John Connell: ‘I visited Sydney recently and prices are on a par with LA – a takeaway sandwich cost me €14’The journalist and author on money, what he learned growing up on a farm and why his best investment ever was 12 sheepJohn Connell credits his farm upbringing for his work ethic. Photo: Frank McGrathJohn Connell Today at 03:30John Connell is an author, farmer, journalist, scriptwriter and the co-director of the Granard Booktown Festival. He worked in Australia as an investigative journalist and documentary maker covering everything from the end of the Sri Lankan Civil War to Indigenous Australian human rights before moving home to Co Longford.

Source: Irish Independent June 30, 2024 20:10 UTC