Michael O' Farrell works as the Investigations Editor for The Irish Mail on Sunday newspaper. In November 2023 he was named Campaigning Journalist of the Year for his work with whistleblowers at the Irish Journalism Awards where he also took home the Feature Journalist of the Year award. In previous years he has been named Investigative Journalist of the Year, Business Journalist of the Year, News Analysis Writer of the Year and has also won the Scoop of the Year category. Michael lives in rural Ireland with his wife and four children.