[2] In 1958, he joined The Irish Press[3] where – in addition to literary and theatre criticism – he wrote a regular column with his friend and colleague Benedict Kiely under the joint by-line of "Patrick Lagan".

He was also a regular contributor to radio and television programmes on Raidió Teilifís Éireann, including several series on Shakespeare for school students.

[5] In the same year he was appointed to the Taoiseach's Steering Committee, established by Jack Lynch in response to the Northern Ireland conflict and tasked with "the presentation of the Irish Government's point of view in Great Britain and elsewhere.

"[6] It was in this capacity that – in the immediate aftermath of Bloody Sunday – he was asked to accompany Father Edward Daly to the United States to counter the British Government's version of the event which had gained primacy there.

[7] White's experience of and contacts in the U.S. media proved vital in securing interviews for Father Daly on prominent news programmes and allowing his eye-witness testimony to turn the tide of American opinion on the atrocity.

On radio he was a regular contributor to the Thomas Davis Lectures, On This Day, Sunday Miscellany and Mo Cheol Thú on RTÉ as well as representing the Republic of Ireland, a guest team on Round Britain Quiz (BBC).

Indeed, for many years he worked towards a comprehensive study of the history, archaeology and topography of the region to be titled The Burren: The Fertile Rock which was never published.