Shane O'Brien Journalist
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Shane O'Brien is a journalist at IrishCentral. Shane studied journalism at DIT for four years before moving to New York in 2019, where he worked for the Queens Post, a local Queens publication. While living in New York he also freelanced for a number of Irish outlets and covered a number of high profile sporting events in the Big Apple. He started working with IrishCentral on his return to Ireland in January 2020.

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The American-born scriptwriter behind the Irish-language soap opera

An American-born fisherman who became fluent in the Irish language has been a driving force behind "Ros na Rún", Irel...

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Ghost stories from one of Ireland's most haunted buildings

Few buildings in Ireland are more haunted than the mysterious Hellfire Club located in South Dublin.

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The genealogy company tracking down American beneficiaries of Irish estates

A genealogy company based in Dublin can help locate American beneficiaries of long-lost Irish relatives by delving th...

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Who was Arabella Kennedy?

One year before John and Jackie Kennedy welcomed Caroline to the world in 1957, the couple suffered the heartbreak of...

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Ex-Sinn Féin councilor sentenced for involvement in Dublin gang murder

Jonathan Dowdall, a former Sinn Féin councilor, has been jailed for four years after admitting to helping a criminal ...

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Ex-Sinn Féin councilor sentenced for involvement in Dublin gang murder

Jonathan Dowdall, a former Sinn Féin councilor, has been jailed for four years after admitting to helping a criminal ...

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Fota Wildlife Park welcomes first-ever Indian rhino to be born in Ireland

Fota Wildlife Park in Co Cork is calling on the public to help choose a name for the baby Indian Rhino, the first eve...

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Northern Irish student's death ruled misadventure

A Northern Irish student who died hours after arriving at an English university in 2020 had a mixture of alcohol and ...

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Northern Irish man waives anonymity to allege he was abused by Lord Mountbatten

A Belfast man has waived his anonymity to allege that Lord Louis Mountbatten abused him in the 1970s while he was liv...

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This Irish man swapped city life for a haunted cottage on a remote Irish island

Rauri Morgan, an Irish man who turned his back on his corporate career to live on the remote Rathlin Island off the c...

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Spooky photo from Victorian-era Belfast goes viral - do you see a ghost?

A Victorian-era photograph of women working in a linen mill in Belfast spooked the internet due to the presence of an...

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Heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury's Irish roots

Tyson Fury, the "Gypsy King" boxer, frequently proclaims that he has "Irish blood" and a "British heart." Fury's fath...

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