Declan Cashin
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Communications or Media |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Location | Dublin City, Dublin, Ireland |
| Introduction | I'm 28, from Kilkenny originally and living in Dublin for the past six years. I graduated with an MA in Journalism from DIT in 2006. I work as a feature writer for the Irish Independent and the Irish Examiner. I worked in the Irish Daily Star for 18 months as a news and features subeditor, before going full-time freelance in January 2008. Over the years I've also reviewed books for The Irish Times, as well wording it up for Gay Community News (GCN), the Sunday Tribune, the Irish Daily Mail, The Event Guide, The Dubliner and The Spanner, as well as UCD Today and UCD Connections magazines. I'm occasionally known to pop up on The Last Word on Today FM and on various shows on NewsTalk 106-108FM, such as Tom Dunne, Lunchtime with Eamon Keane, The Right Hook, Culture Shock, and Weekend Blend, and have also made censors nervous on Spin, Phantom and RTE 2FM on Dave Fanning's show. I've made some inroads into TV, appearing on The Morning Show with Sybil and Martin, and Midday (pre-Sisterhood takeover), both on TV3. Watch out Tubridy! You can contact me at declan.cashin@gmail.com |
| Interests | Writing, reading, cinema and television (addicted), newspapers and magazines of all descriptions, politics, gay rights, current affairs, history, government bashing, puns, slanguage, celebrity meltdowns, my friends and family. |
| Favorite Movies | The Godfather Parts I and II, JFK, All the President's Men, The Colour Purple, Working Girl, Field of Dreams, The Empire Strikes Back, Some Like it Hot, Back to the Future, E.T, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Silence of the Lambs, Toy Story/Toy Story 2, Secrets and Lies, Beautiful Thing, L.A. Confidential, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, The Return of the King, You Can Count on Me, In the Bedroom, Vertigo, Psycho, North by Northwest |
| Favorite Music | Indie-singer/songwriter, pop, dance. |
| Favorite Books | The Catcher in the Rye, Dubliners, The Great Gatsby, Wuthering Heights, American Pastoral, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Middlesex, A Good Man is Hard to Find, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Klay, Goodbye to Berlin |