Paul Byrne

Paul Byrne (born 9 May 1978 in Kilkenny) is an Irish broadcast journalist. On 3 March 2020 Paul Byrne was named as the Associated Press' deputy news director in Latin America and the Caribbean Byrne recently led AP’s all format coverage from Ukraine during a period that took in the 6 month anniversary of the war. Based in Kyiv during August and September of 2022 Paul coordinated AP’s coverage of the milestone date since the invasion, a high-stakes gathering in the city of Lviv that brought together U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Turkey's president Erdogan, and Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskyy; he led teams to on-location coverage from the front-line in South East Ukraine as IAEA rushed efforts to secure the safety of Europe's biggest nuclear power plant, he also led the agencies coverage through the early soundings of Ukraine’s counter-offensive. On 21 November 2019 Paul Byrne was designated as the Associated Press' news director for Southern South America