Journalist, presenter, researcher.
Curriculum Vitae
2023 - Present
Political Correspondent, Irish Daily Mail
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Sourcing and writing several political articles for each daily edition of the paper.
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Interviewing politicians for stories and meeting sources for leads.
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Pitching stories for the front page each day.
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Working late hours covering breaking news items.
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Covering parliamentary debates and committees.
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Travelling in the Taoiseach's (Prime Minister) press corps, reporting on trade missions and diplomatic trips abroad.
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Contributing to news and politics panels on TV and radio programmes representing the Irish Daily Mail as a political correspondent.
2021 - 2023
Multi-Media Journalist, RTÉ News
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Reporting on Ireland's most popular radio programme, Morning Ireland, covering stories of national and international importance.
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Regularly appearing live on the radio and TV.
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A fully trained mobile journalist who attended COP26 for RTÉ and produced an original digital series on the conference for social platforms.
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Filming original stories for TV, and appearing on RTÉ's flagship TV news programme, Six One.
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Covering break news stories live on location for radio and TV bulletins.
2019 - 2021
TV Presenter, Reporter and Producer, RTÉ news2day
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Presenter and reporter on Ireland's only TV news for children under the age of 13.
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Presented daily live news bulletins and contributed live items to the programme as a reporter.
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Turned around daily news packages for a primary school audience.
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Created a viral online explainer for a young audience on PRSTV with over 350,000 views across social media platforms.
Skills & Expertise
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Efficient and skilled audio and video editor (Avid, Audition, Radioman, Audacity, Cool Edit, Premier Pro, Final Cut Pro, Luma Fusion)
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Experienced and reliable live television and radio broadcaster.
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Confident working under time pressure, and reliable in sticking to tight deadlines.
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Sharp news sense, capable of identifying newsworthy stories and news lines.
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Creative storyteller, experienced in adapting content for different platforms.
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Sourcing, verifying, producing and breaking news of national and international interest.
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Problem solver, and with an eagerness to accept and meet challenges.
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Considerable research skills, adept at accessing public information.
Other Experience
Education
Aisling worked as a reporter with the national Sunday newspaper the Business Post for two months upon graduating.​
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During her studies in university she worked as a reporter on a local radio station, Limerick's Live 95fm, reading news bulletins and going out on the streets for the traffic report each morning. She also worked as a freelance journalist for local newspapers; the Dungarvan Leader, Dungarvan Observer and the Limerick Leader.
2015 - 2019
University of Limerick Bachelor's Degree
First Class Honour's Degree, Journalism and New Media with Economics.
President of the UL Comedy Society 2018 - 2019.