Colin Murphy is an Irish journalist living in Dublin. He is deputy editor of Magill, theatre critic for The Sunday Tribune, a columnist on theatre for the Irish Independent and a regular contributor to Le Monde Diplomatique. He also writes for The Dublin Review, the Dublin Review of Books, the Irish Times, Prospect and The Tablet. He is a regular contributor to Irish radio, and an occasional contributor to television. He previously worked with Village magazine.
He has a particular interest in development and migration issues, and compiles a regular report on migration issues in the media, Migration Matters, for the Forum on Migration and Communications (Fomacs).
His short play, Dublin Noir, was produced by Fishamble as part of Whereabouts, a series of site-specific plays, in Temple Bar, Dublin, in 2006.
Colin Murphy is not a comedian.
All content on this site is (c) Colin Murphy. This website is a work in progess; it is not a complete archive. See also the archive at Le Monde Diplo.
Contact him at +353 87 122 6716 or colinmurphy[at]me.com.
i read your piece on the 7 children…like most irish people your knowledge and understanding of jewish people is ground zero….plays such as churchills concoction of hate towards jews borders on shylock….shylock like fagin..like the jew of malta…like the stereo types in grim etc are all figments of the jewish hating christian world….so really get reaL! ISRAEL had to endure 8.000 rockets fired on it from gaza…so what then is a proportional response!!!!its easy for you from the safety of ireland to be smug and sanctimonious….or is it the usual christian moral high ground that makes you so morally correct…just keep seeing the world through your green irish catholic eyes!!!!
Colin
I wonder if you could possibly point me in the right direction re information I am trying to gather on the peoople who travelled around in terrible conditions during the civil war to show films to people in rural areas. My grandfather did this but alas I was too young when he died to extract any information from him. Do you know of any books or archives where I might begin my search? Any help at all would be much appreciated.
Margharita
hay victor, i agree.
Israel is surrounded by enemy’s and constantly in conflict , i believe that the only way to get peace is by destroying Iran and all Arab extremists. Israel is the holy land protected by god and the Jewish people (gods people). Israel will face many wars and will be victorious, no nation no army can destroy it (believe it or not). I admire the Jewish people and the Jewish men and woman fighting to protect the holy land.
may god bless Israel for ever and ever.