Karen is a freelance journalist, specialising in travel. She is editor of the Sunday Independent Travel Magazine and reports on travel for national radio and television also. She’s mastered the art of packing and has travelled all around the globe but she never leaves home without some Lyons tea bags. How did you get into [...]
Dick O’Brien is the technology industry correspondent at the Sunday Business Post. Previously he has worked as a business reporter with the Sunday Tribune and was deputy editor with Business Plus. Here, he talks about his favourite interviewees – Irish entrepreneurs – as well as the future of the tech sector and how, if he [...]
Conor Pope is a travel and consumer affairs journalist with The Irish Times. As well as writing the Pricewatch section of the paper he also runs a Pricewatch blog. Here, he discusses his Twitter addiction, how he talks to up to ten PR people a day, as well as his Mexican holiday hell. How did [...]
Niamh Hennessy is a journalist with the Irish Examiner. As well as writing for the business section, she also manages the popular Talk the Talk business profile. Your educational background is in Government and Public Policy. How did you get into journalism? I did a four-year degree in Government and Public Policy in UCC and [...]
Robert Carry is a journalist with JOE.ie, Ireland’s first men’s website. First launched in April 2010, it attracts more than 200,000 visitors a month. His CV also boasts freelance work for The Irish Daily Star, The Irish Sun, The Irish Echo and The Sunday Tribune along with slots on RTE News, BBC Radio Northern Ireland, i102, Newstalk, 98FM and Spin 103.8. . Robert talks to us about writing for online media and how having a few extra strings to your bow can sharpen your competitive edge in the media world.
Freelance fashion, interiors and beauty Journalist Alanna Gallagher talks to us about how she got into journalism, broken promises from PR practitioners and tips on how life can be made a little easier for busy freelance journalists.
Dara Flynn is the editor of House and Home magazine and has been a property journalist with The Sunday Times Ireland since 2004. In her free time, Dara has a passion for upcycling old furniture and also likes to keep a keen eye on new Irish and international product design.
Dara talks to us about her thoughts on Twitter in the interiors industry and tells us what are her favourite design locations both at home and farther a field.
Pól Ó Conghaile is an award-winning journalist, travel writer and author. In this Ask a Journalist he talks to us about how he started in the business, who he is following online and his top tips for travel in 2011.
Robert Mayes is a news production executive on the Irish Mail on Sunday with responsibility for the review/travel pages. His remit includes editing, production, commissioning and writing content across the newspaper’s ‘back of the book’, and towards the end of the week, managing the news production team, from backbench to downtable sub editors. Robert was [...]
Freelance journalist Joe Griffin is one of The Irish Times’ weekly game reviewers, a fortnightly gaming columnist and a regular film reviewer and feature writer for the paper. Joe also regularly contributes to Arena on RTE Radio, both as a film critic and a videogame correspondent, and writes a weekly film column for The Irish Independent.
