First Thought Talk with John Gerrard 16 April 2019 Irish artist John Gerrard in conversation with GIAF Artistic Director Paul Fahy at the Irish Embassy London.
First Thought Talk with Martina Fitzgerald, Máire Geoghegan-Quinn and Jan O’Sullivan 1 December 2018 RTÉ Political Correspondent Martina Fitzgerald in conversation with Máire Geoghegan-Quinn and Jan O’Sullivan about the challenges faced and progress made by women in Irish politics over the past 100 years.
First Thought Talk with Alice Leahy and Donna O’Neill 1 December 2018 In this video, Trust founder Alice Leahy and Donna O’Neill of COPE Galway discuss decades of experience as advocates for Ireland’s homeless population.
First Thought Talk with Ben Rawlence 1 December 2018 City of Thorns author Ben Rawlence in conversation with Sarah Hickson about the global refugee crisis.
First Thought Talk with Fintan O’Toole 30 November 2018 Full video: Irish Times columnist Fintan O’Toole dissects the psychology and politics of Brexit.
First Thought Talk with Mitchell Joachim 28 July 2018 Architect and urban designer Mitchell Joachim speaks of his vision for a sustainable future in Grow Your Own Home.
First Thought Talk with Tomi Reichental 28 July 2018 Tomi Reichental was born in Slovakia in 1935 and sent to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1944. In An Unimaginable Home, he talks with Saul Woolfson about his experiences.
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.
