Paul Dermot Connolly is an Irish
investigative journalist, radio personality and documentary maker, who worked for the Irish commercial television station
TV3 Channel 3 or TV 3 may refer to:
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. He worked as a host for various famous Irish sports show and also is host to a series of investigative documentaries self-titled as ''Paul Connolly Investigates''.
Career
Born in
Dublin
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, Connolly studied Journalism and Media Communications, in
Griffith College Dublin gaining a degree in that subject. He began his career as editor of "The Bike Buyers Guide", before moving into radio where he worked at Ireland's
Newstalk 106-108.
He was a regular on-air contributor to ''
Moncrieff'', before establishing himself as a sports reporter. He has appeared on both for ''Off The Ball'' and ''The Weekend Sports Show'', and was a host of
98FM's current affairs programme ''The Inbox'' for three years.
On television Connolly has appeared on
Setanta Sports
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, providing coverage of the
Pro14 both as a presenter and reporter, and first joined TV3 as host of ''The All Ireland County Quiz''. His documentary series, ''Paul Connolly Investigates'' is aired on TV3 and has looked at a diverse range of topics, including
benefit fraud
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Definition of benefit fraud
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,
bogus marriages and the subcultures of
Swinging
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and
dogging in Ireland.
Inside the World's Toughest Prisons
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'', which aired on Channel 5. As part of the documentary, he spent a few days in prisons in Honduras
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, Poland
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, Mexico
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, and the Philippines
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.
References
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Living people
Irish radio presenters
Journalists from Dublin (city)
Irish sports journalists
Alumni of Griffith College
Virgin Media News newsreaders and journalists
1983 births