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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Shamima Begum can return to UK to fight decision to remove her British citizenship
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Poland’s Duda narrowly re-elected as president
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Pubs and restaurants in Northern Ireland reopen with restrictions
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Reading terror attack: Scientist David Wails named as third victim
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Reading stabbing: Schoolteacher James Furlong named as first victim in the ‘terrorist incident’ that killed three
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Fury-v-Joshua: The man with ‘chequered past’ credited with setting up fight
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What lessons can the UK learn from Ireland’s coronavirus testing operation?
The Republic of Ireland will begin its first phase of easing the lockdown on Monday.
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N.I. sets out plans for gradual lifting of lockdown
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Hospitals treating people with mental health problems face extra challenge during lockdown
We look at how Craigavon Area Hospital in County Armagh is treating patients presenting with serious mental ill health exacerbated by the lockdown.
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On Northern Ireland’s coronavirus frontline
The huge challenges to the healthcare system follow the recent paralysis of the devolved government in Northern Ireland, nurses strikes and concerns around Brexit.
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Access all areas to one Northern Ireland hospital changing how it treats all patients
The second of our special reports from Craigavon Area Hospital in County Armagh, Northern Ireland.
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Inside ICU with impressive coronavirus recovery record
For two days, Channel 4 News was given unprecedented access to Craigavon Area Hospital in North Armagh, to see how one hospital and its staff is adapting to cope with the pandemic.
