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An Irishman Abroad

Mark Horgan On The Making Of "Where Is George Gibney?"

An Irishman Abroad

Jarlath Regan

Society & Culture, News, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture:personal Journals, Personal Journals, Politics

4.8834 Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Mark Horgan joins Jarlath for an in depth discussion about the production and impact of his global hit podcast series, “Where Is George Gibney?”. We hear of Mark’s first awareness of the case and how eve the was confused as to whether Gibney was imprisoned for the initial sexual abuse charges against him. Jarlath digs into the exact judicial loophole that allowed Gibney to leave the country and evade. We get an inside look into Mark’s initial hesitancy to pursue the project out of concern for the victims, the overarching aim to tell their stories and his own views on how we sometimes try to explain away pure evil in others.  The victims and their courage is a central focus of the discussion and Jarlath asks Mark about the significance of Gary O’Toole in the process. Later in the conversation we hear about the moment Mark confronted Gibney face to face and how Florida gun laws had him and Ciaran Cassidy on edge at all times. Now that Mark has returned to his old stomping ground with the Second Captains team and the dust has somewhat settled, there is time to reflect on what just happened. What does a new Garda investigation into Gibney mean? What will Mark do next and would ever consider leaving the team and doing it by himself? To hear every episode in full and to gain access to the entire back-catalogue of over 400 Irishman Abroad episodes that are not available on iTunes for just the price of a pint every month visit www.patreon.com/irishmanabroad Our charity partner is jigsawonline.ie. In these tricky times, Jigsaw provides a range of resources, advice and care for your people to help them strengthen their mental health and the skills needed to navigate life. Please visit their website and consider making a donation. For updates on future episodes and live shows follow @jarlath on Twitter, visit www.jigser.com or email the show directly on [email protected]. Disclaimer: All materials contained within this podcast are copyright protected. Third party reuse and/or quotation in whole or in part is prohibited unless direct credit and/or hyperlink to the Irishman Abroad podcast is clearly and accurately provided.

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0:00.0

Hello there and welcome to another episode of an Irish man abroad with me, Jarleth Regan.

0:06.0

Well, Mark Horgan is a member of the second captain's team and the co-producer and writer of the

0:12.3

Where is George Gibney podcast? A podcast that took the world by storm.

0:18.1

For those of you that haven't heard it and there can't be many by now, it tells the

0:22.2

story of a disgraced Irish swimming coach who evaded justice when it emerged that he had been

0:28.3

sexually abusing the young swimmers in his care across a number of decades. More than that, though,

0:34.8

it gave a voice to those victims who were never given their day in court.

0:40.0

Many, many more came forward after the airing of the first eight episodes of this podcast.

0:47.0

And a new police investigation is in progress as a direct result of Mark's work.

0:52.1

They don't need me to say it, but what Mark and Kieran

0:55.5

Cassidy created in Where is George Gibney is truly extraordinary. We get to talk about

1:02.0

how it came about here in great detail. And in the later stages of the conversation,

1:07.6

we hear more about Gibney himself, Mark's journey to track him down,

1:12.5

the legend that is Gary O'Toole, the next project for Mark, and lots, lots more. There's

1:18.8

almost an hour extra in the conversation. That can all be heard in full over on our Patreon page,

1:26.4

patreon.com forward slash Irishman abroad.

1:29.7

Like second captains, our show can't go on without our members.

1:34.9

So to become one for a fiver is easy and in return, you'll get to hear this conversation in full,

1:41.6

hundreds of episodes from our archive, our weekly America podcast

1:45.4

with Marion McKeown, and lots, lots more.

1:48.9

This week, members also got free admission to our online comedy club with Ardell-O. Hanlon,

1:54.4

which takes place every Friday night in support of frontline charities and workers.

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