Cassandra Voices Podcast

David Langwallner is an Irish barrister practising in the United Kingdom. A regular contributor to Cassandra Voices, he has represented defendants in criminal cases, including murder, at the highest levels of the U.K. System. He also has extensive experience of constitutional and immigration law and lectured on constitutional law and jurisprudence for sixteen years at The Honorable Society of the King's Inns in Dublin. Following Julian Assange's final hearing over his threatened extradition to the U.S., and before the judgment was delivered deciding Assange's fate, we spoke about the resonances and legalities of the case, the implications for justice and freedom of speech and erosion of journalistic and other valuable voices around the world. Special thanks to Anna Kohlweis, Cassandra Voices' Musician of the Month for March.

Episode Credits:

Host: Luke Sheehan

Music: Loafing Heroes - ​​The Loafing Heroes & Anna Kohlweis - https://www.annakohlweis.com/

Produced by Massimiliano Galli - https://www.massimilianogalli.com

Jim Sheridan needs little introduction. His films, including 'My Left Foot' (1989), 'The Field' (1990), 'In the Name of the Father' (1993) and 'In America' (2003) have gained both critical acclaim and global audiences. It is fair to say they have helped define the Irish national character.

In recent times, Sheridan has taken a keen interest in the unsolved murder of the French television producer Sophie Toscan du Plantier in west Cork in 1996, producing a series for Sky called 'Murder at the Cottage' in 2021. During that period, he became acquainted with Ian Bailey, who was arrested by the Garda Síochána in connection with the murder, but was never charged. The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) found insufficient evidence to proceed to trial.

Earlier this year, Cassandra Voices arranged an interview with Ian Bailey, which was supposed to take place in west Cork at the end of January. However, on January 21 Ian Bailey died of a heart attack – days before the interview was to take place. Thankfully Jim Sheridan agreed to give us an exclusive interview on the murder.

Jim Sheridan suggests we re-visit our opinions, and prejudices. He discusses the symbolism of the case, exploring the legacy of famine, the endurance of a colonial mindset and the eccentric character of Ian Bailey.

Episode Credits:

Host: Frank Armstrong

Music: Loafing Heroes - ​​https://theloafingheroes.bandcamp.com

Introduction Music: 'Wonder' from Catrin Finch & Aoife Ní Bhriain's album Double You.

Produced by Massimiliano Galli - https://www.massimilianogalli.com

https://cassandravoices.com/society-culture/the-cassandra-voices-podcast/

Jim Sheridan needs little introduction. His films, including 'My Left Foot' (1989), 'The Field' (1990), 'In the Name of the Father' (1993) and 'In America' (2003) have gained both critical acclaim and global audiences. It is fair to say they have helped define the Irish national character.

In recent times, Sheridan has taken a keen interest in the unsolved murder of the French television producer Sophie Toscan du Plantier in west Cork in 1996, producing a series for Sky called 'Murder at the Cottage' in 2021. During that period, he became acquainted with Ian Bailey, who was arrested by the Garda Síochána in connection with the murder, but was never charged. The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) found insufficient evidence to proceed to trial.

Earlier this year, Cassandra Voices arranged an interview with Ian Bailey, which was supposed to take place in west Cork at the end of January. However, on January 21 Ian Bailey died of a heart attack – days before the interview was to take place. Thankfully Jim Sheridan agreed to give us an exclusive interview on the murder.

Jim Sheridan suggests we re-visit our opinions, and prejudices. He discusses the symbolism of the case, exploring the legacy of famine, the endurance of a colonial mindset and the eccentric character of Ian Bailey.

Episode Credits:

Host: Frank Armstrong

Music: Loafing Heroes - ​​https://theloafingheroes.bandcamp.com

Introduction Music: 'Wonder' from Catrin Finch & Aoife Ní Bhriain's album Double You.

Produced by Massimiliano Galli - https://www.massimilianogalli.com

https://cassandravoices.com/society-culture/the-cassandra-voices-podcast/

For 50 years Patrick Cockburn has been practicing the art of journalism with integrity and persistence: a specialist on the Middle East, he has written extensively on wars and political machinations from Beirut to Belfast and Baghdad.

Within books like 'The Occupation and Saddam Hussein: An American Obsession' (written with his brother Andrew), he has revealed the workings of Arab dictatorships and Western Imperialism and hubris alike. Over the last decade, he has also created a separate, no less distinguished profile as a memoirist: 'The Broken Boy' describes his survival of a Polio epidemic in 1950s Cork, while 'Henry's Demons', co-authored with his son, immerses the reader into the pain of psychosis. For our conversation with Patrick Cockburn, we sought to sketch out the lives and work of two independent-minded writers: both himself and his father, Claud. Claud's own 50-year career brought him around the world, from Civil War Spain to Wall Street during the crash of 1929, back to 1930s London, where his newsletter The Week both documented and fought the rise of Fascism. It was only after WW2 that Claud moved to Ireland, where Patrick and his siblings would be born from the 50s onwards.

Making use of unclassified MI5 files, and an abundance of material directly remembered from his late father, Patrick spoke to Cassandra Voices as he was preparing the final manuscript of a new memoir, covering Claud's life.

Episode Credits:

Host: Luke Sheehan

Music: Loafing Heroes - ​​https://theloafingheroes.bandcamp.com

Produced by Massimiliano Galli - https://www.massimilianogalli.com