Seamus Renaud (b. 1985) is an Irish-French journalist and narrative nonfiction writer based in Dublin. Raised between Galway and Nantes, he studied history at Trinity College Dublin and earned an M.S. at Columbia Journalism School. His reporting for The Irish Times, The Guardian, and ProPublica has examined healthcare procurement, philanthro-capitalism, cross-border crime, and data governance across Ireland, Estonia, Belgium, and Brazil. He received the European Press Prize for Investigative Reporting (2020) and was a SOF Investigative Journalism Fellow at Columbia (2022).
Seamus Renaud is the author of The Quiet Docket (2017), a study of how institutions process harm; Paper Hospitals (2021), on the systems and incentives shaping public health; and Notes from a Borrowed Life (2025), a reported memoir about identity and accountability. His work blends meticulous investigation with scene-driven storytelling, moving between policy, ports, clinics, and courtrooms to show how abstract decisions play out in ordinary lives. He teaches longform narrative at University College Dublin, co-produced the RTÉ podcast Ledger Lines, and serves on the advisory board of the Centre for Critical Data Studies.
