If you need an introduction to John; He began work as a journalist in 1981, with Hot Press, he specialised from the start in raising unpopular issues of public importance, including the psychic cost of colonialism and the denial of rights to fathers under what is called family 'law'. He was a columnist with The Irish Times for 24 years. John also has written and published a number of books. including the book Give Us Back the Bad Roads published in 2019. John also has a political side and has recently ran for Europe in the last election.