First Person: Colin Murphy

Colin Murphy playwright, Dublin

Colin Murphy Picture: Bryan Meade

Colin Murphy is a documentary maker, journalist and political playwright, with more than a passing interest in hubris. His play Guaranteed, which charted the night of the infamous state bank guarantee, was hailed by President Michael D Higgins as “a very important play”. Murphy continues to mine the wider story of the rise and fall of the Celtic Tiger with his new play, Bailed Out!, which tells how Ireland was ensnared by the ...