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.
With Syria’s northeastern border becoming a warzone, as Turkish forces launch their offensive – rebel held Idlib is all too familiar with the reality of near-daily attacks by the Syrian regime and its Russian allies. Produced by Kamal Kaddourah and filmed by Fadi Al-Halabi.
The Prime Minister has written articles in two Brexit backing newspapers, urging the EU to meet him half way – or we will leave anyway. Meanwhile ministers have been out and about today, insisting that the controversial backstop should be replaced with what they call a “consent mechanism” – a means by which the people…
“After nearly a month of stonewalling, it appears clear that the President has chosen the path of defiance, obstruction and cover-up.” That’s the conclusion of not one, but three, Democratic committee chairmen.
What do businesses and people actually living and working along the Irish north south divide make of the suggestion that checks might take place between five and ten miles away from the actual border?
Saudi officials today displayed drone and cruise missile parts which they claim prove Iran’s involvement in the attack on the heart of the Saudi Arabian oil industry.
The Taliban has claimed responsibility for two suicide attacks in Afghanistan, one of them at a presidential election rally that left dozens dead.
The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has blamed Iran for yesterday’s drone attacks on two key Saudi oilfields – calling it an unprecedented attack on the world’s energy supply.
Political pressure is growing on Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to take more urgent action to control the fires that are burning in the Amazon.
With a record number of fires blazing across the rainforest, environmentalists are blaming the President for encouraging loggers and farmers to clear more land.
John Letts and Sally Lane have condemned the Home Office decision to strip their son Jack of his British citizenship, saying they are shocked that the government would act without contacting their son first and with seemingly no form of redress.
The death of the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein has been ruled “suicide by hanging” by the New York medical examiner.
Under Pope Francis, the Catholic Church has become a radical, pro-migrant voice. From washing the feet of refugees to calling for open borders, his message of love-thy-neighbour is clear. But on the other side, there’s Matteo Salvini, who fronts Italy’s populist Lega party.
Filmed by Fadi Al Halabi. Produced by Kamal Kaddourah.
The memo, in further leaked cables, claimed Donald Trump acted because the deal had been agreed by his predecessor Barack Obama.
The Federal Trade Commission has been investigating claims that the social media firm improperly shared the data of up to 87 million users with the now defunct Cambridge Analytica.