James Morrissey is a public relations consultant whose clients include Denis O'Brien,

Atlantic Philanthropies The Atlantic Philanthropies (AP) was a private foundation created in 1982 by Irish-American businessman Chuck Feeney. The Atlantic Philanthropies focused its giving on health, social, and politically left-leaning public policy causes in Australia ...

, John McColgan and Moya Doherty. A native of Kiltimagh, Co. Mayo, he was educated at St. Joseph's College, Garbally Park, Co. Galway and University College, Dubin. He was a music journalist with ''Spotlight'' magazine before joining Independent Newspapers. He co-founded The Sunday Business Post in 1989 with Frank Fitzgibbon, Damien Kiberd and Aileen O’Toole. He is a director of several companies including Newstalk, Crannog Books and

Claddagh Records Claddagh Records is a record label, based in Dublin's Temple Bar area, was founded in 1959 by Garech Browne and Ivor Browne. It specialises in Irish traditional music and spoken word. Garech had been taking lessons at the time from the master p ...

. His latest book ''The Bee’s Knees'' is published by Currach Press. His previous books include ''Omey, Inishbofin and Inishark, The Fastnet Lighthouse, On the Verge of Want'' (Crannog Books) and ''Hot Whiskey'' (The Kerryman).

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