After leaving school, he went on to study Business at Glasgow Caledonian University for four years, where he graduated with a bachelor of arts (BA) qualification in 1984.
[3] Delahunt started his journalism career as a racing columnist on the Scottish Farmer in 1984, two years later he eventually started a full-time journalism career on the Kilmarnock Free Press in 1986 before joining West Sound Radio the following year, and was launch editor of The Daily Winner sports paper in 1988.
He went from there to Radio Clyde for two years, and joined Scottish in 1990, where he was a sports presenter/correspondent on the lunchtime and evening editions of Scotland Today for around eight years until 1998, during this time, he also presented the racing reports on Scotsport Extra Time throughout the early-mid 1990s and presented a spin-off programme to Scotsport on satellite and cable TV called The Football Show that aired on the short-lived channel Sky Scottish between November 1996 until that channel ceased broadcasting in May 1998.
[8] On 17 September 2008, Delahunt returned to STV for a short period as a freelance anchor of the station's UEFA Champions League highlights shows.
[10] He writes a column for the Scottish Sun, focusing on betting tips for football and horse racing, one of his main passions since childhood.