Eamonn Sweeney’s life changed on a June day in the year 2000.
He was a sportswriter enjoying the traditional rhythm of the GAA summer as he arrived at Fitzgerald Stadium in Killarney.
Suddenly he was hit by a bomb and couldn’t put one foot in front of the other.
It was the beginning of a descent into isolation and fear.
On Free State today, Eamonn Sweeney talks about the terror of those days when travelling became a nightmare and he retreated into a cocoon.
He speaks about his new book and how writing it helped to restore him as he found purpose again. It is a story about the community and the power of the GAA
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Free State with Joe Brolly and Dion Fanning