Exclusive Madeleine Interview

For somebody so rarely out of the newspapers, Madeleine McCann is extremely difficult to track down. When I contacted her at a secret location, requesting an interview, she was at first reluctant to speak, but eventually agreed to participate, demanding that her legal representatives be allowed to read the article before publication. Equally reluctantly, I [...]

John Waters: The vomit that dissolves the glue that holds the Irish Times together

I met John Waters once. Well, when I say that I ‘met him’, what I actually mean is that I passed him on Lower George’s Street in Dún Laoghaire. He was walking rather quickly, wearing a long, elegant, black coat. In the gentle coastal breeze, the coat, along with his long, greying hair blew freely [...]