Understanding Homelessness in Ireland Since Independence: A gruelling but valuable history
Eoin O’Sullivan, Mike Allen and Sarah Sheridan’s study is essential reading for anyone with a role to play in breaking vicious cycle of persistent problem
By Andrew Lynch
The real Ginger Man and Dublin’s secret kingdom of alcohol and lawless camaraderie
Rituals by Danielle McLaughlin: Working magic with the tiniest details
Nuclear Weapons - An International History by David Holloway: Serious treatment of the fundamentally absurd
‘Second Irish literary renaissance’ documented in new book of interviews
Author Danielle McLaughlin: ‘I’m really interested in whether we are using rituals or they are using us’
‘Heaps of tresses’: What do poets really mean about Irish hair?
My Year in Paris with Gertrude Stein by Deborah Levy: observations, reflections and a missing cat
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POETRY
Crime fiction: Anne Cadwallader blends politics, violence, law and media in gripping debut
By Declan Burke
‘Now we see what’s happening’: Leïla Slimani sets fire to the Nineties in final act of trilogy
By John Self
Home Economics by Caitríona Lally made me reconsider my views on cleaning, work and what we value
By Katriona O’Sullivan
A Hosting: Interviews with Irish Writers 1991-2026 – A good listener’s illuminating, engaging conversations
By Margaret Kelleher
Whatever Happened to Madeline Stone by Louise O’Neill: A gleefully tawdry Tinseltown novel
By Mei Chin
Sweep the Cobwebs off the Sky by Mary O’Donnell: Another vital work from a quiet radical
By Adam Wyeth
Boyhood by David Keenan: One of those special books that enter the world still unfolding
By Nicholas Allen
Claire Coughlan: ‘Creating something and showing it to the world can feel inordinately scary’
By Martin Doyle
The Irish Proust: A fascinating search for a creature that may not be mythical after all
By Frank Wynne
Into the Wreck by Susannah Dickey: Unexpected page-turner centred around a family funeral
By Edel Coffey
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