Cathal Poacute;irteacute;ir is an author, journalist and PPI-awardwinning broadcaster. He has worked with RTEacute; Radio 1 for over thirty years, producing programmes on a variety of topics from current affairs and politics to drama, music and literature, with a particular focus on Irish language programming.He has produced a number of CDs about Irish literature, including Blasket Island Reflections, a series on the Blasket Island writers; The Appeals of the Midnight Court, a documentary about the poet Brian Merriman; and Traditional Tales of Wonder, a selection of folktales and legends from Donegal storyteller Miciacute; Sheaacute;in Neacute;ill.He is the author of The Great Irish Famine,… and Famine Voices and their Irish-language counterparts Gneacute;ithe den Ghorta and Gloacute;rtha oacute;n Ghorta. He is the editor of two collections ndash; the short story collection Sceacute;alta san Aer and the poetry collection Eacute;igse san Aer.