His play, "Dolly West's Kitchen", performed at The Old Vic, was nominated
for the BBC Award for Best New Play in 2001 (2000 season) at the Laurence Olivier Theatre Awards.
He was awarded the 1986 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Most
Promising Playwright for Observe the Sons of Ulster, Marching Towards
the Somme.
Was nominated for Broadway's 1993 Tony Award as author of Best Play
nominee "Someone Who'll Watch Over Me."
Professor in the English Department of University College
Dublin. (2001)