Karen Coleman is one of Ireland’s finest broadcasters with an accomplished career spanning two decades that has taken her from the frontlines of Bosnia to the grinding poverty of the Gaza Strip and the treacherous world of Colombia’s drug dealers. Her vast experience in foreign reporting has been equally matched by her extensive knowledge of Irish current affairs with her own radio show on Newstalk making her a household name. Karen is equally at home discussing Irish issues as she is global affairs and can talk expertly on both disciplines.

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"Haunting Cries"

"Haunting Cries" is a book by Karen Coleman about the abuse of children in Irish religious institutions. It follows the stories of eleven Irish people who were incarcerated as children in industrial and reformatory schools and in Magdalene laundries.

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23 Apr 2012

Post-9/11 US is jumpy but must put its paranoia into perspective

Here's something you might want to think about before you plan your annual holiday. Let's say you and your family are off on your holidays and you're heading to the US for a fortnight.

How would you feel if you knew that the US Department of Homeland Security had an exceptional amount of personal information about all of you based on your flights to the US?

And would it make a difference if you knew that the airline flying you there had provided all of that data to the ...