The Happy Pigs. By Lucy Harkness. The Blackstaff Press. 244pp. £7.99 in UKThe cheerful pigs of the title of Lucy Harkness's first novel refer to the infamous public nickname given to the policeSat Oct 09 1999 - 01:00
Ten Things I Hate About . . . Flying1. Aeroflot. Nothing you hear has been exaggeratedThu Oct 07 1999 - 01:00
`I write first and add the research later'I've lived in Seattle for about six years, and find that my writing day used to be a lot more rigid than it is nowSat Oct 02 1999 - 01:00
Out of the shadowsShadowing Hannah is Dubliner Sara Berkeley's fifth book, but her first novelSat Sept 25 1999 - 01:00
Terms of endearmentWhen documentary-maker Hilary Dully was asked to run a course for women in Connemara which focused on media and gender, she ended…Sat Sept 25 1999 - 01:00
Three Dollars by Elliot Perlman (Faber, £6.99 in UK)Australian Elliot Perlman's novel is all the more outstanding for being his first, and has already picked up major prizesSat Sept 25 1999 - 01:00
May the Force be with youThe small rural town of Templemore, with its wide market streets and outlying bungalows, looks like many other Irish townsSat Sept 18 1999 - 01:00
Deeply rooted in a local worldDermot Healy's new novel is just one of a number o fprojects he has coming to fruition this autumnSat Sept 18 1999 - 01:00
From Pitch to Publication: Everything You Need to Know to Get Your Novel Published by Carole Blake (Macmillan, £14.99 in UK)Like half of Ireland, you've written your novel. Good, bad, or indifferent, it's finishedSat Sept 11 1999 - 01:00
Out of The JoyFrom the perspective of drama, the confined space of a prison cell, and the interconnecting lives of those who share it, is a…Sat Sept 11 1999 - 01:00
Child's play?Simona Vinci's first novel begs the question: what type of reader did she have in mind when she wrote it? A Game We Play tells…Sat Sept 04 1999 - 01:00
Everyone's Own Language: A Guide to the International Language Known as Esperanto by Maire Mullarney (Nitobe Press, £4.50)Esperanto, the invented language that belongs to no country, has long had detractors and admirersSat Aug 21 1999 - 01:00
Riverside light show is surprise hitKilkenny's 10-day arts festival opened at the weekend with a big outdoor party.Mon Aug 16 1999 - 01:00
The Mor, the merrierJoyce Carol Oates, William Kennedy, Roddy Doyle and Edna O'Brien are among the writers arriving in Galway this week for the second…Sat Aug 14 1999 - 01:00
Ceili Summer Schools nights`The best thing about coming here has been making so many friendsSat Aug 14 1999 - 01:00
Olympians strike goldThe 1999 Special Olympics came to a close yesterday in Raleigh, North Carolina, on America's Independence DayMon Jul 05 1999 - 01:00
Athletes make sport's finest role modelsOn Saturday evening, the 1999 Special Olympics World Summer Games were officially opened in Raleigh, North Carolina, by a five…Mon Jun 28 1999 - 01:00
It all started with the Sugar LoafIf someone was to compose a pictorial record of British icons of the last century, a photograph of Chris Bonington's bare feet…Sat Jun 26 1999 - 01:00
Stately Buck Norris takes breakfast on BloomsdayFrom eight in the morning, the Bloomsday faithful started gathering outside the James Joyce Centre at 35 North Great George's…Thu Jun 17 1999 - 01:00
Play it again, MarianBank holidays always provide interesting opportunities to play around a bit with schedulesSat Jun 12 1999 - 01:00
An Irishwoman's DiarySometimes it's the things you don't bring home from holidays which turn out to be the souvenirs that lodge deepest in the memory…Wed Jun 09 1999 - 01:00
Writer on the roadDavid Guterson is not quite sure how many copies have been sold to date of his first novel, Snow Falling on CedarsSat Jun 05 1999 - 01:00
The Irish Chateaux: In Search of Descendants of the Wild Geese by Renagh Holohan (Lilliput, £9.99)Some Irish emigrants definitely had more glamorous lives than othersSat Jun 05 1999 - 01:00
Shoppers run gauntlet as former minister hits comeback trailLike the mantra of the property market, canvassing is all about location, location, locationMon May 31 1999 - 01:00
Whooooosh!Special effects on screen are something we've come to expect in every movie, ad and TV drama we seeSat May 29 1999 - 01:00
Case of the Kerry Babies, US styleThe darker stories of recent years to emerge from this island have become internationally knownSat May 29 1999 - 01:00
Funeral today of mother of Sheridan brothersThe funeral takes place today of Mrs Anna Sheridan (78), who was the mother of film director Jim Sheridan and playwright Peter…Wed May 26 1999 - 01:00
Cries Unheard: The Story of Mary Bell, by Gitta Sereny (Papermac, £8.00 in UK)IN Newcastle-on-Tyne in 1968, an 11-year-old girl named Mary Bell took the lives of two small boys within weeks of each other…Sat May 15 1999 - 01:00
Mizen PeopleDriving over the mountains at Moll's Gap, not too far from the Cork-Kerry border, my phone went out of coverage in mid-callSat May 15 1999 - 01:00
Everyone looks so happy. It's catching`I'm there for the whole day. It's almost like I become a guest, but I'm on the peripherySat May 15 1999 - 01:00
The caged bird sings againLast year, Sligo-born Tommy Fleming released his second album, Rest- less Spirit; a landmark occasion for any musicianSat May 01 1999 - 01:00
Write honourable friendsMonday in Galway, and the wind was travelling through the dug-up streets like some invisible Macnas dragon, levelling everything…Sat Apr 24 1999 - 01:00
Gorefest at TCDOn Monday evening, the Edmund Burke Theatre in Dublin's Trinity College was sold out for the inaugural debate for DU Politics…Sat Apr 17 1999 - 01:00
Let the ball rollFinally, although it snowed this week, the summer ball season is rolling ever closerSat Apr 17 1999 - 01:00
Salome unveiledSundays are usually reserved for getting off the going-out carousel, but not for the folk who dug out their tuxedos and shiny…Sat Apr 17 1999 - 01:00
Scriptorium for the youngOn Tuesday afternoon in the Ark in Temple Bar, the bottles of coke and orange were broken open to launch Write Here! Write Now…Sat Apr 17 1999 - 01:00
The Medallion ManEarly on Thursday evening, the Abbey Bar was the venue for the presentation of a Gradam to playwright Hugh LeonardSat Apr 17 1999 - 01:00
Because Cowards Get Cancer Too . . . , by John Diamond. Vermillion, £6.99 in UKCancer is the story of Everyman, although this book is exclusively the story of John Diamond who was diagnosed with cancer of…Sat Apr 17 1999 - 01:00
Making his mark not in politics but in propertyYes, he's related to Garret: the former taoiseach and Fine Gael leader is Mark's dadSat Apr 10 1999 - 01:00
Getting the ball rollingOn Tuesday evening in the atrium, the Trinity Ball Committee was setting, well, what else but the ball rolling with the launch…Sat Apr 10 1999 - 01:00
Miserables showerOn Tuesday night, tout le Dublin headed towards the Point Theatre, for the opening night of Les MiserablesSat Mar 06 1999 - 00:00
Mews with character has £350,000 guideA LARGE three-bedroom mews house at 60 Heytesbury Lane, Ballsbridge, has a distinctly English country cottage feel to itThu Mar 04 1999 - 00:00
Whatever next?Barbie at 40 was last month the star resident in the window of FAO Swartz's toyshop in New York on Central ParkWed Mar 03 1999 - 00:00
Thespians revel in a rare break from treading the boardsIt's one of the few occasions when people can actually light up in a library without being asked to leaveMon Feb 08 1999 - 00:00
Cinema gives new platform to the riddle of Will ShakespeareWhen young Will Shakespeare arrived in Stratford-on-Avon, bawling out his first cries in blank verse, he made his birthplace …Sat Jan 30 1999 - 00:00
Son recalls father's role in house burningThe impeccably-dressed elderly man sitting in an armchair in his Dublin home is a living link with one of the more bitter periods…Wed Jan 27 1999 - 00:00
House partyTuesday night saw the first opening of the year at the Temple Bar GallerySat Jan 23 1999 - 00:00
Fierce shenanigansThen it was on to the Conversation Room in the newly-opened Messrs Maguire microbrewery on Burgh Quay for the publication of …Sat Jan 23 1999 - 00:00
