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Colum McCann
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Colum McCann: ‘Diane Foley’s story was inherently dramatic – mother meets son’s killer, then forgives him
The novelist has turned American Mother, his book about the executed journalist James Foley, into an opera with the composer Charlotte Bray
Event guide: Pulp, Beyond the Pale, Cork Midsummer and other best things to do in Ireland this week
Ireland event guide for the week June 7th–13th, 2025: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way
Almost 400 Irish writers sign statement calling for immediate ceasefire in Israel-Palestine conflict
Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann statement calls for release of hostages and protection of the lives and human rights of all innocent people
Twist by Colum McCann: Surprising and electric, a wired-up story of what it means to bend yourself into new shapes
A novel that rolls across continents on seas of emotion that find their form in glorious passages of writing
Colum McCann on his new book: ‘You could actually take down the world’s internet ... with a fleet of 20 ships’
The novelist was astonished by the lax security around the undersea internet cables that keep us connected. That vulnerability, both technological and human, is at the heart of Twist, his new novel
Fiction to look out for in 2025: From Eimear McBride to Ben Okri
Emma Donoghue, Joseph O’Connor and Colum McCann are just some of the big names with new books coming out in 2025. Here’s our pick of fiction for the year ahead
Sage Bertie Ahern, wry Joe Duffy and stoned-sounding Irish Maga fan: Radio reactions to Trump’s US election win
Radio: Ciara Kelly hears differing takes on Trump victory while Kieran Cuddihy meets jubilant Maga fans in New York
Eight years after James Foley’s murder by Isis, his mother sat down with his captor. Why?
James Foley’s brutal murder in 2014 was seen around the world. His mother Diane’s book documents the family’s struggle
An Irish playwright in New York: Lines remain unlearned, curtains unraised, seats unfilled
I’ll write to make the actors cry again – laugh, too. We’ll need a laugh after this
Irish actors and writers sign petition against sale of historic Fifth Avenue building
American Irish Historical Society represents ‘struggles and success of Irish ancestors’
Oireachtas committee urges American Irish Society to stop building sale
Charlie Flanagan says society building on Fifth Avenue is source of diaspora pride
Irish authors, actors call for American Irish Historical Society building to be kept
Liam Neeson, Colm Tóibín sign letter asking that Fifth Avenue building not be sold
Anti-slavery hero’s 1845 trip to Ireland to be feted in ‘Douglass Week’
Online events will focus on Frederick Douglass’s ‘transformative’ four-month visit
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