This week’s guest is journalist, activist, and politician Eamonn McCann.
We talk about Eamonn’s love for Derry City, what the football club means to the city, and why GAA hasn’t taken root in the city to the same extent. We also discuss about James McClean’s principled stand against wearing the poppy, why he does it, and the reaction he has received for doing so.
Eamonn’s generation in Derry also produced some great writers - Seamus Heaney and Seamus Deane among them - and he explains why the abrasion of the times helped spark their genius. We also discuss his journalism and his campaigning work, particularly in relation to Bloody Sunday, at which he was present. Eamonn’s work was crucial in finally outing the truth, but as he explains, justice has still not yet been delivered for the families of those murdered in the atrocity.
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