Simon Palmer

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Simon Palmer is an English DJ from Cumbria, England. He presents the radio show Back2Basics, which airs on RTÉ Pulse.{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/about/en/press-office/press-releases/2014/0120/499048-rte-pulse-back2basics/ |title=RTÉ Pulse is going Back2Basics – RTÉ About |publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann |date=2014-01-20 |accessdate=2014-04-05}}{{cite web|url=http://radionation.ie/2014/01/rte-pulse-goes-back-basics/ |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2014-01-21 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202104325/http://radionation.ie/2014/01/rte-pulse-goes-back-basics/ |archivedate=2014-02-02 }}{{cite web|url=http://radiotoday.ie/2014/01/community-radio-show-goes-national-on-rte/ |title=Radio Today | Community radio show goes national on RTÉ |publisher=Radiotoday.ie |date=2014-01-21 |accessdate=2014-04-05}} It is formally Ireland's only weekly all-vinyl radio show and was the first vinyl show to appear on RTÉ since the 1990s.{{citation needed|date=January 2014}} Back2Basics formerly aired on Dublin South FM and NRG FM from July 2012 to December 2013.

A published journalist, he writes for Mixmag.{{cite web|url=http://mixmag.net/read/wunderground-features/ |title=Wunderground – Features |work=Mixmag |date=2014-12-27 |accessdate=2017-04-01}} In 2007 he founded the company Republic PR.{{cite web|url=http://www.businesspost.ie/#!search/simon_palmer |title=The Business Post – Independent journalism every day |website=BusinessPost.ie |accessdate=2017-04-01}} Initially a property PR specialist (formerly his role in the UK), he assisted Irish investors in raising the profile of their plight as victims of overseas property scams and helped them form action groups so they could instigate legal action to recover funds from abroad.{{cite news|author=Mary Carolan |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/premium/loginpage?destination=http://www.irishtimes.com/business/investors-seek-8-9m-from-indian-project-1.766458 |title=Investors seek €8.9m from Indian project |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=2017-01-04 |accessdate=2017-04-01}}{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/investors-in-dubai-dream-fear-20m-lost-26581179.html |title=Investors in Dubai dream fear €20m lost |work=The Irish Independent |date=2012-12-04 |accessdate=2014-04-05}}

{{cite web|author=Donal Buckley|url=http://www.independent.ie/unsorted/migration/polish-property-market-to-get-soccer-boost-26290054.html |title=Polish property market to get soccer boost |work=The Irish Independent |date=2012-11-25 |accessdate=2014-04-05}}

{{cite web|author=Curtis Redding |url=http://www.independent.ie/unsorted/property/the-time-has-come-to-boost-pension-potential-26282217.html |title=The time has come to boost pension potential |work=The Irish Independent |date=2012-11-25 |accessdate=2014-04-05}}

{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/property-homes/profit-from-these-lucky-13-sales-tips-26423472.html |title=Profit from these lucky 13 sales tips |work=The Irish Independent |date=2012-11-26 |accessdate=2014-04-05}}{{cite web|author=Tim Healy – 9 July 2009 09:58 am |url=http://www.herald.ie/news/investors-settle-india-flats-row-27917678.html |title=Investors settle India flats row |publisher=Herald.ie |date=2009-07-09 |accessdate=2014-04-05}}

Simon spent several years working for free supporting the case of an Eritrean girl Martina Padwick, in her battle to have her Irish citizenship recognised and claim her pension entitlements following the death of her father, who was an Irish soldier stationed in Africa.{{cite web|author=John Mooney and Tom Lyons |url=http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/world_news/article153550.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212004907/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/world_news/article153550.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 December 2013 |title=Passport 'no' to soldier's Eritrean child |work=The Sunday Times |date=2009-03-01 |accessdate=2014-04-05}}{{cite web|author=Breda Heffernan |url=http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/young-daughter-of-dead-un-soldier-hoping-for-a-new-life-in-ireland-26625456.html |title=Young daughter of dead UN soldier hoping for a new life in Ireland |work=The Irish Independent |date=2012-11-30 |accessdate=2014-04-05}}{{cite web|author=Claire O'Sullivan |url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/archives/2010/0118/world/mother-wins-battle-to-prove-girl-is-irish-109921.html |title=Mother wins battle to prove girl is Irish |publisher=Irish Examiner |date=2010-01-18 |accessdate=2014-04-05}}{{cite web|author=Tom Lyons|url=http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/african-girl-wins-her-long-fight-to-prove-irish-citizenship-29194732.html |title=African girl wins her long fight to prove Irish citizenship |work=The Irish Independent |date=2013-04-14 |accessdate=2014-04-05}}{{cite web|author=TOM LYONS |url=http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/10year-fight-to-prove-daughters-citizenship-29436136.html |title=10-year fight to prove daughter's citizenship |work=The Irish Independent |date=2013-07-21 |accessdate=2014-04-05}}

Palmer was cited in The Huffington Post after telling Russell Brand that he looked liked a member of ISIS, to which Brand responded "ISIS wouldn't have me".{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/07/03/russell-brand-laments-isis_n_5554106.html |title=Russell Brand Laments ISIS 'Wouldn't Have Me' In Latest YouTube Video |work=HuffPost |date=2014-07-03 |accessdate=2017-04-01}}