Maurice O'Connor is a Dub who moved to Kilkenny with his wife and three children in 2005.  In November 2012, he took voluntary severance from a senior management role in ESB in Dublin and since then has thrown himself into community and voluntary activity in Kilkenny and nationally. In the Spring of 2016, Maurice was one of the participants on the Craol training programme, Radio Production and Presenting for the over 55's.  Maurice was one of the team of four that produced and presented Grey Matters, that was on air each Monday afternoon from Autumn 2016 to Spring 2017. Maurice is a Director of MS Ireland (the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Ireland) and of Ossory Youth, and is also a member of the Secretariat of the Kilkenny Public Participation Network. Maurice loves music (of all sorts), including recording other people’s music in a home studio. He’s also into growing fruit and veg, walking the dog, playing a bit of tennis, shooting the breeze and generally living well !