Paul Howard

Paul Howard is a journalist with the Sunday Tribune, an Irish Sunday newspaper. Howard is best known as the author of the paper's Ross O'Carroll-Kelly columns. In addition, he has written a series of books based on the character of Ross, a wealthy, misogynistic, rugby-playing resident of Foxrock in South Dublin. The inspiration for the columns first came from a nonfiction article Howard was researching on Leinster schools rugby. The information he had gathered on the social activities engaged in by the young rugby players was unprintable for legal reasons; instead, Howard decided to use the material to inspire a set of characters (including Ross) attending the fictional school of "Castlerock".

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Journalist - Sunday Tribune - Irish - Newspaper - Ross O'Carroll-Kelly - Rugby - Foxrock - South Dublin - Leinster

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Howard has appeared on the popular RTE2 shows The Panel and ID2.

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RTE2 - The Panel - ID2

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Howard is also the chief sportswriter for the Sunday Tribune, and is a former Irish Sports Journalist of the Year. He has written several nonfiction books, including The Joy, an account of life in Mountjoy Prison, Riding High, a diary of his participation in the Tour de France, The Gaffers: Mick McCarthy, Roy Keane and the Team they Built, an account of the McCarthy - Keane clash during the 2002 World Cup. He also co-authored Steve Collins' autobiography, Celtic Warrior.

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Sportswriter - Nonfiction - Mountjoy Prison - Tour de France - McCarthy - Keane - 2002 World Cup - Steve Collins

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