Pádraic Ó Neachtain (born 1973) is an Irish television presenter, director, and journalist. He works for Telegael in

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and presents feature programmes for the

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channel. He is a native of

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, County Galway. He is the eldest of five siblings. Ó Neachtain has presented, directed, and edited programmes for the TG4,

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, and ''

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'' channels. He has worked for the ''

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'' and the Irish language newspaper ''

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''.

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