Mark Tighe is senior journalist with the Sunday Independent. Treasa Murphy spoke to him about his investigation into Carrie Jade Williams who won an international prize from FT and Bodley Head. Carrie Jade lived in Kenmare and said she had the terminal condition, Huntington’s disease. However, Mark’s investigation, combined with the work of other reporters, has led him to draw the conclusion that her true identity is Samantha Cookes who has a fraud conviction.
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