WRITER MINI-PROFILE

This short film directed by Maurice Healy is shot on location in Dublin with Con Houlihan, one of Ireland's most legendary journalists and commentators.

As a writer with newspapers such as The Kerryman and The Evening Press, he has occupied a unique space in the pantheon of journalism and for the last twenty five years has contributed some of the most sparkling journalism the country has known.

Although primarily a sports journalist, he has also contributed wonderful articles about theatre, films and the cultural life of the nation.

This film gives a rare glimpse of Con, a shy man who does not court publicity. Renowned for his ability to mix the simple and the profound, he is generally regarded by fellow writers as a benchmark by which they can judge their own work.



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Running Time: 10mins
Year Made: 2000
Price: €20 - PAL (European), €30 - NTSC (US) plus P&P
Mini-Film 3