Sally Rooney’s novel Intermezzo is fastest-selling book in Republic this year
Normal People author’s title sold almost 12,000 copies in first five days on market
Normal People author’s title sold almost 12,000 copies in first five days on market
Intermezzo author explains how she treats quotation marks in her writing
My comedic, commercial fiction has been described as ‘fluffy’ or ‘an easy read’ more times than my heart and ego can take
Plus, what the writer said in conversation with Fintan O’Toole in the National Concert Hall on Saturday
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Sally Rooney applies her formidable emotional intelligence to complex human entanglements, dealing deftly with desire and experimenting with form
The Ireland of film-maker and author Neil Jordan’s youth was like ‘living in a fantastical universe that didn’t make any logical sense’
Kamala Harris saw off Donald Trump in a lively debate this week, as Ireland’s soccer woes continue
As Intermezzo is published, here is a quick reminder of Sally Rooney’s previous bestsellers and their screen adaptations
Intermezzo author reflects on Joyce, how Christianity has shaped her thinking, and her dislike of the limelight
Filipino cuisine is taking over in food while romance tropes such as #grumpysunshine dominate BookTok
If anything will embitter you, it is researching and writing a history of Irish women’s writing
Colm Tóibín’s Long Island, Lucy Caldwell’s Openings, Ferdia Lennon’s Glorious Exploits and Niamh Mulvey’s The Amendments are among the novels with multiple selections
The active fund giant has only 2% per cent of client money invested in companies with business related to fossil fuels, well below market average
The investment firm has met the ire of literary activists amid accusations of greenwashing
The actors rose to prominence after starring in an adaptation of Sally Rooney’s novel
The author of One Day on his new novel, You Are Here; the Irish writers he admires; and father-son relationships
The characters of these nine stories operate within a system of self-betterment even if they are incapable of bettering themselves
Leo Varadkar moves Joe Biden to tears when he quotes the president’s late son, Beau Biden
Our Government is basking in the moral glow of condemning the bombers, while preserving a cosy relationship with those supplying the bombs
When the author’s previous novel was released in 2021 it sold 40,000 copies in just five days
The bestselling Irish author’s fourth novel will be published by Faber on September 24th
From cinema and theatre to television, folk music and literature, Ireland is enjoying unprecedented creative boom
Ireland has borne witness to one of the most significant periods in its modern literary history, a winning-streak that shows no sign of abating
It’s okay to gloat about our artistic accomplishments, fruits of a period of social turmoil
Cork actor, now starring alongside Barry Keoghan in Saltburn, on why she’s attracted to radical women
Former hostage John McCarthy and many leading Irish writers, actors and musicians among signatories of London Review of Books open letter
Despite being banned, the Hist is set to celebrate its official status as the world’s oldest college debating society
The author on her new novel, The Wren, The Wren, pretending to be a poet and the ‘male nastiness’ Sally Rooney encountered
Father of Normal People star once considered going pro but didn’t. He is hoping to perform more often when he retires from teaching
Cork actor Éanna Hardwicke on his role in Normal People, male mental health and new film Lakelands
The #MeToo movement has made men in literature more cautious
The Stinging Fly, which is celebrating 25 years, has helped launch the careers of many of Ireland’s most promising writers
Opinion: The nice thing about being a landlord in Ireland today, as the late Margaret Thatcher might observe, is that you never seem to run out of other people’s money
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices