{"id":133847,"date":"2025-10-20T12:10:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T12:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/133847\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T12:10:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T12:10:10","slug":"ed-moloney-leading-troubles-journalist-and-director-of-boston-colleges-belfast-project-dies-aged-77","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/133847\/","title":{"rendered":"Ed Moloney: Leading Troubles journalist and director of Boston College&#8217;s Belfast Project dies aged 77"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Journalist Ed Moloney in 2018. Niall Carson\/PA Wire\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/bd95e3a1-19c7-45f2-832c-33975b00c65a.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Journalist Ed Moloney in 2018. Niall Carson\/PA Wire<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The prominent journalist Ed Moloney has died, his family has said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Mr Moloney passed away in New York City on Friday, where he had been living and working, after a brief illness. He was 77.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The award-winning journalist, author and film-maker was best known for his coverage of the Troubles, and the activities of the Provisional IRA.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">He was the director of Boston College&#8217;s Belfast Project, which collected oral interviews with republican and loyalist militants who had been active during the Troubles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The 2010 book Voices from the Grave featured some of these interviews, notably with republican Brendan Hughes, who discussed his time during the Troubles with Gerry Adams, and the leading unionist David Ervine.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Journalist Ed Moloney in 2018. Niall Carson\/PA Wire\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/bd95e3a1-19c7-45f2-832c-33975b00c65a.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Journalist Ed Moloney in 2018. Niall Carson\/PA Wire<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">News in 90 Seconds &#8211; October 20th<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">In 2018, Mr Moloney co-wrote and co-produced the award-winning documentary I, Dolours, which told the story of IRA member and hunger striker Dolours Price.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Seamus Dooley, assistant general secretary of the National Union of Journalists in Ireland, said: \u201cEd Moloney was one of the most consequential journalists of his generation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">He had an unyielding commitment to shining a light into the darkest corners of Northern Ireland&#8217;s troubled history.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Journalist Ed Moloney in 2018. 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