Danielle McLaughlin

Articles featuring Danielle McLaughlin

Winter Papers: This handsome volume, now in its 10th issue, is full of wakeful, creative energy

Kevin Barry, Aingeala Flannery, Lucy Caldwell and more contribute to ambitious collection

Wed Dec 11 2024 - 04:59

‘We are living through the sixth extinction’: How contemporary Irish writers are pointedly addressing the climate crisis

Poetry cannot change the world, Seamus Heaney once said. But he also went on to clarify that what poetry could do is to allow the world to be viewed afresh

Sun Nov 03 2024 - 06:00

The Art of Falling: Engaging debut novel by past master of fiction

Danielle McLaughlin cleverly explores inspiration, ownership and betrayal across several narrative strains

Sat Feb 06 2021 - 06:00

Danielle McLaughlin: ‘I’m anxious and an introvert. That can be helpful when making fiction’

Cork writer on her heralded debut novel, self-doubt and writing with autism

Sat Jan 30 2021 - 05:57

Snow Globe: A new short story by Danielle McLaughlin

A harassed artist’s installation critiquing the Irish property market causes a bit of a storm

Tue Dec 29 2020 - 06:00

So you’re thinking of emigrating? You haven’t a lot of options

Borders are closed and visa programmes on hold - but there are glimmers of hope

Sun Jul 19 2020 - 06:15

Overseas? Everything you need to know about returning to Ireland during Covid-19

Your questions answered about visas, welfare payments, self-isolation and more

Tue May 12 2020 - 11:15

‘Vulnerable’ returning emigrants: ‘I try not to let my children see me cry’

New report shows Irish emigrants returning in crisis often face poverty, homelessness, isolation

Mon Oct 14 2019 - 10:00

Danielle McLaughlin wins £30,000 Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award

Win caps rich year for Cork author after $165,000 Windham-Campbell Prize in March

Thu Sept 12 2019 - 20:30

Social welfare payments guaranteed for Irish in Britain and British in Ireland after Brexit

New agreement protects rights of citizens living and working in each other’s state

Thu Feb 07 2019 - 13:28

Stranger than fiction: creative responses to fascinating legal judgements

Danielle McLaughlin introduces ‘Counterparts’, an anthology in aid of Peter McVerry Trust

Sat Dec 15 2018 - 05:00

Returning emigrants facing social welfare and housing barriers

People left ‘vulnerable’ with no income because of ‘unacceptable delays’

Thu Nov 29 2018 - 14:01

Changes in Victims Charter to be named after Danielle McLaughlin

Varadkar apologised to mother of woman who was killed in India for lack of Government support

Fri Oct 05 2018 - 12:14

Taoiseach apologises in person to mother of Danielle McLaughlin

Leo Varadkar had ‘constructive’ meeting with family of young Donegal woman murdered in India

Tue Sept 11 2018 - 20:01

Grieving mother of slain daughter demands Taoiseach apologise

‘I felt she was nothing ... That’s the way I have been treated by the Irish Government’

Mon Sept 10 2018 - 14:58

‘Sweet Home’ is a debut collection that lingers long in the memory

Wendy Erskine is a startling new voice from Belfast that comes alive in short story format

Sat Sept 08 2018 - 06:00

No Joe as Philip Boucher-Hayes puts positive stamp on ‘Liveline’

Stand-in host brings distinctive spin to adoption and referendum issues, but Gay Byrne remains the old master

Sat Jun 02 2018 - 05:00

Returning emigrants ‘at risk’ due to welfare refusals

Irish abroad: Inconsistent decisions leading to poverty, homelessness, report finds

Wed May 30 2018 - 01:00

Danielle McLaughlin murder: family ‘will never have closure’

Body of Irish tourist was found on beach in Goa last year after she was raped and killed

Mon Apr 02 2018 - 11:03

Mothers by Chris Power review – lonely voices living in a maternal world

Power's affinity with the short story form comes through in this debut collection

Sat Mar 03 2018 - 05:24

Non-recognition of qualifications is a major barrier for returning emigrants

Three years after the Government identified this as an issue, little has been done

Sat Feb 17 2018 - 09:27

Bank Holiday Hurricane review: A memorable first collection

A Belfast writer’s striking debut collection of stories shows much potential

Sat Nov 25 2017 - 00:00

Family of woman killed in Goa hope trial can be fast-tracked

Family of Danielle McLaughlin (28) receive documentation in relation to her killer

Wed Oct 04 2017 - 20:49

Charges filed over rape and murder of Irish woman in India

Authorities confident about securing conviction against sole suspect in killing

Mon Jun 12 2017 - 13:18

Charges for Danielle McLaughlin’s murder to be filed by mid-May

Family of Donegal woman, who was raped and killed in Goa, seeking camera footage

Tue Apr 18 2017 - 13:14

Mourners honour Danielle McLaughlin with vibrant colours

‘We cannot allow brevity of her life, or malice which cut it short, to spoil her memory or impair her beauty’ funeral told

Thu Mar 30 2017 - 13:07

Danielle McLaughlin’s body flown home to Ireland

Irish woman who was killed in India to undergo further postmortem examination

Fri Mar 24 2017 - 20:27

Candlelit vigil held in Donegal for Danielle McLaughlin

Hundreds gather in Buncrana and hear family call for justice from Indian legal system

Tue Mar 21 2017 - 21:02

Body of Danielle McLaughlin to be flown home next week

Repatriation fund of €30,000 raised to bring murder victim’s remains back to Donegal

Fri Mar 17 2017 - 15:54

Danielle McLaughlin death: Man to face rape and murder charges

Postmortem carried out on body of Buncrana woman (28) found dead in Goa, India

Thu Mar 16 2017 - 19:21

The Comet Seekers review: The patterns in the stars

Helen Sedgwick’s engaging debut, set in rural Ireland, maps out a constellation of lives over centuries

Sat Aug 27 2016 - 05:00

The writing group: the secret weapon for unlocking your inner novel

One west Cork writing group has had 108 publications. So why is group think so successful when it comes to literature?

Tue Aug 23 2016 - 06:00

Light Box by KJ Orr review: an illuminating debut

You don’t need to be an astronaut to feel out of sorts with the world is the prevailing message of this lovely collection of stories

Sat Mar 05 2016 - 01:00

Dissecting Danielle McLaughlin: the inside story of her writers’ group

Marie Gethins has been in a writers’ group with Danielle McLaughlin for four years. She reveals its methods and secrets: ‘a stellar combination of brutal honesty and kindness’

Tue Dec 01 2015 - 13:02