Philip O'Connor is an Irish freelance multimedia journalist, broadcaster and author living and working in Stockholm, Sweden for the last 20 years. In that time, he has covered major sporting events such as soccer World Cups and the Olympics as well as elections and breaking news all over Scandiavia. A fluent Swedish speaker, he also understands Norwegian and Danish.
Stockholm-based journalist Philip O'Connor talks to Eamon about the Covid surge in Sweden, a country with an R rate of over 1.5, a 78.3% rate of vaccination and few measures in place to control the spread of the virus.
Journalist Philip O'Connor joins Eamon to talk about ABBA on the release of their new album, Voyage, their first studio album in 39 years.
Philip O'Connor reports from Stockholm.
Journalist Philip O'Connor talks to Eamon from Stockholm.
Journalist Philip O'Connor talks to Eamon from Stockholm.
Philip O'Connor, an Irish journalist living in Stockholm, reports on troubling Covid-19 case numbers and changing public attitudes in Sweden.
As Sweden feels the force of a second wave, Philip O'Connor reports from Stockholm.
Sweden-based journalist Philip O'Connor talks to Eamon.
Philip O'Connor reports from Stockholm on the early signs of a Swedish spike, and Johan Giesecke's contribution to the Oireachtas Special Committee on Covid-19 Response.
Stockholm based journalist Philip O'Connor talks to Eamon.
And is Sweden's Covid gamble about to fail? Philip O'Connor talks to Eamon.
Philip O'Connor reports from Stockholm on the latest Covid-19 developments in Sweden, and the role of the country's high-profile state epidemiologist, Anders Tegnell.
Philip O'Connor reports from Sweden.
Journalist Philip O'Connor reports from Sweden.
Philip O'Connor joins Eamon to discuss Conor McGregor, his defeat to Khabib Nurmagomedov in Las Vegas last weekend, and the ugly scenes it sparked in and out of the octagon. Does that really represent the sport?
Eamon talks to Philip O'Connor, an independent journalist based in Stockholm, about the rise of Sweden's far right.
Eamon is joined by Swedish-based journalist Philip O'Connor to discuss life in Sweden ahead of the upcoming election in which the rise of nativism looks set to play a key part.