Seán Mac Mathúna, award-winning writer in Irish and English, dies aged 89
Writer’s play The Winter Thief, set in Kerry in during the War of Independence, won the Bank of Ireland Award
By Eilis Ní Anluain
Somebody is Walking on Your Grave: Mariana Enriquez explores hidden stories of the dead
The Pelican Child by Joy Williams: Stories of everyday happenings with one eye on the troubling future
Cenél nEógain and the Donegal Kingdoms, AD 800-1200: An engaging and entertaining read
New crime fiction: Q stars in a genteel 007 spin-off; Jack Reacher returns
Bringing to life the stories of the gifted scientists who spawned the nuclear age
When You Listen to This Song: A meditation on memory, silence and displacement
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Staging Beckett in London by Matthew McFrederick: New study traces 70 years of productions
By Anthony Roche
‘The feeling came back, the one I had been successfully avoiding for so long: shame’
By Soula Emmanuel
This Is Not a Cookbook by Roxana Manouchehri: An elegant book from our Persian-Irish host
By Brigid O'Dea
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How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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