Playwright Deirdre Kinahan - “Living to retire is such a cod. None of us knows what’s coming next”

from Brendan O'Connor · host RTÉ Radio 1

Playwright Deirdre Kinahan joins Dearbhail to talk about her latest play ‘Refuge’ which explores Ireland’s complex history with migration, through the experience of an 18th Century German Palatine family and a more recent arrival from Afghanistan. She talks about her long career and why cancer made her more optimistic.

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