Kevin O'Sullivan
“Kevin has had a varied career in journalism having worked for many of Fleet Street’s finest including the Sun and the Daily Express.
He completed his NCTJ in 2004 and began working for his local paper in Chatham, Kent, before moving to a national news agency.
Kevin relocated to Edinburgh in 2010 and had stints with Scottish national papers as well as the Aberdeen Evening Express.
He joined Holyrood magazine as Social Affairs Correspondent in September 2012 and has already becoming an avid committee watcher at the Scottish Parliament.
Kevin has been slow on social media but now accepts Twitter can be used for work after previously thinking it was for moaning about the Olympics closing ceremony.” Articles by Kevin O'Sullivan:
- Array From time immemorial, the press has been accused of ‘drinking in the last chance saloon’. Since the advent of stone, gutter ‘hacks’ have been reviled for the methods they employ, but at the same time, held in begrudging esteem for bringing out the news of the day. It’s a dirty job but...
- 28.03.13: Police Scotland First Minister Alex Salmond insisted the creation of a single police service in Scotland would preserve recent “hard-won gains” concerning crime rates. The FM, addressing the chamber four days before the new national force went live, said the changes would safeguard...
- It went as smoothly as it possibly could have under the circumstances and Scotland’s new single police service was thankfully not made to look an April fool. On day one of the new force its computer system did not melt down, coppers’ radios didn’t cease to function, and criminals didn’t get...
- Array Iain Duncan Smith was branded a “ratbag” today after protesters breached a ring of security around the Work and Pensions secretary as he gave a speech in Edinburgh. Duncan Smith was twice interrupted by angry campaigners as he delivered a keynote address to delegates at a welfare reform...
- A Crown Office pilot project has led to the creation of a dedicated ‘app store’ and an app for prosecutors to manage their case files in court. The £310,000 pilot project is being trialled in three sheriff courts across Scotland to help lawyers improve digital case management and cut down on...
