Spent a year's sabbatical from his acting career to study performance
at the Central School of Speech and Drama, London.
He returned to the role of Wayne Molloy in Fair City in Autumn 2004.
Appearing as Dick Swiveller in "The Old Curiosity Shop", Gate Theatre, Dublin (December 2008)
Appearing in "A Christmas Carol", Gate Theatre, Dublin (December 2009)
Appearing as Ezra Chater in "Arcadia" by Tom Stoppard, Gate Theatre, Dublin (May 2010)
Had two sons with his now widow Deirdre O'Kane - Luke and Milo Swift.
Survived by parents Dan and Daphne, brothers Tom, Ronan and Chris, sister Clare, father-in-law Philip, brothers-in-law Brian and Neil, sisters-in-law Jo, Finola, Una, Orla, and Clare.