In my 2022 book Richard Harris: Raising Hell and Reaching for Heaven, I tried not to focus on the obvious side of Richard's life, the brawling. But many people seem to love these stories of his fights! 

Some sections of certain interviews deserve to be heard by those who may benefit from them. I dedicate this to all teenagers struggling with depression. Hold on, you can make it through. I did. So did Tiernan. 

They say you should never meet your heroes. I don't agree. But this podcast tells of a positively surreal meeting I had one night with Van Morrison. 

The new host of Ireland's Late Late Show, back when he was young and uncensored

My first meeting with Dolores, in Dublin's Central Hotel, in 1990, a sweet and innocent Dolores. 

Thirty years later, people might find it interesting to revisit this Gerry Adams interview. It should appeal in particular to fans of the Wolfe Tones

It's been more than a quarter century since Eamon Dunphy and I did this interview. The clip here was cut from an Irish rock magazine

My favourite memory of this interview is that Neil's manager couldn't believe I had asked Neil about his ties to the Mafia. But Diamond himself had no problem answering ther question! 

Interviewing was never just a job for me. I'm not even a trained journalist. I come from the world of the arts nad happily admit that I was searching for "timeless, universal truths" and "transcendence from the start. How's that for pretentiousness!!!

This is just a bit of fun I had interviewing in 1993, the future, and now current President of Ireland