Writing/Sub-editing/Blogging
Róisín Treacy is an Irish journalist and communications specialist with a demonstrated history of working in media, education and non-profit industries. Róisín is skilled in strategic communications planning, public relations, news and feature writing and pitching, social media, content creation and copywriting.
Róisín graduated with a BA in Journalism from Dublin City University in 2013. She has lived in Canada, Vietnam and Spain and is now based in London, UK.
Writing/Sub-editing/Blogging
Fight for Sight is highlighting the need for more awareness and research into a visual hallucinatory condition, known as Charles Bonnet Syndrome (CBS), which is common in people with sight loss. The charity is announcing funding for two research projects into the condition with the hope of finding a treatment or cure.
Now, aged fifteen, Rose is raising funds for vital research that could find a cure for the condition. Rose had been doing very well at school when suddenly her reading started to drop off and she mentioned she couldn't see the board.
Europeans who visit Seville often come for no more than a long weekend, and that time is usually jam-packed, as they run around the city trying to see as much as they possibly can. However, stay any longer than three days, and you'll quickly run out of sights to visit.
As city-breaks go, you'd be hard-pressed to find a better destination for a few days away than Seville. A quick Google will turn up any number of things to do and sites to see here.
RÓISÍN TREACY reports on the changing profession of livestock auctioneering and the impact of new regulations on the mart industry. Traditionally, livestock trading in Ireland took the form of fair days, which were held once a month in various towns throughout the country.
Former Irish rugby player and current Southern Trust dentist Dr Paddy Johns on rugby, dentistry, and his work for Plan Ireland.
Radio Reporting & Podcasts
Eye Research Matters is the Fight for Sight podcast exploring the personal stories of people with sight loss and the latest breakthroughs in eye research. On each programme, we speak to a different researcher or supporter about their fight for sight.
Radio package on calls for legislation on hate crime in Ireland for Today FM's national lunchtime news.
I travelled to Dr Cullen Park in County Carlow to get middle-Ireland's opinion on the same-sex marriage referendum.
Report from the 1916 celebrations at the GPO in Dublin, Easter 2015.
Report for Today FM on Pancake Tuesday 2015.
My report from demonstration in Tallaght, Dublin after 20 people were arrested in connection with a water protest in Jobstown in November 2014 that saw Tanaiste Joan Burton trapped in her car for 3 hours.
TV Reporting/MOJO
Amnesty International is warning that the clock is ticking for the European Court of Human Rights to address the hooded men torture case. It involves the alleged ill-treatment of 14 men in Northern Ireland, who were arrested and quizzed about the IRA in 1971.
My coverage of the Dublin 2015 Pride Parade. It was the first pride parade since the passing of Ireland's same-sex marriage referendum. Recorded on my iPhone 4S.
TV new package on the Bram Stoker Festival in Dublin, October 2014, which I shot, edited and produced.