Mary O'Donnell

Walking Ghosts by Mary O’Donnell: An ambitious, dystopian and horny collection

This is a work rich in standout descriptions

Sat Jun 07 2025 - 04:45

Covid-19 rules create ‘uneven playing field’ in bookselling

Government urged to designate bookshops essential service, as in France and Italy

Mon Apr 19 2021 - 03:59

Waterford women’s football association ‘first in Ireland’ to own lands

Site to include ‘state-of-the-art’ pitch, running track, spectator stand and car park

Mon Jan 18 2021 - 13:00

Sligo-Leitrim results: One seat each for SF, FF, FG and Independent

Outgoing Eamon Scanlon (FF) in running until end but lost out to Feighan (FG)

Tue Feb 11 2020 - 00:16

Clifden bungalow extension is the height of Connemara cool

Peter and Paula Vine’s home blends into the landscape while providing an inspiring lookout point

Sat May 18 2019 - 00:00

Poems and pipes: Kavanagh commemorated thus beautifully

Ceremony in Inniskeen celebrates ‘Stony Grey Soil’ poet 50 years after his death

Thu Nov 30 2017 - 19:35

Poets gather for graveside reading of Kavanagh's work

Nine of poet’s best-loved works recited to mark his 50th death anniversary

Wed Nov 29 2017 - 11:00

River cottage hideaway in famed walking region for €275,000

Modern three-bed holiday home in Ballymacarbry, Waterford, is on one acre of land

Thu Jun 08 2017 - 06:00

We're going on a Co Tipperary deerhunt

Restaurant critic Catherine Cleary witnesses the truth behind a plate of venison

Sat Apr 08 2017 - 05:10

Dublin churches prepare to celebrate Culture Night 2016

Catholic Pro-Cathedral will host sung prayers and tribute to Padraig Pearse

Thu Sept 15 2016 - 17:17

Thousands defy Luas strike for Reflecting the Rising events

Biggest public event in Ireland blessed by good weather and a large turnout

Mon Mar 28 2016 - 21:35

Olivia Burke’s family and friends say a tearful farewell

Hozier sings a song for Berkeley balcony victim as her friends form circle of honour

Thu Jun 25 2015 - 01:00

O’Donnell children: ‘we didn’t have a gilded upbringing’

Blaise and Blake O’Donnell say Killiney home battle brings repossessions issue ‘front and centre’

Tue Mar 10 2015 - 11:58

New Fiction: Buried narratives inspired by the story of the Disappeared

Mary O’Donnell’s latest novel explores the legacy of Northern Ireland’s ‘Disappeared’

Sat Aug 30 2014 - 01:00

Imagination in the classroom – and how, in the past, schools destroyed creativity

Forget the inspirational teachers and creative encouragement that many writers experienced at school. Playwright Frank McGuinness recalls a schooling in the 1950s and 60s that sickens his stomach, and ‘beat the lining out of any love for exploring the intricacies of language’

Tue Mar 11 2014 - 02:00