Dion Fanning

Brian Stack was shot outside the National Stadium in 1983. He was the only prison officer in this state murdered by the IRA. His son Austin talks to Dion Fanning about his family’s search for justice and the failure of the investigation by the gardaí.

Author Paul Howard and former rugby international Gordon D’Arcy have combined for a new children’s book. But their careers have overlapped in ways that blend satire and reality for a long time.

Sinn Féin’s Conor Murphy has a long career in the republican movement, including being jailed for IRA membership in the 1980s. He talks about moving to the Oireachtas, his regrets about the past and his comments on the murder of Paul Quinn.

Martin Dillon has led an extraordinary career in journalism. He first exposed the reality of the disappeared. He talks to Dion Fanning about Sinn Féin, bringing John Hume and Gerry Adams together, and his new book.

Sinead O’Shea has made a documentary masterpiece about the life of Edna O’Brien. She talks to Dion Fanning about how the writer is still viewed in Ireland, her remarkable diaries and the affair with a British politician which consumed her.

Through her interviews and columns in the Sunday Independent, Brighid McLaughlin faced everything through her journalism. Her recent memoir details those experiences as well as the pain of losing her husband and the horrific murder of her sister.

When George Hamilton left RTÉ Sport, he had no regrets. He talks to Dion Fanning about what has been lost in sports coverage.

In 2018, Trevor Birney woke up on a Saturday morning to find the PSNI raiding his house following his film on the Loughinisland Massacre. Six years later, his latest film Kneecap may soon win an Oscar. He speaks about his extraordinary career.

Irish sports journalist Miguel Delaney has been at the forefront of challenging the dominance of state-owned football clubs in England. His book States of Play is a detailed study of how football became detached from its roots and if there is a path back.

Ireland lost 5-0 at Wembley because of a series of bad decisions taken nearly 20 years ago and compounded ever since. The only way to change is to understand the fundamental flaws in the game and work to change them. It is the only way to restore power to the powerless that dominate Irish football.