Ten years on from the terrorist attack that killed 12 people including eight journalists and cartoonists, the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo still publishes weekly from a secret address in Paris, with staff (and their bodyguards) taking renewed care to avoid detection.
But on Saturday in Galway, I had the pleasure of interviewing a couple of them on stage at the annual cartoon festival. And in keeping with the host city, it was an enjoyably relaxed affair.
If there was a security presence in or around the building – gardaí had been informed, I know – it was very discreet.
Our panel was there to discuss the question “Are we still Charlie?”: a reference to the famously fashionable T-shirt slogan of 2015, “Je suis Charlie”.
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