Rick was born in Dublin on May 7th 1973 and a few days after birth was given 
the name Richard Xylophone Bus Stop O'Shea by a loving mother and father 
who thankfully have since stopped smoking bananas. 



He attended the hallowed halls of Drimnagh Castle CBS until 1991. The school is 
noted for being the only one in the country with a water filled moat 
around a castle in its grounds - a place where, for the last two years of 
his time there, Rick was kept locked in the tower in an Iron Mask 
for "crimes against humanity" after introducing the smallpox virus into 
the teacher's tea urn. 



In the Summer of '91 he took his first tentative steps towards a career 
involving the least amount of work possible when he enlisted at Hospital 
Radio in Dublin's St. James Hospital. Rick spent one happy year there 
playing Nirvana, Leonard Cohen and The Smashing Pumpkins to gravely ill 
people. He was asked to leave the following summer for playing Nirvana, 
Leonard Cohen and The Smashing Pumpkins to gravely ill people. The station 
burned down soon afterwards in a mysterious arson attack for which no one 
has been found responsible to this day. 



In the Autumn of 1991 Rick began studying History, English and Philosophy in 
UCD. Unfortunately he was politely asked to leave at the end of his first 
year after he bought all the answers to his exams off the internet. Turns 
out they were the wrong answers. 



Meanwhile Rick's radio career had taken a dramatic upturn when he began 
presenting on East Coast Radio in Wicklow followed by a mammoth seven-week 
engagement at South East Radio in Wexford. It would have been longer but 
he was rode out of town on a rail for referring to a local parish priest, 
a French maid outfit, a sheep named Sally and the sacristy after 12 
O'clock mass in the same sentence. 



After being officially ordered in a letter from the Vatican never to broadcast 
on an Irish radio station again he was happily taken on board by Atlantic 
252 to broadcast to the UK, spending a happy 18 months at their luxurious 
studios in Manchester/Luxembourg/The Bermuda Triangle/the third moon of 
Jupiter* (*Delete where applicable) only leaving after a motion was tabled 
in the House Of Commons asking him never to refer to the Royal Family in 
that way ever again. 



He's spent the last 5� years at Dublin station FM104 conscientiously stealing 
only the bare minimum of office stationery. 



In June 2001 and he was 2FM's latest signing and their bright new hope for the 
future, showing just how much standards are slipping at RTE. 



Rick, in his never ending quest to find the easiest job in the Universe, has 
also in the past been a movie review columnist for The Sunday World, 
website moviemate.ie and for CD-ROM magazine Enter as well as being the 
presenter of the in-house movie shows at all of UCI's Cinemas. 



His mother is still waiting for him to get a "real job". 



Questions and Answers Questions and Answers 


Name: Rick O'Shea 

Starsign: Taurus 

Favourite song of all time: Jeez, that's like asking me to pick a child! Bob 
Dylan - "Simple Twist Of Fate" 

Song that drives you mad: Anything by M People 

Favourite album of all time: A toss up between: Barenaked Ladies - "Gordon" and 
Frank Sinatra - "Songs For Swinging Lovers" 

Favourite film of all time: It changes every month! 

Who would play YOU in the movie of your life?: John Cusack. Hey it's my movie! 
No-one said it had to be accurate! 

Which character in Friends do you resemble?: Ugly Naked Guy 

Best gig you've ever been to: U2 - Popmart @ Lansdowne Road  

Who's your ideal date?: My wife 

Happiness is...: A darkened cinema 

What's wrong with the world today?: Apathy, mediocrity, politicians, 
questionnaires... 

Best way you spend your spare time Read, write, movies, music...