Vernon Subutex 1 by Virginie Despentes, translated by Frank Wynne review: One of the books of the year, if not the decade
Lucy Caldwell: ‘It took me more than a decade of trying to write short stories before any of them worked. It was long and gruelling’
Ireland-Britain diplomatic row: Cabinet approves emergency legislation to facilitate transfer of asylum seekers
‘We’re moving with the times’: Private all-girls’ school in south Dublin to admit boys for first time