Paul Connolly (journalist)

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Paul Dermot Connolly
Born29 September 1983 (1983-09-29) (age 40)
Dublin, Ireland
Occupation Journalist
Notable worksDocumentary series:
Paul Connolly Investigates

Paul Dermot Connolly is an Irish investigative journalist, radio personality and documentary maker, who worked for the Irish commercial television station TV3.[ citation needed ] He worked as a host for various famous Irish sports show and also is host to a series of investigative documentaries self-titled as Paul Connolly Investigates.

Career

Born in Dublin, Connolly studied Journalism and Media Communications, in Griffith College Dublin gaining a degree in that subject. He began his career as editor of "The Bike Buyers Guide", before moving into radio where he worked at Ireland's Newstalk 106-108. [1] He was a regular on-air contributor to Moncrieff , before establishing himself as a sports reporter. He has appeared on both for Off The Ball and The Weekend Sports Show, and was a host of 98FM's current affairs programme The Inbox for three years.

On television Connolly has appeared on Setanta Sports, providing coverage of the Pro14 both as a presenter and reporter, and first joined TV3 as host of The All Ireland County Quiz. His documentary series, Paul Connolly Investigates is aired on TV3 and has looked at a diverse range of topics, including benefit fraud, bogus marriages and the subcultures of Swinging and dogging in Ireland. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] In 2015 he started hosting Undercover Benefits Cheat on Channel 5. [6]

In 2016, Connolly hosted Season 1 of the documentary series Inside the World's Toughest Prisons , which aired on Channel 5. As part of the documentary, he spent a few days in prisons in Honduras, Poland, Mexico, and the Philippines. [7] [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Paul Connolly Investigates-mini bio". TV3. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
  2. ↑ "For Better, No, Worse". Herald.ie. 11 September 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
  3. ↑ Horan, Niamh (4 March 2012). "Swinging sex clubs attracting society's elites". Sunday Independent. Independent.ie. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
  4. ↑ Doyle, Diarmuid (16 August 2011). "Last night's TV: Bogus Beggars". Independent.ie. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
  5. ↑ "Ireland's Dole Cheats: Fiddling the System" . The Irish Times. Irish Times Trust. 7 June 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
  6. ↑ Corner, Natalie (12 August 2015). "Benefit cheats sell fake steroids made 'chemical cowboys' in money-making scam". Daily Mirror . Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  7. ↑ "Inside the World's Toughest Prisons". Channel 5. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  8. ↑ Harding, Nick (10 February 2016). "Inside The World's Toughest Prisons: Paul Connolly spent time in Poland's Piotrkow for Channel 5 series". The Independent. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
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