Oisín Nolan
County Limerick,Ireland
Summary
Driven individual with a knack for storytelling and keen interest in sports journalism as well as current affairs journalism. Possesses strong writing skills, ability to research and analyse sports-related topics and to communicate effectively. Aims to deliver compelling media coverage that engages and informs audiences.
Overview
1
1
Language
8
8
years of post-secondary education
4
4
years of professional experience
Work history
Sports Journalist
Limerick Leader
Limerick City , Ireland
2025.04 - Current
- Have been working in the sports department at the Limerick Leader Newspaper since April 2025.
- My day-to-day work duties from Monday to Friday consist of getting content in and on time for our two weekly newspapers as well as making sure our website online has plenty of content.
- The Leader's website produces five sports stories every day and a daily duty of mine is to ensure that those stories are scheduled and ready to go, as well as producing my own.
- My weekend match-day duties consists of covering a match, can be League of Ireland action with Treaty United, Limerick Senior Club Football and Hurling Championships, All-Ireland Rugby League action and Limerick inter-county Hurling/Football action, with post-match reaction and interviews to follow.
- Personal highlights for me include getting to cover the 2026 All-Ireland Hurling Final, the 2025 Tailteann Cup Final, the 2025 League of Ireland First Division play-offs as well as the many Limerick Club Hurling/Football Championship matches.
- Getting to sit down and speak to John Kiely, Cian Lynch, Declan Hannon, William O'Connor, Treaty United CEO Ian McMahon, Treaty United manager Tommy Barrett, broadcaster Conor McNamara, Peter O'Mahony, Paddy Donovan and Alan Quinlan amongst many others are experiences that are beyond invaluable.
Sports Editor
University of Limerick
Limerick City, Limerick
2023.09 - 2024.05
- I was Sports Editor of the Limerick Voice Newspaper during my time as a final year student in UL.
- The Limerick Voice won Student Newspaper of the Year in April 2024 at the National Student Media Awards (SMEDIAS), something I am incredibly proud of seeing as the standard of student newspapers in Ireland is quite high.
- My role as Sports Editor was to provide and manage sports stories to my colleagues, to proof read their stories and generally, to oversee every story that was coming in and out of the sports department, as well as providing my own content.
- Being in a leadership type role was definitely something I took great value and pride in. Thankfully the team worked very well together to get our paper out on time, which won national honor's in the end.
Multimedia Journalist
The Kerryman
Tralee, Kerry
2022.06 - 2022.12
- Worked in The Kerryman Newspaper as part of an eight-month placement for my Journalism and Digital Communications course at UL.
- It was a role which consisted of typical journalism work, writing articles, sourcing stories, daily interviews, building contacts/relationships etc.
- After a few months I began to get involved with the advertisement side of the newspaper, which was really interesting to experience and to see how the advertisement side of a paper works.
- The experience gained from my time at The Kerryman was beyond valuable and was a massive help in helping me finish out my degree at UL, I could not have asked for a better first exposure to the world of journalism/print journalism.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Journalism and Digital Communications
University of Limerick
Limerick, Ireland 2020.09 - 2024.05
Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí
Tralee, Ireland 2015.09 - 2020.05
Skills
- As a journalism student of four years and as a full-time working journalist for a year and a half, my writing communication, preparation, creativity, and organisational skills would be my main strengths
- Being able to communicate effectively with people is something I pride myself on as well as things like time management, both communication and time management are constants in the newsroom and are key components to any functioning team
- Writing effectively as a journalist is also something I would pride myself on I had great English and History lecturers throughout my time at UL who were a massive support in helping me write efficiently and communicate effectively
- In a profession that requires daily interviews, being a good communicator both in person and over the phone is something I take great pride in
Languages
Irish
Fluent
Timeline
Sports Journalist
Limerick Leader
2025.04 - Current
Sports Editor
University of Limerick
2023.09 - 2024.05
Multimedia Journalist
The Kerryman
2022.06 - 2022.12
Bachelor of Arts - Journalism and Digital Communications
University of Limerick
2020.09 - 2024.05
Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí
2015.09 - 2020.05