Paraic O'Brien , Correspondent
Paraic O'Brien is a Correspondent for Channel 4 News.
Paraic's investigations include the multi-award winning "Bruce Lee, King of Romania's Sewers", a searing film about the subterranean life of Bucharest's drug addicts. His expose of how the global online game Habbo Hotel was putting children at risk, resulted in a mass exodus of investors. His investigation into the death of Alois Dvorzac in a British detention centre exposed serious flaws in the immigration system.
He was the first TV reporter on the ground in Brixton and Croydon as the riots broke out in 2011. He also once had a minor altercation with Russell Brand.
Before joining Channel 4 News he worked at the BBC as an investigations reporter for BBC London News and Newsnight on occasion. Prior to that he was a community worker in Ireland and south London.
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Revealed: plans for huge cuts in UK overseas aid
Among the proposals under discussion are slashing funds for Syria by 67%, and giving 60% less to Somalia and Congo.
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Home Office accused of treating asylum seekers dangerously after dozens caught Covid in housing
Two former army barracks, Napier and Penally, have been under scrutiny since they opened to asylum seekers last year.
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Pontins targeted Traveller community by blocking bookings from people with Irish surnames
Pontin’s has agreed to change its working practices after a whistleblower revealed it used a list of Irish surnames to stop people from the Traveller community booking holidays.
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Tributes paid by family to Captain Sir Tom Moore at funeral service
The family of Captain Sir Tom Moore have described him as a ‘beacon of light and hope to the world’ – as they paid tribute at his funeral service in Bedford.
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Why do people believe Covid conspiracy theories?
As the Covid vaccine is steadily rolled out around the world, there’s also a surge in disinformation, conspiracy theories and fake news.
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Exhausted nurses resign due to Covid pressure in Northern Ireland
Hospitals across the country are still struggling with huge numbers of Covid patients, putting staff under unimaginable stress.
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Russian opposition leader detained by police upon arriving home after poisoning
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who has spent five months in Berlin recovering from a poisoning attack, has been detained by police after arriving back in Moscow in the last hour. The Kremlin critic risks being arrested but told hoards of reporters on board his flight that he was “an innocent person” and he was…
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Migrants stranded outside in freezing weather in Bosnia
Hundreds of migrants are currently stranded in freezing weather in Bosnia.
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Donald Trump blocked from social media
“These tragedies have reminded us that words matter and the power of life and death is in the tongue” – the words of the Senate chaplain as he said prayers in a chamber still reeling in shock. President Trump stands accused of inciting the mob by his continual slew of social media posts promoting false…
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Essex lorry deaths: The story of one Vietnamese woman who died
Today two men: Eamonn Harrison and Gheorghe Nica were found guilty of multiple counts of manslaughter.
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Investigation claims PPE contracts went to companies with links to Tory party
In the desperate scramble to acquire scarce supplies of PPE, ventilators and Covid testing kits during the first wave of the pandemic – the government handed out hundreds of contracts worth billions of pounds.
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Migrants making treacherous journey to Canary Islands – on small fishing boats
Thousands of people from North and West Africa are travelling to the Canary Islands by sea on small fishing boats.
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Reading attack: Man pleads guilty to three murders
The man who killed three people in a knife attack at a park in Reading in June has pleaded guilty to three counts of murder and three of attempted murder.
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How conspiracy theorists reacted to Trump’s vow to fight US election results
“The media is the opposition party” – that was Donald Trump just a few days after he was sworn into office in 2016. Last night, when the major networks cut away from the president’s speech as he made claim after claim of a plot to cheat him out of the election, it seemed to confirm…
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Four members of Kurdish-Iranian family killed in English Channel crossing
The Kurdish-Iranian family who died when their boat capsized in the English Channel had been trying to seek a better life in the UK.
