While a student at St. Patrick 's , he was editor of the school magazine , '' Tuairim '' ; features writer for '' Drogheda Independent '' , '' Ipswich Evening '' and '' Meath Chronicle '' ; and hosted a radio show for Royal County Radio , a local pirate radio station . He started reporting for '' The Weekender '' . Around the age of 20 , he started as a rookie and advanced to chief reporter for Capitol Radio ( now called FM104 ) in Dublin , Ireland . In 1990 , Cumbers moved to the United Kingdom to work with a variety of British broadcasters , including ITN 's Channel 4 News , Channel 4 Daily , Sky News , APTN , and the BBC . Cumbers worked both as a journalist and a producer . In the late 1990s , he retrained and became a cameraman as well , establishing Locum Productions with his wife and BBC journalist Bevan , to supply camera crews to broadcasters . Among the stories Cumbers reported on were the 1989 death of Nicolae Ceaușescu during the Romanian Revolution ; 1990 release of Brian Keenan in Beirut , Lebanon ; the late 1990s Drumcree conflict ; 1998 Good Friday Agreement and Omagh bombing , 2000 Kursk submarine disaster , and 2004 Madrid train bombings . He had also interviewed Muammar Gaddafi in Libya
Kursk submarine disaster
Kursk submarine disaster
Simon Cumbers