John’s University and Bowling Green State University.īorn in Staten Island, he lives in New Jersey with his wife and four children. Currently an English teacher in Brooklyn, Deignan has taught history, cinema and English at CUNY, St. His writing has appeared in newspapers such as the New York Times, Washington Post and Irish Independent, and magazines such as Commonweal, America, Publisher's Weekly and Irish America. He writes the weekly Sidewalks column for the Irish Voice newspaper and contributes a monthly Op Ed column to the Newark Star Ledger. Tom Deignan is the author of "Irish Americans: Coming to America" (Barron’s) and served as a contributing writer for the book "Irish American Chronicle" (Publications International Ltd.). President Higgins was wrong to refuse invite to partition event Last call from "Ireland Calling" - John Spain's final column after 34 yearsĬlimate change among burning problems in Ireland’s future When his now adult children ask him why he doesn't write books he points out that his weekly Irish Voice column has been running for 29 years and that adds up to a small library! Latest Stories Now semi-retired, in recent years he has been Literary Editor of the Irish Independent. He also worked as Features Editor and Supplements Editor, developing new sections for the paper like the Weekend magazine and starting the educational supplements which are now a regular part of Irish newspapers. He joined the Irish Independent group in 1987 and worked in News and News Analysis and as an editorial writer. The column now also appears on IrishCentral.Ī graduate in Economics and Politics from Trinity College Dublin, John started his career in the early 1970s in the Irish Press, where he worked in News and Features and was Assistant Editor of the paper for over ten years.
John is a veteran Dublin journalist who has worked in senior editorial positions in national newspapers in Ireland for 40 years. He has been writing his weekly Ireland Calling column for the Irish Voice newspaper in New York since its foundation.
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