Deaglán de Bréadún
Deaglán de Bréadún, Irish journalist and author.
Education
Deaglán de Bréadún was educated at Synge Street CBS, University College Dublin, Tulsa University in Oklahoma and, more recently, Trinity College Dublin.[1]
Work
An award-winning journalist who worked for many years with
He won the Northern Ireland IPR/BT award for Daily News Journalist of the Year and has had two books published in English, one of them on the negotiations which led to the historic Belfast/Good Friday Agreement which ended the troubles in Northern Ireland and the other on Sinn Féin, the largest political party in both parts of the island of Ireland,[3] as well as three books in the Irish language.[4] A native of County Wexford, he has lived most of his life in Dublin where he attended Synge Street Christian Brothers School, University College Dublin and Trinity College. He was a member of the Press Council of Ireland from 2013 to 2019, nominated by the National Union of Journalists and serving the maximum period of two three-year terms. He is the membership secretary of the Dublin Freelance Branch of the NUJ and also serves on the advisory board of the union's magazine, The Journalist.
Publications
- The Far Side of Revenge: Making Peace in Northern Ireland (2001, second edition 2008)
- Power Play: The Rise of Modern Sinn Féin (2015)
- Sceallóga (Chips, 1990, a collection of short stories)
- Cinnlínte: Saol an Iriseora (Headlines: The Journalist's Life, 2016, a memoir)
- Scéalta Nuachta (News Stories, 2016, a collection of articles in Irish).
References
- ^ "Irish Times Appointments". Irish Times. 4 February 1997. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
- ^ "Deaglan de Breadun". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 1 September 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
- ^ "Power Play: The Rise of Modern Sinn Féin by Deaglán de Bréadún". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 1 March 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
- ^ "Cinnlínte: Saol an Iriseora | CIC". Archived from the original on 1 March 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
External links
- Deaglán de Bréadún – Political Journalist, interviewswithinterestingpeople.com
- Deaglán de Bréadún, Seán MacDiarmada Summer School
- Deaglán de Bréadún, Palestine: Information with Provenance (PIWP database)