Feb. 9, 2021
Rock Star Reporter: Shaunagh Connaire
Shaunagh with Yusef, a Syrian Child Refugee Suffering from Cancer
To get a sense of Shaunagh Connaire's journalistic talent and commitment to her journalistic craft, take a look at some of her work from Channel 4's Unreported World at the bottom of this post which features an episode on Syrian refugee children suffering from serious illnesses unable to access healthcare due to their stateless status
When Irish Stew spoke with Shaunagh, what shone through, was her willingness to travel to dangerous places, tell difficult stories and shine a light and issues which should concern us all as humanitarians. While Shaunagh might not yet have achieved rock star notoriety, her reporting is more than worthy of the status!
OTD: James Plunkett (1920 - 2003)
James Plunkett, author of Strumpet City, one of the best books on Dublin, was born on 21 May 1920 in the Hibernian metropolis. Strumpet City details the lives of common Dublin folk and their hero, James Larkin. The novel is an excellent fiction…
Brexit and the Irish Border
In our latest Irish Stew Podcast episode, cohost Martin Nutty sat down with documentary filmmaker Alan Gilsenan and journalist John Walsh to explore their thought-provoking film, The Irish Question.
We think this episode makes for good list…
