BOOKS Horan’s debut book is a thought-provoking collection of mini dramas and a perfect mid-morning read
Heroes and connections
Staying In
Books to sustain you in 2023
BOOKS Westport bookseller and bibliophile Bríd Conroy on two books for starting out the new year on the right foot
Companions through the seasons
BOOKS Bookseller Bríd Conroy on the fiction, nonfiction and children’s books that have flown off the shelves this year
Books for lists and stockings
BOOKS Bríd Conroy shares her book picks for her Santa list and stocking fillers this Christmas
Chronicling Castlebar’s history
CULTURE Noel Campbell and John Healy’s book is a fascinating, thorough history of Mayo’s county town
Helping us see the world anew
BOOKS Bríd Conway looks at two books on the Irish Book Awards shortlist: ‘Speechless’, by Fiacre Ryan, and ‘An Irish Atlantic Rainforest’, by Eoghan Daltun
Doppler release new single
Mayo band Doppler – the brainchild of Pontoon musician Jamie Mulrooney – have released a new single
The far-reaching light of books
BOOKS Bríd Conroy on the Booker Prize winner, the German Book Prize winner and a booksellers’ fair in Germany
Behind the scenes of The Banshees
CINEMA Achill’s stunning landscapes showcased in new tourism promo, with interviews with cast and crew
Mulranny man second single hits UK Top 10
MUSIC Mulranny native Enda Mulloy launched his second single last Friday and already it is proving a big hit
Thinking about thinking
BOOKS Three books on philosophy and how it can help us unpick our assumptions and navigate the world