Writing

Print Media:

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“Radical in two worlds” feature Irish Times
Looking at what Wallander-auther Henning Mankell gets up to in Mozambique

“Galway Arts Festival 09” review Circa Art Magazine
Considers the myriad challenging and controversial visual arts shows from the 2009 GAF

 

 

 

"Former torture victim urges EU to withhold €122m Eritrean aid" Irish Times.
Controversy surrounding the EU's development aid to Eritrea

“American Odyssey” The Sunday Times.
A journey by car from LA to New York.

“African Adventure” Backpacker.
Another road trip, this time to Morocco, for Backpacker Magazine, a travel magazine for 20- and 30-somethings distributed freely all over Europe.

“Jubilee 2000” St Mark’s Newsletter.
Debt, Jubilee 2000 and dreaming out loud for the Pentacostal faith community on Pearse Street in Dublin.

“Paddle Your Own Canoe” Circa Art Magazine
Review of a thought-provoking Peter Morgan exhibition for the 32-County visual arts magazine.

“Caring for the Carers” Senior Times Magazine.
Ireland’s lifestyle magazine for the over-50’s.

 

 

 

 

 

" Saint Oscar"
Reviews in Limerick’s quality newspaper, The Limerick Leader

 

Catalogue essays

Western Artists
Introductory essay on a group show at Shannon Airport

 

 

 

 

 

Remember Jim Kemmy (Contemporary Juxtapositions) Exhibition
Foreword saluting the late politician, historian and publisher

 

 

 

 

 

Radio

“Ollscoil Scairte” (Raidio na Gaeltachta)
6 x 30’ sraith ag breathnú ar ollscoil réabhlóideach na ndaoine i gCúl Aodha (TX 08.01.11)

The Story of the West Clare Railway (Clare FM)
How the railway survives in the folk memory. Luke Verling’s Jacob’s Award-winning documentary.

The Star Thrower (UCB Ireland)
Mozambique and its representations. (In post-production)

The Belacquiad (RTÉ Radio 1)
This documentary isn't 'about' anything so much as it is that thing itself.  In it we meet the Florentine poet Dante Alighieri's friend Belacqua, who is in purgatory.  Then Samuel Beckett's character Belacqua in his ‘gression’ around 1920's Dublin. 

An Enigmatic Artist – Seán Ó Riada in Paris (RTÉ Lyricfm)
A turning point in the controversial composer’s early life.

PPI Awards Nomination, 2010
“… a classic, beautifully researched and produced, landmark documentary…”

– Celtic Media Festival 2009 Commendation
Produced with the assistance of a Broadcasting Commission of Ireland Sound & Vision Grant.

 

The Song of the Bird (Newstalk 106 FM)
Life in Africa. (In production)

 

Television/video documentary

Church in Chains St Stephen’s Day Service RTÉ One
A service introducing the issues faced by persecuted Christians round the globe (TX 26.12.10)

 

 

The Fair of Ballinasloe (Ocean Films)
Documentary on the great horse fair.

Connemara (in development)
Series considering the postmodern condition of the Galway gaeltacht

Hack in a Banger Does Africa (proposed)
Series looking at Africa in the round and asking tough questions

 

Short Stories

                                   

                                   

“Gearrán”
Short story about climbing in Connemara

“Voyage into Nothing”
Concerns a neophyte’s experiences during a fishery season on the Bering Sea