show that became Ireland''s national sounding board. In this walk down memory lane, Joe
takes readers inside the studio and beyond, sharing the stories, voices and moments that
defined a generation.
From C eltic Tiger boom to crash, from marriage equality to menopause, Liveline was
where Ireland came to talk - and often to change. It was the place where scandals broke,
injustices were exposed, and ordinary people made headlines - and where issues from
maternity care to abuses in schools and institutions were brought into the national
conversation.
With warmth, honesty and trademark wit, Joe reflects on the privilege and responsibility
of platforming the nation''s voice, through heartbreak, humour, anger and hope. Talk to
Joe is more than a memoir: it''s a chronicle of Ireland in transition, told by the man who
listened hardest - and made talking feel easy.
Broadcaster and author Joe Duffy is the presenter of Ireland''s most popular daily radio
show, Liveline, on RTE Radio 1. He also presents Liveline Callback on RTÉ One Television.
Born in Dublin''s Mountjoy Square and reared in Ballyfermot, he published his bestselling
memoir Just Joe in 2010.
In 2015, his original research on the children killed during the Easter Rising of 1916
unearthed for the first time information on the forty children who died violently that week.
His books have been critically acclaimed: Children of the Rising won the non-fiction Book
of the Year at the Irish Book Awards in 2015, and Children of the Troubles won Best Irish-
Published Book of the Year at the Irish Book Awards in 2019.


