Holy Catholic IrelandFICTION : A Bit of a Scandal By Mary Rose Callaghan Brandon, 239pp. €18.99Sat Mar 07 2009 - 00:00
Loss in a cold climateThe Truth About Love By Josephine Hart Virago, 248pp. £12.99Sat Feb 07 2009 - 00:00
Literary festival a storybook success for Irish publishersWHAT EXACTLY is a cute hoor? Do we admire them? These were just some of the socio-political questions raised during a lively …Mon Mar 10 2008 - 00:00
A street star's inner journeyThe red-bricked facades of the Coronation Street set are just about visible from the entrance to Stage 1 at the Granada Studios…Sat Oct 27 2007 - 01:00
High spirits and wackiness abound at the inaugural Flatlake Festival"Monaghan is a dangerous place if you're cheeky," writer Patrick McCabe warned the audience at this year's inaugural Flatlake…Mon Aug 27 2007 - 01:00
Hirst painting bought for €95,000A barn in a corner of Co Monaghan was the unusual setting for a Damien Hirst auction at the weekend, where bidders sat on bales…Mon Aug 27 2007 - 01:00
Taking on the tribeNon-Fiction: Poor, illiterate, Muslim women don't usually make global headlines. But Mukhtar Mai is differentSat Feb 10 2007 - 00:00
Taking on the tribeNon-Fiction: Poor, illiterate, Muslim women don't usually make global headlines. But Mukhtar Mai is differentSat Feb 10 2007 - 00:00
The end of a shelf lifeIndependent bookshops are struggling in the face of chainstore and online competition, writes Sorcha HamiltonFri Jan 19 2007 - 00:00
Return of the nativesFiction: Can a lifetime be summed up by the books we've read - or failed to finish? A character in At Home with Miss Vanesa …Sat Dec 16 2006 - 00:00
The message in the melting potFiction: One Friday evening in August, two families await the arrival of adopted daughters from KoreaSat Oct 28 2006 - 01:00
A spiritual take on the 'misery industry'Africa: Michael Meegan has often slept roughSat Sept 02 2006 - 01:00
Taking Islam to taskCurrent Affairs: Why are liberal Westerners afraid to criticise the abuses of Islam? Why do Muslim women maintain their own …Sat Jul 29 2006 - 01:00
The many reasons for covering up in PakistanLetter from Karachi: In Pakistan, you can tell a lot by looking at a woman's sleevesThu May 19 2005 - 01:00
