Emer Mclysaght

Rick O’Shea, Emer McLysaght and others on their favourite bookshops as children and adults

My education journey: Needless to say, I didn’t last past first year, after which I dropped out and worked in retail

Third-level is not the only option after the Leaving Cert – there are other opportunities out there

Accounts show pre-tax profits at company’s Irish outlets increased by 37% to €3.36m

The new Aisling book is imminent. What’s behind the success of this Irish archetype?

Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen: ‘You can imagine our notions when they approached us’

In conversation: Sarah Breen and Joanne McNally

Book about Irish country girl in the Big Smoke pips children’s author to top slot

There’s more than meets the eye in these seasonal snaps. Five people share their most memorable festive photographs, each one telling a poignant tale of its own

Graham Norton is bestselling Irish novelist for second year in a row

Marian Keyes, Laura Kennedy and the Women’s Podcast book club reveal all

Sound Off: Sarah Breen

TV3’s Muireann O’Connell reveals her favourite TV show, album, book and restaurant

Among the nominees are Ryan Tubridy, Cecelia Ahern, John Banville, Molly McCloskey, Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen

Thousands expected at sixth annual March for Choice in Dublin

She started off as a Facebook page by friends Sarah Breen and Emer McLysaght. It turned out everybody knows an Aisling, or is an Aisling. Read an extract of Aisling, the novel

News was slow to emerge of the Body & Soul festival's first death in eight years

Never mind Beckett or Joyce or Sinéad O’Connor or Love/Hate, these are the things that truly make us Irish