When he travelled to Rwanda in 1998 with aid agency Trocaire, he spent a fortnight conducting interviews with the survivors of genocide and chronicling the devastating effects of the civil war.
[4] Towards the end of the decade, O'Shea was assigned to follow the Republic of Ireland national football team on all away games in search of a news angle.
His personal highlight came in Japan and Korea in 2002 when he spent three weeks on the road immersed in Roy Keane and ticket scams.
[4] After writing articles appearing in The Irish Independent and The Evening Herald, he was a guest on radio for Newstalk 106 and TV with Setanta Sports.
[5] In June 2008, O'Shea left RTÉ and continued to work as a freelance journalist for various national news organisations.