First Thought Talk with Professor Roy Foster

22 July 2018

GIAF talks with Professor Roy Foster, acclaimed Yeats biographer, about the historic dwelling where the poet wrote some of his best work in When All Is Ruin Once Again.

First Thought Talk with Liz Fekete

22 July 2018

Liz Fekete, Director of the Institute of Race Relations, discusses the rise of the right in this talk entitled Europe’s Fault Lines: What is Happening to our European Home?

First Thought Talk with Catherine Corless

21 July 2018

Local historian Catherine Corless discusses her research into infant mortality in the Tuam and Bessborough Mother and Baby Homes.

First Thought Talk with President Michael D. Higgins

21 July 2018

President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins launches the Festival’s 2018 First Thought Talks programme with comments on the theme of Home.

First Thought Talk with Enda Walsh

12 January 2018

Irish playwright Enda Walsh talks to St Ann’s Warehouse Artistic Director Susan Feldman in this live recording of GIAF’s first international First Thought Talk of 2018.

First Thought Talk with Professor Noel Sharkey

23 July 2017

GIAF sits down with Professor of Artificial Intelligence at the University of Sheffield, Noel Sharkey in this live recording of his First Thought Talk titled ‘Doctor, Who’s in Charge of the Robots?’

First Thought Talk with Marwa Al-Sabouni

22 July 2017

GIAF sits down with 35-year–old Syrian architect and mother of two, Marwa Al–Sabouni in this live recording of her First Thought Talk titled ‘The Power of Home’.

First Thought Talk with Emma Rice

19 July 2017

GIAF sits down with Former Artistic Director of Shakespeare’s Globe in London, Emma Rice in this live recording of GIAF’s First Thought Talk titled ‘The Power of Theatre’.

First Thought Talk with Gavan Hennigan

1 May 2017

Adventurer and solo transatlantic rower Gavan Hennigan discusses his extreme adventures to date, in particular his solo transatlantic row, his motivations and his personal challenges in this live recording of GIAF’s first US First Thought Talk.