Colum Mccann
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Colum McCann: ‘My mother will be jumping out of her chair’
- Books
- July 28, 2020, 11:11
Colum McCann says that his heart is “firmly back in Dublin”, where lots of family will have woken up to the news that he has been longlisted for this (...)

The ‘pack them tight’ landlord is a gift for Sarah McInerney
- TV, Radio, Web
- June 12, 2020, 06:00
As the lockdown is further lifted, there’s a sense of nervous excitement among retailers as they finally reopen. At least that’s how it seems to the r(...)

We will not overcome the virus unless we develop a collective consciousness
- Opinion
- March 17, 2020, 01:00
There may be some people who think that Covid-19 is an act of God. That He has sent the virus as a message to humans to give up their wanton ways. And(...)

Empathy education: ‘It’s just as important as maths or Stem subjects’
- Education
- March 17, 2020, 00:00
The recent suicide of UK television presenter Caroline Flack shone a spotlight on online abuse and how people who are decent and mannerly to each oth(...)

Colum McCann on Israel-Palestine: ‘I was completely ignorant of what was going on’
- Books
- February 20, 2020, 06:00
“I’m a bit of a magpie,” Colum McCann said, sheepishly gesturing around his office at Hunter College. He has taught creative writing there for 13 year(...)

Ghent Altarpiece restored: a visit to the largest ever Van Eyck exhibition
- Visual Art
- February 8, 2020, 05:00
Blood flows from a bullet-sized hole in the chest of the Mystic Lamb into the Holy Grail. Some of the red liquid splatters on to the white altarcloth.(...)

DotMD: bringing kindness back into the medical profession
- Health & Family
- September 30, 2019, 18:01
Have you ever spent four painful days on a hospital trolley awaiting medical attention? Sat six hours waiting for an appointment, and not see the cons(...)

Dublin Literary Award: Two Irish authors shortlisted for world’s most valuable books prize
- Books
- April 4, 2019, 00:01
The winners of the 2015 Prix Goncourt, the 2017 Man Booker Prize and last year’s Women’s Prize for Fiction are among the 10 novels shortlisted for the(...)

An Evening with Edna O’Brien tops One City One Book 2019 events
- Books
- February 27, 2019, 13:41
Lord Mayor of Dublin Nial Ring has launched the programme for the Dublin One City One Book Festival, which this year celebrates The Country Girls Tril(...)

The best of Eileen Battersby, from Tolstoy to Paul Simon
- Books
- December 29, 2018, 06:00
Eileen Battersby, the late Irish Times literary correspondent, who died on Sunday, December 23rd, after a car crash in Co Meath, was renowned for both(...)