Norman grew up in Galway. He worked at pirate radio stations while still in school, and after finishing his Leaving Certificate in the late 1980s, at Zhivago Music store.[1]
He graduated from Galway Business School in 2012 with a First Class Honours degree in Business Management,[2] and later earned a master's degree in Strategic Management and Innovation.[3]
Career
In 1990 he started work at Radio West, a precursor to Galway Bay FM, where he almost immediately became presenter of the breakfast show;[2] at 20, he was then the youngest full-time radio presenter in Ireland.[1] He continued working at the station primarily as presenter of the breakfast show until February 2012, when he requested a move to afternoon radio.[1] He returned to the Breakfast Show in April 2013.
In 2006 he was the first face on City Channel Galway, where he produced and presented a current affairs programme called Galway in Focus. The programme continued until City Channel closed its Galway operation in 2009.[citation needed]
In the 1990s, with his then partner, Catherine Tiernan, Norman started Eire Communications, a telecommunications company which was sold in 2002.[1][2][4] He and his wife have subsequently run Norman Media,[1] and together hosted Galway County Matters for Irish TV from February 2015.[3] In the 2010s he also worked as a voice-over artist and DJ.[5]
Personal life
Norman is married to Sinéad Ní Neachtain[3] and has four children.[1]