Amy O'Connor

Journalism

I have written for The Irish Times, The Irish Independent, The New York Times, The Lily, Business Post, Insider, Irish Tatler, TheJournal.ie, The42.ie, DailyEdge.ie, Metro, and Totally Dublin.

Here is a selection of my work.

• I harassed Ireland's politicians for their thoughts on Beyoncé, bags of cans, and Love Actually. (DailyEdge.ie)

• Depop: The social shopping app that has thrived in Ireland during lockdown (Irish Times)

• Reeling in the Years tackles the 2010s (Irish Independent)

• The Irish teenager with more TikTok followers than Miley Cyrus and Ellen DeGeneres. (Irish Times)

• Inside the surreal life of a young couple on Great Blasket Island (Insider)

• Comedy central: how Irish comedians migrated online (Business Post)

• I Hate Suzie: new series captures how female celebrities are vilified while men get off scot-free (Irish Independent)

• The New Zealand Rose who became a media mogul (Irish Times)

• Tampax made an ad showing how to insert a tampon. It got pulled off the air. (The Lily/Washington Post)

• Working from home or living at work? (Business Post)

• Bride and Zoom: why we’ve fallen for tiny weddings (Irish Independent)

• High life: rooftop gardens can be a haven of sociability (Irish Independent)

• Quizmasters: ‘It’s not about being the smartest person in the room’ (Irish Times)

• ‘Nothing political, nothing stressful. Just calm tadpoles’ Tyrone teen on TikTok fame (TheJournal.ie)

• Private butlers and empty bars: inside and empty Shelbourne (Irish Independent)

• Three cheers for social distancing (New York Times)

• Long distancing relationships: Meet the couples kept apart by coronavirus (Irish Independent)

• Here’s to Irish women: what a glorious bunch of gals we are (Irish Times)

• How to say ‘I do’ a little bit differently (Irish Times)

• Shunted and rejected: the TDs who lose their seats (Irish Times)

• Election 2020: I am a long shot, but if I can get the ideas out there that’s a win (Irish Times)

• Inside the world of Irish cheerleading (Irish Independent)

• TikTok boom: the app exploding in popularity among Irish teenagers (Irish Times)

• The next generation of women running in the local elections (Irish Times)

• Why do we still find it so hard to talk about periods? (Irish Times)

• Theranos and me: A Tallaght cowboy in a failed Silicon Valley start-up (Irish Times)

• I wrote about my dark past as an autograph collector. (The Irish Times)

• I spoke to a woman who lost her sister in a mass shooting in 1987 about the lasting legacy of gun violence. (TheJournal.ie)

Interviews

• Megan Nolan: ‘Dublin wasn’t ever good for me’ (Irish Times)

• Louise O’Neill: ‘I’d be very surprised if I was asked in an interview to explain consent’ (Irish Independent)

• Martina Navratilova: ‘If I had Twitter thirty years ago, I would have been raising holy hell’ (Irish Times)

• Laura Whitmore: I came home and wrapped myself in cotton wool (Irish Independent/Weekend Magazine)

• Profile and explainer of Caroline Calloway (Irish Independent/Weekend Magazine)

• The art of being Jennifer Zamparelli (Irish Independent/Weekend Magazine)

• A chat with Scarlett Curtis about mental health, activism, and Saoirse Ronan. (Irish Times)

• An interview with presenter and broadcaster Angela Scanlon. (Irish Times)

• A chat with Queer Eye’s Tan France (!!!) (Irish Times)

• An interview with Alyssa Mastromonaco, Obama’s former right hand woman. (Irish Times)

• A one-on-one with comedian Tommy Tiernan. (Irish Times)

• An interview with author and activist Riyadh Khalaf. (Irish Times)

• A chat with Becky ‘The Lynch’ Man ahead of her big win at Wrestlemania. (Irish Times)

Sport

• Is volleyball the most diverse and inclusive sport in Ireland? (The Irish Times)

• Atlanta United and their surreal rise through the MLS (The Irish Times)

• 'I don't want to go and just take part in the competitions' An interview with gymnast Rhys McClenaghan, who won a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games. (The42.ie)

• 'From Cats to Crimson: how one young Kilkenny athlete made the high jump to the Ivy League' (The42.ie)

• 'Irish skiers in peak condition as they eye Olympic qualification' (The Irish Times)

• 'Denise Walsh determined to make it to Tokyo' (The Irish Times)

• 'Even a 105-0 loss can't dampen the spirits of Tullamore RFC' (The Irish Times)

• 'Ireland's Conor Stakelum eyes Winter Olympics berth' (The Irish Times)

• 'The Heart of Darts with an elusive world title in her sights at Lakeside' (The42.ie)

• I wrote about Venus, Serena, and a magical Australian Open. (The42.ie)

• I wrote about the heartache of being a Waterford supporter. (The42.ie)

• Features for Second Captains Sports Annual Vol. 1 & 2. (Second Captains)

For my full portfolio, click here.

TV/Radio

Outside of journalism, I have worked as a comedy writer on various projects.

Between 2017 and 2019, I contributed to 8 Out of 10 Cats (E4, Zeppotron Productions).

In 2020, I worked on OK Boomer! (Waka TV), a panel show pilot produced for RTE. That same year, I worked as a writer on Callan Kicks The Year (RTE One, Wonky Chair), a year-end sketch show sending up 2020. Next up is Callan Kicks The Years, a six-part series due to be broadcast on RTE One in October 2021.

I currently write for Callan’s Kicks, the weekly satirical sketch show broadcast on RTÉ Radio 1.