Paul Crossan (born 7 May 1973, also known as Rick O'Shea) is an

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. He was born in

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, grew up in Crumlin, and attended

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and later UCD. He has been a presenter on

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since 2001. O'Shea has also presented ''The Poetry Programme'' on

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in 2015 and 2016. Since 2017 he has been presenting the morning show on RTÉ Gold. He is currently presenting ''The Book Show'' on

since 2019.

Activities

Before joining

in 2001, he had worked for East Coast Radio,

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and

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. Rick had previously been involved with hospital radio. O'Shea presented the weekday afternoon show on 2fm until 2015, when the show was moved to the weekend schedule. He presented ''The Poetry Programme'' on

in 2015 and 2016. O'Shea was diagnosed with epilepsy at the age of 16. and has been a

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, formerly known as Brainwave, the Irish Epilepsy Association, since 2006. He represented the charity in an Irish celebrity version of the quiz show ''

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'' in 2012, winning the competition. He runs The Rick O’Shea Book Club – Ireland's largest book club with over 28,000 members and recommends the Eason Must Reads lists 4 times a year with author Sinéad Moriarty. He is currently presenting ''The Book Show'' on

Awards and nominations

O'Shea has been nominated for Best Irish Radio DJ at the

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on three occasions, in 2002, 2008 and 2009. In 2009 he was winner of Entertainment.ie's "Sexiest Radio Voice" award.

References

External links

Rick's blogRick's page at RTÉ
with United Irelander blog {{DEFAULTSORT:Oshea, Rick 1973 births Living people East Coast FM presenters FM104 presenters Irish bloggers People from County Dublin RTÉ 2fm presenters South East Radio presenters People educated at Drimnagh Castle Secondary School