Nick Sheridan had introduced a number of BBC Scotland information and radio programmes
BBC Scotland presenter Nick Sheridan has died after a brief sickness.
His loss of life on the age of 32 was introduced by the BBC on Thursday morning.
He had introduced programmes together with Reporting Scotland, Drivetime, the Nine and Seven Days since becoming a member of the company in 2018.
BBC Scotland head of reports Gary Smith stated Nick had been a “fantastic colleague to these of us who’ve labored with him”.
He added: “He was a massively proficient journalist, presenter and creator – and a kind of uncommon individuals who mild up the lives of everybody round them. Funny, intelligent, form. A stunning man.
“Our hearts exit to his dad and mom, who’ve been with him over the previous ten days, to his associate, Lewis, and to all the remainder of his household and associates.”
First Minister Humza Yousaf paid tribute to Sheridan as he began his weekly query session within the Scottish Parliament chamber, describing him as an “extraordinarily proficient journalist and creator”.
Mr Yousaf added: “He can be significantly missed. Many of us on this chamber may have been questioned by Nick – fairly robustly little doubt – whether or not it was on BBC Drivetime or on most of the different programmes that he introduced.
“My ideas are together with his household, his many associates and certainly his colleagues. It will undoubtedly be a really unhappy time for them.”
The presenter labored for Irish broadcaster RTE earlier than shifting to BBC Scotland in 2018
Originally from Wexford in Ireland, Sheridan had labored in broadcasting for greater than a decade.
He had beforehand spent two years reporting and presenting RTE News2day, the young person’s information programme for Ireland’s nationwide broadcaster, earlier than shifting to the primary newsroom the place he labored on the international affairs desk.
He joined BBC Scotland as a researcher, earlier than turning into in flip a digital camera journalist, correspondent and presenter.
He left his employees submit to deal with writing kids’s books, however continued as a daily freelance presenter on BBC Scotland’s radio and TV information programmes.
