"Mr Moloney passed away in New York City on Friday, where he had been living and working, after a brief illness. He was 77. The award-winning journalist, author and film-maker was best known for his coverage of the Troubles, and the activities of the Provisional IRA. He was the director of Boston College's Belfast Project, which collected oral interviews with republican and loyalist militants who had been active during the Troubles."
"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. Journalist Ed Moloney in 2018. Niall Carson/PA Wire News in 90 Seconds - October 20th 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. Seamus Dooley, assistant general secretary of the National Union of Journalists in Ireland, said: Ed Moloney was one of the most consequential journalists of his generation. He had an unyielding commitment to shining a light into the darkest corners of Northern Ireland's troubled history."
Ed Moloney passed away in New York City after a brief illness at the age of 77. He was an award-winning journalist, author and film-maker best known for coverage of the Troubles and the activities of the Provisional IRA. He directed Boston College's Belfast Project, which collected oral interviews with republican and loyalist militants active during the Troubles. The 2010 book Voices from the Grave featured interviews with Brendan Hughes and David Ervine. In 2018 he co-wrote and co-produced the documentary I, Dolours about Dolours Price. Colleagues described him as a consequential journalist committed to exposing Northern Ireland's troubled history.
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