Book of the Week

A slightly more mature Ross O'Carroll-Kelly meets some of the more important challenges of life in Paul Howard's continuing saga of Dublin 4's most famous Schools Rugby captain. more...

"The Judas Heart" is Ingrid Black's third book to feature former FBI agent Saxon, this time embroiled in investigating murders in Dublin and the US. more...

Stephen Price's "The Christmas Club" follows the fortunes of six Irish friends over a thirteen-year period, a period in which their lives take extraordinary directions. more...

Jack Kildea reveals the connections between the two countries, Australia and Ireland, through the commitment of their soldiers to the First World War, and in particular focuses on the Irish origins of the Anzac soldiers. more...

The problem of unsynchronised biological clocks in an otherwise loving relationship is the basis for Denise Deegan's "Do You Want What I Want?" more...

Alan Ruddock recounts the rise and rise of Ryanair under the stewardship of Michael O'Leary. more...

In "The Darlings of Downing Street" Garry O'Connor looks at Tony and Cherie Blair from the viewpoint of their mirroring of each other, aligned with the theatrical component of their lives. more...

In "The Companion", Lorcan Roche guides us through the highs and lows of Trevor's life as he recalls his own Dublin family and tends to fifteen-year-old muscular dystrophy sufferer Ed in New York. more...

A mixture of hilarity and deep unease mark Sinead Moriarty's fourth novel, "In My Sister's Shoes", in which the O'Brien family faces the trauma of cancer for the second time in their lives. more...

In "Every Dark Hour" Niamh O'Sullivan presents a procession of the inmates of Kilmainham Jail over more than a century and a half, from famous patriots to small children. more...

Alison Jameson's second novel, "Under My Skin", follows the tangled lives of four people from both sides of the Atlantic brought together by an internet friendship. more...

Joseph O'Connor's "Redemption Falls" is a challenging work that hovers between fact and fiction in post-Civil War America, and ultimately provides a twist that justifies any difficulties encountered in the reading. more...

Paul Howard, creator of Ross O'Carroll-Kelly, his his hero's take on a guide to the exclusive purlieus of Dublin 4. more...

A clever choice of title for "We Are Gold", Alice Chambers' debut novel, not only introduces the reader to the Gold family but also describes the intrinsic worth of the characters as they deal with grief. more...

Journalist Mervyn Jess gives an insight into the history, the inner workings and the future direction of the Orange Order. more...

Roddy Doyle's "Paula Spencer", a sequel to "The Woman Who Walked into Doors", has just been awarded the Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award at Listowel Writers' Week. more...

Sir Kenneth Bloomfield book on the Northern troubles sets out to discover "what happened, why it happened and whether (and if so how) it might have been avoided, moderated, or brought to an earlier and more favourable conclusion". more...

In "Finding Margo" Susanne O'Leary has charted the course of one woman's bid for independence from a domineering husband, a bid that successfully leads to self-discovery. more...

In "Flagging the Problem" Dr Harry Barry sets out the unique method he has devised for identifying and dealing with mental health problems. more...

Niamh Greene's "Secret Diary of a Demented Housewife" chronicles a year in the life of Susie as she copes with two small children, an overworked husband and parents who refuse to fulfil the traditional role of the always available grandparents. more...