Patrick Flaherty Email & Phone Number

County Galway, Ireland

Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland

I regularly reported on the Galway GAA scene, covering both inter county and club level encounters across football, hurling, Camogie and Ladies football.I also helped with their soccer coverage, attending Galway United games around the country and supplying match previews when required.

County Galway, Ireland

Worked for 6 months at the heart of the newsroom covering sports, news and entertainment stories where I learned many core skills.-writing copy-researching stories-pitching, developing and writing fresh stories-interviewing a variety of people from different areas-coping with strict deadlines

County Galway, Ireland

Provided the paper with reports on football, hurling and Ladies Football throughout the GAA season, both at inter county and local level.

Provide the Mayo News with occasional GAA and soccer reports involving Mayo teams taking on Galway opposition.

County Galway, Ireland

I supplied the station with match reports and post match interviews for Galway United away games, while providing my services occasionally as a commentator.GAA is a major part of the station's sports coverage and I helped out covering hurling and football reports, plus giving updates live on air.

Tullamore, Co. Offaly

Worked as the station's sports journalist, which entailed a variety of tasks including:- researching and compiling stories for the stations sport's bulletins.- Reading the sports bulletins live on air.-interviewing a variety of sporting personalities- editing down audio clips for use throughout the day.- constantly updating the website with the latest sports stories.-researching, recording and edit packages for use on air-on occasion working with the news team to… Show more Worked as the station's sports journalist, which entailed a variety of tasks including:- researching and compiling stories for the stations sport's bulletins.- Reading the sports bulletins live on air.-interviewing a variety of sporting personalities- editing down audio clips for use throughout the day.- constantly updating the website with the latest sports stories.-researching, recording and edit packages for use on air-on occasion working with the news team to create to news stories on air/ on the website. Show less

Galway

I worked as a Match Day Reporter for Galway United in the SSE Airtricity League of Ireland. My duties included providing minute by minute updates for the FAI website, writing a post match report and interviewing players and managers after the match.

County Limerick, Ireland

Worked on the flagship sports story for the Limerick Voice TV bulletin, a broadcasting project run by the University of Limerick. I was tasked with finding a fresh sports story with a news angle, shooting and editing the footage all in one day for an evening deadline. The experience helped me prepare for the cut throat environment of TV news and improved my editing and presenting skills.

County Galway, Ireland

Served as The Limerick Voice Soccer Correspondent, writing previews, reports, colour pieces and player profiles for both the website and printed addition of the paper.

Ayr, Scotland

Worked as a co editor, designer and contributor to a Scottish Lower League Football Magazine, which saw me improve my Indesign skills, develop new contacts in Scotland and further enhance my feature writing skills.

Developed a blog as a platform to publish my own content, ranging from season reviews of Galway GAA and Galway United, to feature pieces with players such as Colm Horgan and Jake Keegan. I am currently taking a break from blogging.

County Galway, Ireland

Worked as the Presenter of the West Awake Sports show for 2 years, which involved picking and researching stories, organising special guests and planning out segment times for a weekly 1-2 hour slot, The show featured specials focusing on everything from the Cheltenham Racing Festival to Euro 2016. Awarded the Peoples Choice Award by the station in 2016

Galway

I worked as a Match Day Reporter for Goal.com Ireland covering Galway United in the SSE Airtricity League of Ireland during the 2015 season. My duties included writing previews, providing minute by minute updates for their website, writing on the whistle reports and interviewing players and managers after the match.

Bachelor'S (Honours), Journalism And New Media W Economics Major

My four years on this course has equipped me for all that might be thrown at me in the industry, giving me the platform to develop a wide.

Erasmus Program, Broadcast Journalism