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… who said the building boom is over? Soon it will be a new home for multimedia journalist, storyteller, teacher and content creator Philip O’Connor. Until it is, you can visit the website of his...
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“Unverified” reports aren’t reports – they’re specualtion
fan·tas·tic (fn-tstk) also fan·tas·ti·cal (-t-kl) adj. 1. Quaint or strange in form, conception, or appearance. 2. a. Unrestrainedly fanciful; extravagant b. Bizarre, as in form or appearance; strange...
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Research? Snow laughing matter…
In a little over two weeks I’ll be going to my first Olympics, the winter games in Sochi, Russia. ASide from the plethora of sports and medals and records, there will be plenty of political and social...
View ArticleThe arc of a story
This week I spent a lot of time following the death of Stefan Isaksson, a 43-year-old father of four who was assaulted and died of injuries sustained while he was on his way to a football match in...
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Go with the flow….
I was honoured to speak to the students on the Dublin City University Masters in Journalism program this morning. I did it from my home office here in Stockholm over Skype, and I often wonder if I’m...
View ArticleReporters At War
My good friend Pat O’Mahony was involved in the production of award-winning documentary “Reporters At War” over ten years ago, but I’ve only got around to watching it now. Stunning – essential viewing...
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So many stories, so little time
ÖTILLÖ – one of the world’s toughest endurance races 21 hours after the alarm went off at four o’clock this morning, I have to write these words. About 75 kilometres of running and swimming. About...
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Mighty Quinn can strike Swedish gold with Eskilstuna
This piece on Irish defender Louise Quinn and the Swedish Damallsvenskan title race is published here under a Creative Commons License. It may be reproduced in whole or part and the images and video...
View ArticleFootball unites the suburbs
I did this piece for Swedish state broadcaster Sveriges Radio. The process of getting it made was, to be frank, deeply annoying. We spoke about it for months, but neither a decision nor a budget was...
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McGregor’s defeat puts UFC on brink of mainstream
I spent the last week in Las Vegas at UFC 196, finally getting a chance to size up the sport and its protagonists up close. It is fascinating, brutal and very much here to stay. Conor McGregor meets...
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Back to my roots…
It’s been ages since I updated this site, but there’s a very good reason for it now. Last week I was working for TV Asahi from Japan, and it struck me that, as a freelance journalist, all I have is my...
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Reporting from a changed place
Heading to Dublin next week to report on the referendum to remove Ireland’s 8th amendment to the constitution, which effectively bars abortion in all but the most extreme circumstances – packing the...
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A first draft of history
One of the most rewarding things about journalism is being there as history is made, and nowhere was that more apparent than in Dublin this weekend as the Eighth Amendment was repealed. But at the same...
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