Joe O'Shea
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| Joe O'Shea | |
| Born | 6 September 1972 |
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| Nationality | Irish |
| Occupation | TV presenter, journalist |
| Employers | RTÉ |
Joe O'Shea (born September 6, 1972 in Barrack's Street, Cork, Ireland) is an Irish television presenter and journalist.
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[edit] Career
Joe O'Shea was educated at St Mary's of the Isle Convent, Sullivans Quay CBS, Cork and Deerpark CBS, Cork .[1]O'Shea began his career as a trainee with The Star newspaper covering 'bread and butter' stories in the 1980s.[2] In 1991, he became a staff journalist and over the next few years he interviewed celebrities, including Bono, David Bowie and Colin Farrell. During the nineties he covered some of Ireland's biggest stories, such as the negotiation of the Good Friday Agreement. When he travelled to Rwanda in 1998 with aid agency Trocaire, he spent two weeks conducting interviews with the survivors of genocide and chronicling the devastating effects of the civil war.[3]
Towards the end of the decade O'Shea was assigned to follow the Republic of Ireland national football team on all away games in search of a news angle. His personal highlight came in Japan and Korea in 2002 when he spent three weeks on the road immersed in Roy Keane and ticket scams. O'Shea began writing more colour and feature pieces for The Star. He became a freelance journalist. He pursued his interest in classic cars by acting as Motoring Correspondent for The Sunday Business Post. He also penned the Newshound column for In Dublin magazine on media issues.[4]
After writing articles appearing in The Irish Independent and The Evening Herald, he was a frequent guest on radio for Newstalk 106 and TV with Setanta Sports.[5] O'Shea applied for a job at RTÉ and found himself co-presenting a new magazine/lifestyle programme - Seoige and O'Shea - with Grainne Seoige in October 2006. In 2007, he made numerous television appearances on other shows such as Charity You're A Star and The Late Late Show.[6]
[edit] Personal life
O'Shea was stopped in Laois by the Gardaí on 1 September 2006 (returning from Electric Picnic) and became the first high-profile person to be banned for drink-driving following the police clampdown. Afterwards, he said he supports random breath checks in the morning. [7]
[edit] References
- ^ "[1]" The Irish Times. URL last accessed 2008-03-16
- ^ "[2]" Irish Independent. URL last accessed 2008-03-16
- ^ "Joe O'Shea's Profile" RTÉ. URL last accessed 2007-03-16
- ^ "Joe O'Shea's Profile" RTÉ. URL last accessed 2007-03-16
- ^ "Joe O'Shea's Profile" RTÉ. URL last accessed 2007-03-16
- ^ "[3]" RNLI. URL last accessed 2007-12-29
- ^ "[4]" Independent. URL last accessed 2007-08-12
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