Sometimes I’d be concerned that when I am out for a walk a lulu would jump out from the bushes and grab me. You never know what kind of characters are out there. But then again, you can’t live your life like that, you just have to be careful. Sometimes, I just like to vanish […]

The unbearable lightness of being an ardent FF supporter

‘This smile is painted on’.  Angela Kerins was Fianna Fail. And not just common or garden Fianna Fail either. She ran for the party’s national executive. She went to the annual Ard Fheiseanna. She chaired the Women’s Political Association and pushed for the promotion of Fianna Fail women. She was so assertive politically that people […]

Claddaaffi

Una Claffey and the Today Tonight team interview Libyan Dictator Muammar Ghadaafi in October 1986. This was Today Tonight’s second trip to Tripoli seeking an interview with Ghadaafi.  He was known to be a supporter of the Provisional IRA and later shown to have been their biggest provider of arms and explosives.  He was held […]