Journalist and bestselling author, broadcaster and historian, Tim Pat Coogan was editor of the Irish Press for 20 years and played a central role in the political maelstrom of The Troubles and their ultimate resolution. His long awaited memoir looks back on the public and private aspects of a life lived at the centre of Irish politics and Irish society. This podcast was recorded on 2nd October 2008 as Tim Pat spoke before a live audience at the County Hall in Dún Laoghaire, his home town.