Mick Clifford is Special Correspondent for the Irish Examiner. He has worked in print and broadcast journalism for over twenty years. He is the author of three non-fiction books, including Bertie Ahern and the Drumcondra Mafia (with Shane Coleman) and A Force for Justice: The Maurice McCabe Story, and two crime novels. In 2014, TV3’s Tonight with Vincent Browne selected him as Journalist of the Year for his coverage of the garda whistle-blower story. He was named the newspaper industry’s Journalist of the Year in 2016. In 2021, he co wrote Unlocked,( Penguin/Sandycove) a gripping raw, behind the scenes’ account of the life of an Irish prison officer, with David McDonald. His latest bestselling book, Who Killed Una Lynskey? – a true story of murder and vengeance, a shattered community and a miscarriage of justice –was published Aug 2024 and was nominated for an Irish Book Award.
He lives in Dublin.