Shane Hegarty
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Keeping it in the family
- Sponsored
- December 11, 2019, 00:00
Ireland’s SMEs have shown incredible resilience and flexibility over the years. One wonders how some of them are still standing, having endured some o(...)

Irish children’s books enjoying a new ‘golden age’
- Books
- January 1, 2019, 15:03
Once upon a time Irish children’s literature consisted of a handful of authors with a middling profile and modest domestic sales. Apart from two main (...)

Legoland: Thrill after thrill, brick by brick
- Europe
- June 2, 2018, 06:00
“Look at that Lego mariachi band!” “I want to go on the Lego rollercoaster now!” “Oh wow, a Lego Death Star being blown up by Lego X-Wings while a l(...)

Gothic and Grimm: The joys of fairytale Marburg
- Europe
- April 14, 2018, 06:00
They must have great calf muscles in Marburg. Their ankles must be able for any challenge. The cobbled streets of this medieval German town demand – a(...)

Harry Potter turns 20: The boy who changed books forever
- Books
- June 10, 2017, 05:10
Twenty years since Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone and you will find the impact of the books in so many places it’s hard to know where to beg(...)

‘A storytelling genius’ – Irish writers on what Roald Dahl means to them
- People
- September 3, 2016, 04:00
Roddy Doyle I didn’t know Roald Dahl’s books when I was a child and I’ve never read his adult fiction. I started to read his children’s books when I(...)

Election 2016: Paper-thin drama as shoutfest set aside
- Irish News
- February 15, 2016
Call us childish but the most diverting element of the debate was when Micheal Martin dropped his prompt-sheet on the floor around 30 minutes in and i(...)

Literary listings: Irish head for Edinburgh, and Library Voices at Dun Laoghaire
- Books
- August 4, 2015, 13:10
Irish artists off to Edinburgh A star-studded line-up of Irish literature and theatre will feature at festivals in Edinburgh this month with the (...)

Ten things we learned at West Cork Literary Festival
- Books
- July 27, 2015, 01:00
1 Stories come from the strangest places What inspires Danielle McLaughlin to write a short story? A character? A situation? At a fr(...)

Waterford impress with Under-21 win over Cork
- Hurling
- June 17, 2015, 22:05
Waterford 1-21 Cork 1-11 Shane Bennett and Patrick Curran were the stars as Waterford were too strong for Cork in the Bord Gáis Energy Munster Under-2(...)