Paul Crossan (born 7 May 1973) is an Irish

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, known as Rick O'Shea. He was born in

Drimnagh Drimnagh () is a suburb in Dublin, Ireland. It lies to the south of the city between Walkinstown, Crumlin and Inchicore, bordered by the Grand Canal to the north and east. Drimnagh is in postal district Dublin 12. Drimnagh is in a townland ...

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, grew up in Crumlin, and attended

Drimnagh Castle Secondary School Drimnagh Castle Secondary School () is a Christian Brothers secondary school located on the Long Mile Road in the suburb of Drimnagh, Dublin, Ireland. The school buildings are situated directly beside the old Norman castle, Drimnagh Castle, fr ...

and

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. He has been a presenter on

RTÉ 2fm RTÉ 2fm, or 2FM as it is more commonly referred to, is an Irish radio station operated by RTÉ. The station specialises in current popular music and chart hits and is the second national radio station in Ireland. History The station commenc ...

since 2001. O'Shea 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 has presented ''The Book Show'' on

since 2019.

Activities

Before joining RTÉ 2fm in 2001, he had worked for East Coast Radio, Atlantic 252,

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and

FM104 FM104 is an independent local radio station broadcast across Dublin, Ireland, on the frequency 104.4 MHz. It is operated by Capital Radio Productions Limited (unconnected with, and not to be confused with, Capital Radio plc), and is a sub ...

. 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 RTÉ Radio 1 in 2015 and 2016. O'Shea was diagnosed with epilepsy at the age of 16. and has been a

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of Epilepsy Ireland, 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 four times a year with author Sinéad Moriarty. He is currently presenting ''The Book Show'' on RTÉ Radio 1.

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 male bloggers Broadcasters from County Dublin RTÉ 2fm presenters South East Radio presenters People educated at Drimnagh Castle Secondary School People with epilepsy