During those years, he was a regular presenter of the End the Day religious programme on UTV and of Outlook on RTÉ TV.
Tom Savage lectured in the Sociology of Media and Central and Local Government in the School of Journalism in Rathmines and was a third level external examiner for the then VECs in Athlone and Carlow.
He delivered consultancy and management training in Britain, the US, Canada, Greece, France, Italy, Spain and Portugal.
[citation needed] He worked in RTÉ Radio as a night news editor and in its features department.
[citation needed] He also was a member of the first Queens University GAA team to win the Sigerson cup.