Paraic O'Brien is a Foreign Affairs Correspondent for Channel 4 News.
Paraic's investigations include the multi-award winning "Bruce Lee, King of Romania's Sewers", a searing film about the subterranean life of Bucharest's drug addicts. His expose of how the global online game Habbo Hotel was putting children at risk, resulted in a mass exodus of investors. His investigation into the death of Alois Dvorzac in a British detention centre exposed serious flaws in the immigration system.
He was the first TV reporter on the ground in Brixton and Croydon as the riots broke out in 2011. He also once had a minor altercation with Russell Brand.
Before joining Channel 4 News he worked at the BBC as an investigations reporter for BBC London News and Newsnight on occasion. Prior to that he was a community worker in Ireland and south London.
Turkey has said it has destroyed multiple Syrian government targets in recent days, including downing two war planes today.
Hundreds of refugees and migrants are gathering on Turkey’s border with Greece after Turkey said it would no longer prevent them from crossing towards Europe.
The Turkish government says it will no longer actively stop refugees trying to cross its borders with Europe – in an apparent bid to get support behind its operations in north-west Syria.
Delhi has been rocked by violent protests during President Trump’s state visit to India.
Hundreds of people have gathered at mosques for Friday prayers in the German town of Hanau – two days after the deadly shooting attack.
A far-right terrorist has killed nine people in Germany before returning home to kill his mother and himself.
Hundreds of people who spent more than two weeks on board a quarantined cruise liner have been allowed to leave.
In China itself – as many as 150 million people, more than twice the population of Britain are now living in unprecedented lockdown
The Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald has hailed what she called a ‘revolution in the ballot box’ after her party made historic gains in the Irish general election.
Counting is underway in the Irish general election which is expected to show a move away from the established centre-right parties towards left-wing Sinn Fein.
Ireland’s general election: voting takes place to form next government
Police in Northern Ireland say they believe dissident republicans planted a viable explosive device on a lorry trailer.
As Ireland prepares to vote in Saturday’s general election, polls suggest a groundswell of support for Sinn Féin.
The Irish border issue will remain a major sticking point in the complex negotiations to come.
Italy’s far right leader Matteo Salvini is poised for a political breakthrough in this weekend’s local elections – triggering shock waves through the country’s establishment.