Archive: 2009 ()

May 27

Cathal's Story

The film Fairytale of Kathmandu presented the Irish language poet, Cathal O Searcaigh as a predatory sex tourist who abused teenage boys in Nepal. Cathal says he has been misrepresented and that the young men who featured in the film alongside him are taking legal action against the film makers.

Posted May 27, 2009

May 27

Losing Daddy

A reading by Cathal O Searcaigh from his forthcoming memoir, Light on Distant Hills, Simon and Schuster.

Posted May 27, 2009

May 15

This Other Version

Sorry, had to re edit piece below

Posted May 15, 2009

May 15

This Other City

An interview with playwright Daragh Carville about his new play on the seedy side of Belfast.

Posted May 15, 2009

May 14

The Guerrilla Girls

The Guerrilla Girls visited Ireland on their recent world tour.

Posted May 14, 2009

May 14

The Hewitt School

The Unfettered Mind – that was the theme of the John Hewitt Spring School in Carnlough this year.

Posted May 14, 2009

May 14

The Call of Donegal

Why are artists and writers – why are all of us? – drawn back to Donegal? Is it our spiritual home?

Posted May 14, 2009

May 02

My Father's Noises

His sneeze was loud and uninhibited. It was the sneeze of a man who had passed his early years in open fields and close to animals. It was an animal noise.

Posted May 02, 2009