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Advertising
Nick has worked as a copywriter with Irish International
Group for over 7 years and during that time have been
involved in the creation and production of more than
50 television commercials for clients such as Guinness,
Walkers Crisps, Hibernian Insurance, Aer Lingus and
The Irish Independent.
During this time he has won numerous creative awards,
including, most recently, a “Shark” at the
Kinsale International Festival of Advertising for the
Guinness global commercial “Free-In” - the
first piece of Guinness advertising ever to run in Ireland,
the UK, and the USA.
Music
Between 1986 and 1994 Nick was the lead singer and sole
songwriter with Irish rock band The Fat Lady Sings,
with whom he recorded two internationally released and
acclaimed albums – “Twist” and “Johnson”
- and toured the world.
More recently, Nick produced and released my debut solo
album “Between Trapezes” on a completely
independent basis – this record was responsible
for his being named “Best Solo Male Artist”
for 1999 at the Heineken/Hot Press Irish Music Critics
Awards.
Last year Nick organised the recording and release of
the album “Songs From A Small Room”, a live
tribute to Ireland’s longest-running and best-loved
songwriter night featuring among others Gemma Hayes,
Luka Bloom, Mundy and Glen Hansard.
Journalistic
From 1983 until 1989 Nick contributed many articles
on a freelance basis to a variety of music and lifestyle
publications, including Smash Hits, NME, Hot Press and
In Dublin. Between 1987 and 1989, he was employed as
News Editor and Staff Writer on the EMAP computer games
magazine Commodore User.
Literary
Nick’s short story “Expect Jail” was
a winner of the Ian St James Awards – the UK’s
largest competition for short fiction - in 1998.
Broadcasting
Nick recently completed a scary but exhilarating week
sitting in as guest presenter on RTE Radio 1’s
“Mystery Train” programme.
Legal
Nick qualified as a solicitor in May 1986, having trained
with McCann Fitzgerald in Dublin, and Cravath Swaine
& Moore in New York, and gave up his legal career
the same day!
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