‘If a public service media organisation does not excel or have impact in all genres, on all platforms, then in today's media age, it is not fulfilling its duty of care. Listeners, users and viewers are increasingly platform agnostic. Public Service media need to reach out and find audiences, locally, nationally and globally. Festivals like PRIX EUROPA showcase the best of content Europe-wide. It shows us what others are doing. It shows us what we can do. It shows us what audiences are looking for, and what excellence and impact really look like. Together, we're better.’

Liam has been working in long form audio for over 20 years. As series producer of RTÉ Documentary On One, he has helped shape the one-off audio documentary output in public service broadcasting in Ireland, and in recent years more multi-part documentary series for podcast, and radio.

Liam O’Brien coordinates the Audio Investigation Category together with Gabriele Hermer.