Evelyn McClafferty

Journalist / Programme-Maker / Broadcaster

Evelyn McClafferty is a Journalist, Programme-Maker & Broadcaster having worked, under many hats, for RTÉ since 2004. She's been awarded by The Association for International Broadcasting and twice at the New York Festivals: World's Best Radio Programmes for documentary/programme-making.

Death for Democracy Series2 EP12

“You cannot believe Government doing such things to their own people. You cannot believe a human being could do such things to another human being..."

Voices • 28 Nov 16

War Wounds Series2 EP11

"Even though these are some of the more traumatic parts of life that I have experienced, they are some of the places I've felt the closest to humanity."

Voices • 20 Sep 17

A Country Haunted Series2 EP10

“Now, to this day, you can see the effects that the war has had on the society. You see people with that kind of vacant look; that vacant look in people’s eyes.”

Voices • 14 Nov 16

What Man Can Do To Man Series2 EP9

“When I come back from these places, it’s such a culture-shock - because I’m leaving Gaza after an offensive, or the Democratic Republic of Congo when there’s a massacre happening."

Voices • 07 Nov 16

Sectarianism After Saddam Series2 EP8

“Nothing has been fixed after the US-led invasion. Actually, it has become worse and they have made a mess... It's extreme Islam."

Voices • 24 Oct 16

Women, War & Trauma Series2 EP7

“The women cried and said they do not believe or think that Irish people understand the length of violence and conflict that they’ve gone through."

Voices • 17 Oct 16

Thousands of villagers make their way south from the north Kivu town of Kiwanja on November 5, 2008 in an effort to escape fighting between rebel groups

Resilience In The DRC Series2 EP6

“The people are abandoned and have to accept a life that is not living – they are forced to live like animals."

Voices • 06 Dec 16

Relatives of victims of the Srebrenica massacre mourn for their loved ones

Conflicts & Crime Series2 EP5

“Doing the actual work itself wasn’t difficult. When it got difficult was when the relatives of the people who were being exhumed from the graves appeared on the scene..."

Voices • 31 Oct 16

The Displaced Syrian Series2 EP4

“Nobody will forget their home, nobody. And, for me, every second, I feel the smell of my house; I feel the smell of my room; my own pillow; my toys."

Voices • 31 Oct 16

Fatima Halawa's Imprisonment Series2 EP3

“For me to be arrested, that was never something that crossed my mind. Ever. Until I was arrested!"

Voices • 31 Oct 16