Celebrations at Ground Zero as Bin Laden Killed by US Forces

As news broke that the world's most wanted terrorist had been killed by US forces in Pakistan, spontaneous celebrations erupted in Washington and New York.

At Ground Zero, site of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center's twin towers, thousands cheered.

I went down to the site to speak to some of those involved, and you can hear my a vox-pop of revellers, and my report on RTE Radio 1's John Murray Show at the following link.

http://www.rte.ie/radio1/thejohnmurrayshow/

(scroll down to the bottom of the page to the May 01st section)

AUDIO: Irish filmmakers hoping to make their mark at the Tribeca Film Festival.

A reception hosted by the Irish Film Board at the residence of the Irish Consul-General in New York was attended by several of the next generation of Irish filmmakers hoping to break into the industry.

Two feature films and five shorts from Ireland have been selected for the Tribeca Film Festival, which got underway this week.

You'll find a radio package I made for RTE's Morning Ireland on the Irish at Tribeca at the following link.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0422/morningireland.html

Long Island Serial Killer - RTE's World Report

This week, I contributed a radio essay to RTE's World Report show on the continuing hunt for the so-called Long Island Serial Killer.

After the gruesome discovery of ten sets of human remains on beaches on Long Island, police suspect one killer is behind at least four of them.

You can listen to my take on it all at the following link (my piece begins about four minutes into the show):

http://www.rte.ie/news/player.html?worldreport#programme=World%20Report

[Broadcast on RTE World Report April 17th 2010]

Imagine Ireland launches in the US

Gabriel Byrne and Colum McCann

The biggest ever promotion of Irish arts in the US has been launched in New York.

Over the next 12 months 400 individual events will take place across 40 States - in an attempt to rebuild Ireland's reputation by reminding Americans of its rich cultural and artistic traditions.

Here's a radio feature I did for RTE's Morning Ireland on the launch, featuring Gabriel Byrne, Colum McCann and others.


[It was broadcast Monday January 10th, and is similar to my written blog entry on the launch, but also contains new material]


http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0110/morningireland.html

100 years of the Abbey Theatre in the US

Ireland's national theatre, the Abbey, is celebrating the centenary of its first tour to the US with another tour in 2011. 

Previews of their first show "John Gabriel Borkman" with Alan Rickman, Fiona Shaw and Lindsay Duncan begin at BAM in Brooklyn tonight (Fri Jan 7th). 

Here's a feature I did for RTE's Morning Ireland radio programme this morning for those interested...

http://www.rte.ie/news/morningireland/