Irish journo Michael O’Toole (right) is the crime reporter with the Daily Star, and has just kicked off what could well be a very interesting blog, entitled ‘Crime, Ink: The Blog of an Irish Crime Reporter’. Quoth Michael: “I’m just trying to show what it is like to be a crime correspondent in Ireland today. I want to talk about crime and what it’s like to report on it. Being a crime reporter today is the most interesting, the most frightening, the most exciting, the most rewarding and most challenging of jobs. Read on and I’ll tell you why ...”O’Toole was a co-author, with John Mooney, of BLACK OPERATIONS: THE SECRET WAR AGAINST THE REAL IRA (2005). The Big Question: Will O’Toole do the right thing and get scribbling crime fiction? Only time, that notoriously prevaricating doity rat, will tell …
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Why does matt cooper always plug the wrong url for your website?
Okay, so now I know who the dubious character is over on Liliput's blog. I'm reassured.
By the way, I know a lot of adorable babies, but you do have one of the most photogenic children in the world.
Okay--back to crime.
Does Matt plug the wrong url? I've never noticed. What does he say?
Seanag, the 'dubious character' over on Lilyput's blog is actually my brother, Gavin. A ne'er-do-well, it's true. He even writes movie scripts ... Truly, he has gone to the Dark Side.
Cheers, Dec
He always says crimealwayspays.com which is a dead website.
I've emailed Todayfm a few times about it but no joy.
I've been listening to the Matt Cooper show a lot recently. Love his interview style. But my journey home always ends before I catch any of your reviews. Whenabouts are they usually on air? I'll make a point of flicking on the radio in the house for them.
Cheers
gb
Oops. No disrespect to your brother. I just hadn't seen him in the family shots before. I'm sure he's gone over to the dark side in a good way.
What does this all have to do with Irish crime fiction? Absolutely nothing. I do wish we Americans had more direct access to a lot of this stuff, though. Okay, I don't actually care about the other Americans. I meant I wish I had more access. It's good that a lot of it does eventually filter over this way, though.
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