Breheny is former Gaelic games correspondent with the Irish Independent, for which he continues to write as of 2025.
[1] He played for, and later served as secretary of, his local Kilkerrin-Clonberne GAA club before he moved to Dublin in 1979.
[2] Breheny spent four years working for The Tuam Herald before embarking on a 41-year national media career.
[4] He had retired as the Irish Independent's Gaelic games correspondent by the time of the COVID-19 pandemic;[4] however, he continued to write for the paper.
[4] Breheny won "Sports Story of the Year" at the 2017 NewsBrands Ireland Journalism awards.