Justin O'Brien

Justin O’Brien is a native of Belfast, Northern Ireland. Justin has a Bachelor of Arts in Politics and East Asian Studies from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. He has a Master in Irish Politics and a Doctorate in Philosophy from Queen's University, Belfast.
He started his professional career as Freelance Newspaper Writer for various newspapers including; The Irish Times, the Evening Herald and the South China Morning Post. He then moved to the BBC to develop his skills as a Network News Trainee later becoming Chief Sub-Editor and Producer for the BBC World Service Radio & Television News.

Another big break came in Justin’s career when he was given the role of Producer/Reporter for Prime Time on RTE. He then went on to become Producer for the Current Affairs programme Spotlight on BBC, Northern Ireland and later was an Editor of Current Affairs programmes for UTV, Belfast.

Justin has published a number of books on the topics of politics and current affairs. The Modern Prince: Charles J Haughey and Fianna Fail is Justin’s first political publication for Merlin Publishing.