Beneath the Stairs

Ralph Riegel is the southern correspondent for The Irish Independent, Evening Herald, Sunday Independent and other MediaHuis titles. A graduate of DIT-Rathmines & DIT Aungier Street, his work has also appeared with Netflix, CBS, The Daily Telegraph and The Belfast Telegraph. He is a regular contributor to RTE, BBC, NewsTalk, VirginMedia as well as numerous local radio stations. He is the author of eleven books, six of which were bestsellers. He is also a former external examiner for the MA Journalism course at MTU in Cork. Married with three children, he lives in Cork and has an avid interest in sport, music and history.

Paul Byrne began his career in pirate radio in Cork at the age of fourteen. He subsequently went on to work on local television as well as independent radio. The married father-of-two spent twenty-five years as Southern Correspondent with TV3/ Virgin Media News and is currently a producer and presenter on Cork's 96FM. He's known for his unique ability to deliver human interest stories and during the investigation into the disappearance of Tina Satchwell developed a working relationship with Richard Satchwell like no other journalist did. He is the recipient of numerous awards for his broadcasting and journalism.