46 h. ago Gráinne O’Brien: ‘I was anxious about things most authors wouldn’t even dream could happen’

Debut author and bookseller on her award-winning novel, Solo, which is written in verse

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4 d. ago Restaurants to book for the week between Christmas and new year

Some restaurants take very justified breaks at this time of year, while others are offering special treats

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7 d. ago ‘Very progressive’ Ireland celebrated as bust of Oscar Wilde is unveiled in Paris

Few people wanted to be seen with Irish playwright in his final days, actor Simon Callow says - but 125 years on, he is honoured

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7 d. ago From Mike Tyson to Boris Becker and DJ Carey – the best sports books of 2025

It is a vintage year for biographies, memoirs and deep dives into sport’s darker sides

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8 d. ago Books of the year 2025: Authors and critics pick their favourites

Roisín O’Donnell’s Nesting, Helen Garner’s How to End a Story and Liadan Ní Chuinn’s Every One Still Here are among the year’s top choices

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1 week ago Irish Book Awards 2025: Roisín O’Donnell, Claire Gleeson and Manchán Magan among winners

Jacqueline Connolly, Andrew Porter, Cecelia Ahern, Andrea Mara, Elaine Feeney, Joseph O’Connor and Michael D Higgins also honoured

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1 week ago Dromoland almost fully booked for Ryder Cup 2027, says new general manager

Clare hotels enjoyed another record year in 2024 with operating profits increasing by 20% to €2.42m on 6% rise in revenues

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1 week ago Nine luxury private tour companies in Ireland worth booking in 2025

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1 week ago Irish Communist Party earns over €200,000 from books and merch sales

Flags sold by Temple Bar business include those of the USSR, China, and North Korea

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2 w. ago Take this quiz to win yourself some wonderful Irish books (just in time for Christmas)

We’re celebrating this year’s Irish Book Awards.

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2 w. ago Taoiseach criticises Dublin local authorities over lack of sporting facilities

Gary Gannon highlights lack of amenities in north inner-city despite number of top-level athletes from area

Culture

2 w. ago Galway writer takes top prize at World Fantasy Convention in Brighton

A multi-talented Galway-based author saw off more than 500 fellow writers from around the globe to take top prize for her work, at the recent World Fantasy Convention in Brighton. Tuam writer and University of Galway graduate Maura McHugh, who writes prose, theatre, film/TV, video games, non-fiction and comic books, won the 2025 World Fantasy […] The post Galway writer takes top prize at World Fantasy Convention in Brighton appeared first on Connacht Tribune - Galway City Tribune.

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2 w. ago Vigil planned and books of condolences opened in memory of five who died in Co Louth crash

Gardaí hopeful crash survivors will be able to offer vital assistance to inquiry in coming days

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2 w. ago Advice to chief executives: read a book – it’ll help you do your job better

If Elon Musk is ‘uncultured’, a false opposition between literature and business may be to blame

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3 w. ago Hugo Hamilton: ‘I love speaking Irish. It places me in a less aggressive country full of musical links to an ancient past’

The author on his new novel, Conversation with the Sea; his German heritage; and how Germany is in denial about Gaza

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3 w. ago This year’s Booker winner David Szalay: ‘I really appreciate Roddy Doyle’s simple, practical advice’

Booker Prize winner David Szalay, who abandoned Flesh several times in the early stages, stresses the importance of risk when writing a novel

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3 w. ago Book of Lives by Margaret Atwood: a literary titan on the art of writing – and art of living

This Booker Prize-winner marries a lifetime of unconventional living with her own writing alter egos

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3 w. ago 'We had never read anything quite like it': David Szalay wins Booker Prize 2025 for Flesh

Judging panel chair Roddy Doyle said Flesh is “in many ways, a dark book but it is a joy to read”.

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