Frank Hamilton had a chequered journalistic career, moving from print media to broadcasting and public relations. He left school early to work as a messenger boy. Later, he spent a short period in the Shannon Industrial Estate with a company called SPS. He showed an early ability to handle words and was first employed as a reporter/feature writer as a 21-year-old with the now defunct Limerick Echo.
His politics tended towards the Left and to republicanism, and he became known as a journalist who had access to Sinn Fein and drafted statements for that organisation locally.
His career took him to Shannon Development, a semi-state agency, which appointed him press officer in New York, where his job was to sell the attractions of the Shannon region to the US media.
While at the Limerickmen's Association dinner in Chicago, he became involved in a controversy when he allegedly insulted the then Mayor of Limerick, Mrs Terry Kelly, a sister of Mr Peter Barry, the former government minister.
He was brought back from the US to the Shannon headquarters of Shannon Development and later worked with various local publications. At one stage he wrote statements for the late Labour deputy, Jim Kemmy, and other local politicians, including Mr Willie O'Dea, the Minister of State. He wrote a booklet on the Bard of Thomond and also a satirical play.
In recent years he worked as a freelance and spent some time with the Clare Champion in Ennis. His last employment was with Radio Limerick on Satellite.