Old Yard Productions is headed up by Aideen McLoughlin and Brian Hutton.

Aideen has previously worked for RTE, the BBC and Newstalk. During her time with the BBC, she produced features for Radio 4 and worked as a news reporter for Radio Ulster and Radio Foyle.

Aideen is a former assistant station editor of Newstalk, where she founded and edited the station’s documentary strand and was editor in charge of a number of programmes. In 2000 and 2001,

Aideen worked as a researcher in RTE on Today with Pat Kenny, Morning Ireland and Marian Finucane. She holds a Masters in Journalism from D.C.U and a B.A in Irish and History from U.C.C.

Brian Hutton is deputy news editor at The Press Association’s Dublin bureau.

Before joining PA he worked as a journalist with The Belfast Telegraph in Belfast and Derry.