Author. 5 books. ‘David Trimble : Peacemaker ’ ‘ John Hume : The Persuader’, ‘Ireland’s Call’, ‘Hide and Seek’, ‘Forgotten Soldiers’. Blue Lights Series 2 /3.
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Apr 25
A giant of a man in life and in journalism. Told it straight without favour. Brave, bold and fearless.
Always kind to younger journos. You usually heard him before you saw him. Then came the crunching handshake and the stories. Thoughts with Lindy and all the McDowell family.
Apr 24
The veteran journalist Jim McDowell has died. bbc.in/4trw8Ot
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It is always great to hear about new readers. I hope @pontifex enjoys the read. Perhaps he would like to read my David Trimble book as well !
🇻🇦 Myself and Sinéad were honoured to meet @Pontifex yesterday in #Rome.
I presented him with a book on the Irish peacemaker John Hume.
We need peacemakers more than ever now.
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Mar 22
Huge thanks to everyone who came out tonight to see me and Col at the Magheramorne Literary Festival…
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Mar 14
Great coverage in today’s @BelTel
A big thank you to @aineltoner
The inaugural Magheramorne Literary Festival is just a week away.
Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 March.
Supported by Larne Port, JN Wine and @mea_bc
Limited tickets available.
Book now magheramorneestate.com
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Mar 13
Talking books and the Magheramorne Literary Festival.
Wendy Erskine and I had a great chat with Pamela Ballantine for tonight’s UTV life. Tune in tonight at 7.
Some tickets for the festival still available. magheramorneestate.com
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A big thanks to Anne Hailes for a wonderful piece in today’s @irish_news about the Magheramorne Literary Festival on Saturday 21 March and Sunday 22 March.
Some events sold out - some tickets still available. Go to magheramorneestate.com
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Two weeks today 📚📚📚
Northern Ireland’s newest literary festival begins. Top authors, fantastic venue, great food, brilliant walks. Two wonderful days 🌞🌞
You coming ?
Tickets at magheramorneestate.com
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This is the real me !
After nearly a month away I have finally got my X account back. Sorry to all those who received fraudulent messages from the hacker - pretending to be me. It has been a really frustrating time. Back in business.
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Great to see this in the Larne Times.
Inaugural Magheramorne Literary Festival bringing together outstanding writers from across the UK and Ireland northernirelandworld.com/art…
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Come and see the real thing !
Bateman and McKinty !
Everyone is talking about it !
magheramorneestate.com
Sunday 22 March. Tickets on sale 📚📚📚
Ali v Foreman 1974
Hagler v Hearns 1985
Tyson v Spinks 1988
Fury v Wilder 2021
and now
McKinty v Bateman 22/3/26
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I enjoyed chatting on the Path to Power podcast. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas…
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Enjoyed chatting with @MarkCarruthers7 and the wonderful @SuzyJourno on Sunday Politics today. Great fun. Watch on I player.
Feb 1
"The lack of a team photo is not a good look."
@StepWalkTV tells @MarkCarruthers7 that the failure of his MLAs to get a group picture with new leader @JonBurrowsMLA is not a good sign...
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Jan 24
This will be lots of fun. Great authors and top interviewers.
Plus Special Offer !!!
if you buy a day ticket - you get one event free ! But don’t delay - book today !!
Jan 23
Breaking news! Tickets are now available for the inaugural Magheramorne Literary Festival near Larne. I am thrilled to be interviewing @andrewlownie about his sensational royal biography ‘Entitled’. Check out the website shorturl.at/SZ62N
ALT Picture of logo for Magheramorne Literary Festival near Larne
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Stephen Walker retweeted
Jan 23
Breaking news! Tickets are now available for the inaugural Magheramorne Literary Festival near Larne. I am thrilled to be interviewing @andrewlownie about his sensational royal biography ‘Entitled’. Check out the website shorturl.at/SZ62N
ALT Picture of logo for Magheramorne Literary Festival near Larne
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“I beg people, if they’ve got anything, have a look into your conscience and contact us.”
Actor James Nesbitt’s emotional plea on behalf of the families of The Disappeared.
#LateLate
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Jan 23
Watching this at the moment.
What an incredible story. A hard watch at times but an important story. Put together brilliantly by @DonnaTraynorTV and @RonanGKelly Top job 👏🏻👏🏻
Jan 22
What a compelling watch - fascinating and forensic interview by @DonnaTraynorTV with Cecil Meneilly, who was jailed for a brutal assault and reflects on his life youtube.com/watch?v=DPty0HGb…
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Jan 22
Delighted to be asked to programme the inaugural Magheramorne Literary Festival which will take place at the Magheramorne Estate on 21/ 22 March.
Big names coming including @andrewlownie @NicolaSturgeon Wendy Erskine and @MiriamOCal
Tickets from magheramorneestate.com
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Stephen Walker retweeted
Jan 12
I'm hoping to be back in Carrickfergus in Feb and again in March so if anyone would be interested in an un-official free walking tour of DI Duffy's haunts or just a talky pub crawl
lemme know...
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While in Ireland, I took the train from Belfast to CarrickFergus, walked to fictional Detective Sean Duffy‘s house on Coronation Rd. Stopped by Duffy’s Carrickfergus police station, they were kind enough to show me around.🙂 I love the books! @adrianmckinty
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31 Dec 2025
Traditional reading provided by @bbcgarethG
A good read. He has been working on it since September !
29 Dec 2025
The political year in NI this 2025 could be dismissed as D is for Dull which is hopefully what no-one will say about my attempt to encapsulate it in the annual A-Z… bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyx…
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