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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Home Office ‘disappointed’ after judge halts flight to deport asylum seekers
The Home Office say they are “bitterly disappointed” by a judge’s decision to stop a whole flight of asylum seekers from being deported to Spain.
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Small businesses win court case against insurers over Covid payouts
It could be a financial lifeline for thousands of struggling small companies.
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Mass scramble to escape France to avoid two-week quarantine
Travellers returning from France must now self isolate for 14 days as new restrictions came into force after the 4am deadline.
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UK and France seek to ‘completely cut’ migrant boat route across English Channel
The surge in people trying to reach the UK by crossing the Channel is “completely unacceptable”, the immigration minister has declared – after talks with French officials in Paris.
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Home secretary meets with Border Force over record numbers of migrants crossing English Channel
The Home Secretary Priti Patel was in Dover today meeting Border Force officers after record numbers of people risked the journey in small boats across the Channel UK.
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Which chemicals caused Beirut explosion?
What do we know about the blast other than it was caused by thousands of tonnes of unstable, dangerous chemicals stored in a warehouse in the port area?
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Shamima Begum can return to UK to fight decision to remove her British citizenship
Shamima Begum, who was one of three east London schoolgirls who fled to Syria to join the extremist Islamic State group in 2015, has won a legal battle to be allowed to come home to challenge the government’s decision to strip her of her British citizenship.
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Poland’s Duda narrowly re-elected as president
Poland’s conservative president Andrzej Duda has narrowly won the presidential run-off election – after his liberal challenger Rafal Trzaskowski conceded defeat.
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Poland’s presidential election to be close run-off after divisive campaign
Delayed once due to coronavirus, Poland’s presidential election is back on this weekend.
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Pubs and restaurants in Northern Ireland reopen with restrictions
There are big changes, including personal protective equipment (PPE) for staff, restrictions on serving alcohol indoors, and no standing at the bar.
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US virus cases surge as global infections pass 10 million
The United States has seen a quarter of the world’s infections.
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Reading terror attack: Scientist David Wails named as third victim
Police in Reading are continuing to question a 25-year-old Libyan man who’s suspected of Saturday’s knife attack, which left three people dead.
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Reading stabbing: Schoolteacher James Furlong named as first victim in the ‘terrorist incident’ that killed three
It was early on Saturday evening when reports of an attack in a park in Reading began to come in. Then the flood of gruesome images and reports on social media followed.
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Fury-v-Joshua: The man with ‘chequered past’ credited with setting up fight
It sounds like a script from a gangster movie. Two of the world’s most famous boxers brought together for what is being billed as the biggest fight in British boxing history.
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Concerns raised over staff safety in Northern Ireland food processing plants
Northern Ireland has announced two deaths from coronavirus in the last 24 hours – an increase from zero the day before.
