Broadcaster and writer Maia Dunphy has announced that she and her husband - UK comedian Johnny Vegas - have decided to part ways.

The couple have been married since 2011 and have one child together, 2-year-old Tom Laurence, while Johnny also has a son from his previous marriage. 

Maia, who appeared on the most recent series of Dancing with the Stars on RTE, tweeted out a statement confirming the news this afternoon: