Autor/-in: Niall O'Dowd

Niall O’Dowd is the founder of four successful Irish American publications and has been honored both by the Irish government with its Distinguished Services Award and University College Dublin with an honorary doctorate for his role in the Irish peace process. He has been the subject of a PBS documentary and a book entitled Daring Diplomacy about his role in that process. Currently his story has been optioned by Oscar winning director Terry George (In the Name of the Father and Hotel Rwanda) based on a Washington Post profile of O’Dowd’s secret role as intermediary between the IRA and President Bill Clinton. He was also named in New York’s Most Influential People in 2008 and a “Person You Should Know” by CNN. He is the author of several books, including Washington and the Irish, Lincoln and the Irish, and A New Ireland.