DERMOT KEYES REPORTS
PR & Communications. Journalist. Author. Opinion Writer. Broadcaster.
Now working in PR & Communications, I've worked in Irish regional journalism since 1999 in both print and radio and have also contributed to a range of other regional and national publications/broadcasts across news, current affairs, sport and the arts. This is my blog - and you're very, very welcome!
DERMOT'S BIO
A native of Portlaw, County Waterford, Dermot was appointed PR & Communications Manager of Green Acre Marketing in June 2023. He had previously served as Deputy Editor of the Waterford News & Star from June 2019 to May 2023, having worked as reporter, News Editor & Chief Gaelic Games Writer for The Munster Express from 1999 to 2019.
A Dublin Institute of Technology (TU Dublin) Journalism graduate, Dermot has also presented radio programming on both Beat 102-103 (2005-2011) and WLRFM (2017-2018) while contributing to programming on RTE Radio One and Today FM. Dermot is co-author of three books - 'I'm Fine: Thoughts on Life, Addiciton, Love and Health' with Enda O'Doherty (Red Stripe Press, 2020), 'Kings For One Day: An Autobiography' with Martin Og Morrissey (Hero Books, 2022) and 'Power: A Family Memoir' with Richie Power Jnr and Richie Power Snr (Hero Books, 2023).
Dermot has also performed in musical theatre, drama and concerts since his mid-teens, primarily in Waterford and South Tipperary. He remains resolutely optimistic.
