions .
he produced `` kenny live '' and `` the late late show '' .
he also produced eurosong and a live international fashion show at the point theatre before being appointed as executive producer of the eurovision song contest 1997 , held in dublin and presented by ronan keating and carrie crowley .
his younger brother is richard curran , deputy editor of the ` sunday business post ' and presenter of tv 's ` dragons den ' series .
curran left rtÉ in 2000 to join an independent production company .
as an independent producer he won an ifta award as executive producer of the investigative documentary ` bad blood ' , which revealed the role of major pharmaceutical companies in selling blood products infected with the hiv virus to irish hospitals .
he returned to rtÉ as editor of current affairs , where he helped launch the `` prime time investigates '' series of documentaries .
in 2003 , he was appointed managing director of tv .
he led a policy of increased investment in irish production .
that investment reached a peak of over 170 million euro .
he was appointed director-general of rtÉ from 1 february 2011 on 9 november 2010 , succeeding cathal goan who had decided to retire after goan 's first term that ended at end january 2011 .
since becoming director general curran has made a number of speeches on the theme of the digital future of broadcasting in ireland .
