Covering breaking news and major stories for national and international publications in Ireland and the UK e.g. Daily Mail, Mail Online, The Irish Times, and The Sunday TimesWriting over 1,000 news articles to tight deadlines. My stories on Brexit, Trump’s presidency and the international migrant crisis attracted hundreds of thousands of viewsWriting high-impact original features on biodiversity and the environment for The Irish Times, leading to changes in Irish national land use policyUndertaking five foreign assignments for The Irish Times in:- India, reporting on the caste system and femicide- Vietnam, reporting on the effects of Agent Orange- Tanzania, on climate projects, tribal issues, and political instability in Zanzibar- Lesotho, on the plight of modern-day teenage shepherds- Timor-Leste, 20 years on from their referendum on independenceCovering the 2016 and 2020 general elections; securing a first interview with Nobel Prize-winning scientist William C Campbell for the Irish Times flagship Weekend Review supplement; reporting for and writing two Government-sponsored Irish Times supplements exploring Ireland’s independence centenariesReporting on a speech by Lady Hale, president of the UK Supreme Court, at the height of the Brexit debates, for The Sunday TimesReporting on cycling schemes in Cambridge, and on the medical case of Charles Byrne and the Hunterian Museum, for The Guardian

Writing and editing breaking news, features and analysis to tight deadlines for one of Ireland’s biggest online news outlets on international stories, e.g. Brexit and Trump, while changing headlines, managing indexes, responding to data analytics.Filing breaking political stories live from press conferences with Taoisigh (prime ministers) Leo Varadkar, Enda Kenny and Northern Irish political figures Field-reporting from London, Ireland and India, including on pollution in New Delhi

Writing 600 news stories to tight deadlines as part of a national newsroom, including dozens of front-page bylines Breaking new lines on developing scandal of major Dublin charity CRC topping up salaries using public fundsReporting on historic state visit of Ireland’s President Higgins to Queen Elizabeth II Editing, commissioning articles and overseeing junior journalists on weekend newsdesk

Reporting on Ireland’s international matches, as well the Premier League and European club football, including the 2011 Champions League Final at WembleyEditing newspaper’s football pages, including the English Premier League coverage

Producing two page-leads per day for one of Ireland’s most popular newspapers, concentrating on the 2008 financial crisis and its impact on Irish society

Writing headlines and editing 20 news stories per day for national and regional titlesRegular field reporting, including colour from 2008 Champions League Final in Moscow