“I was not in a good place,” he says, describing the book as “a biography of me”, to Doherty’s mild alarm. Doherty’s most striking interview is with Andrew McGinley, whose three children were killed by their mother, Deirdre Morley, in January 2020. “Christ, I’m angry.”It’s distressing to hear such anguish, but, to Doherty’s credit, she doesn’t duck the difficult subjects. The need for strategic thinking crops up when Seán Moncrieff (Newstalk, weekdays) hears the author Ben Collins make the case for a united Ireland. With just one phrase, the prospect of a united Ireland seems farther away than ever.

Source: The Irish Times November 28, 2025 20:50 UTC