Whilst in her third year at Trinity, Woods began her broadcasting career by working as a continuity announcer on
RTÉ Radio. In 1999, she presented the
Breakfast Show on
Trinity FM. She joined
RTÉ Television as a continuity announcer in 2000. Moving from continuity announcing in September 2002, Woods became the face of
iD (renamed
iD Two in late 2004) and remained there until May 2005. In 2004 she began co-presenting three series of
The Cafe with
Aidan Power. Woods anchored RTÉ's coverage of the
Festival of World Cultures in 2005 and 2006, and joined
Dave Fanning in
Hyde Park to cover
Live8 in July 2005. In September 2005, she began hosting
SMS, but left the show to concentrate on presenting the
Irish National Lottery game show Winning Streak from January–March 2006 while regular presenter
Derek Mooney was presenting ''You're a Star''. Woods hosted another
Irish National Lottery game show called
Fame and Fortune in June 2006, and went on to present the show's successors,
The Trump Card from June–August 2007, and
The Big Money Game from June–August 2008. In 2007, she also began presenting an event guide on
2fm's
The Will Leahy Show and made an appearance on the
People in Need Telethon. She appeared as a participant on
Anonymous in the first half of 2008. She was made redundant in 2021 after Ireland AM got new presenters. Woods joined Q102 in 2026 to present a new weekday afternoon show Luara Woods joins Dublin’s Q102 ==References==