‘Judas complex poet shouldn’t have spoken’

CATHAL Ó Searcaigh’s decision to break his silence on the Fairytale of Kathmandu documentary reignited the heated controversy yesterday with his former media adviser describing him as having a “Judas complex”.

Liam Gaskin said the poet should never have given an interview to Raidió Na Gaeltachta and it was fanciful for him to compare himself to Oscar Wilde.

Mr Gaskin was worried about Ó Searcaigh’s emotional state: “I would suggest, correctly or incorrectly he believes he has a Judas complex at the moment. Cathal is open and honest and blatant. He invited people he thought were his friends to see his work and the culture of the country and finds that it has completely turned on its head. I would have asked him, or not allowed him to do that interview, as he needs a couple of more weeks.”