| Paul Dermot Connolly | |
| Birth Place: | Dublin, Ireland |
| Occupation: | Journalist |
| Notableworks: | Documentary series: Paul Connolly Investigates |
Paul Dermot Connolly is an Irish investigative journalist, radio personality, and documentary maker, who worked for the Irish commercial television station TV3.[1] He worked as a host for various famous Irish sports shows and also is the host of a series of investigative documentaries self-titled as Paul Connolly Investigates.
Born in Dublin, Connolly studied Journalism and Media Communications at Griffith College Dublin, gaining a degree in that subject. He began his career as editor of "The Bike Buyers Guide", before moving into radio where he worked at Ireland's Newstalk 106-108.[2] He was a regular on-air contributor to Moncrieff, before establishing himself as a sports reporter. He has appeared on both Off The Ball and The Weekend Sports Show, and was a host of 98FM's current affairs programme The Inbox for three years.
On television, Connolly has appeared on Setanta Sports, providing coverage of the Pro14 both as a presenter and reporter, and first joined TV3 as host of The All Ireland County Quiz. His documentary series, Paul Connolly Investigates is aired on TV3 and has looked at a diverse range of topics, including benefit fraud, bogus marriages, and the subcultures of swinging and dogging in Ireland.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] In 2015 he started hosting Undercover Benefits Cheat on Channel 5.[7]
In 2016, Connolly hosted Season 1 of the documentary series Inside the World's Toughest Prisons, which aired on Channel 5. As part of the documentary, he spent a few days in prisons in Honduras, Poland, Mexico, and the Philippines.[8] [9]