His poetry, stories and haiku have been published in Ireland, throughout Europe and in America, Canada, Japan, India, Thailand, Nepal and Australia and have been translated into . Croatian, Japanese, Dutch and German. He won the Eigse Michael Hartnett viva voce contest in 2010. He was shortlisted for the Hennessy Award in 2011. He won the Desmond O'Grady International Poetry Contest in 2012. He edits thefirstcut, a literary journal.