Geri Maye

{{short description|Irish presenter on radio and television}}

{{other people||Jerry May (disambiguation){{!}}Jerry May}}

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|birth_place = County Limerick, Ireland

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|occupation = Presenter

|employer = Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ)

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Geri Maye is an Irish presenter on radio and television who worked predominantly on Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ).

She was born in County Limerick. She used to work for RTÉ on The Den (children's television). Then she left RTÉ and went to Sydney before returning to present a show on RTÉ lyric fm. She was once engaged to Ray D'Arcy but the wedding was called off at the last minute.{{cite news|first=Larissa|last=Nolan|url=http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/independent-woman/celebrity-news-gossip/pregnancy-finally-fixes-the-big-ray-and-jenny-question-133016.html|title=Pregnancy finally fixes the big Ray and Jenny question|newspaper=Sunday Independent|date=30 July 2006|accessdate=30 July 2006}}{{cite news|first=Marie|last=Kierans|url=http://www.irishmirror.ie/showbiz/irish-showbiz/rte-winning-streak-host-geri-1911106|title=Geri Maye on how she's dealt with heartache behind her Winning Streak smile|newspaper=Sunday Mirror|date=26 May 2013|accessdate=26 May 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150304201411/http://www.irishmirror.ie/showbiz/irish-showbiz/rte-winning-streak-host-geri-1911106|archivedate=4 March 2015}} She was also engaged to judge Brian Purcell from The Apprentice.{{cite news|first=Lorna|last=Nolan|url=http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/around-town/why-geri-is-glad-to-be-home-after-rte-break-1670327.html|title=Why Geri is glad to be home after RTÉ break|newspaper=Evening Herald|date=12 March 2009|accessdate=12 March 2009}} She married Peter Collins, a business man from Limerick, in 2012.{{Cite web|title=I'm just married and back on TV with my new job -- it's one long honeymoon|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/herald/entertainment/around-town/im-just-married-and-back-on-tv-with-my-new-job-its-one-long-honeymoon-27999815.html|access-date=2021-08-04|website=independent|language=en}}

On 21 December 2011, RTÉ announced her as the new co-presenter of Winning Streak. She replaced Kathryn Thomas and presented alongside Marty Whelan. She had done the Dream Maker Wheel segment and deputised for Kathryn Thomas in the past.{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/ten/2011/1221/mayeg.html|title=Geri Maye is new Winning Streak presenter|publisher=RTÉ|date=21 December 2011|accessdate=21 December 2011|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150304200940/http://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2011/1221/434449-mayeg/|archivedate=4 March 2015}} She left Winning Streak in 2013 and was replaced by Sinead Kennedy.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}