Staying In

CULTURE Mayo features prominently in Marie Louise O’Donnell’s debut book, ‘Irish Working Lives’

BOOKS ‘The Rainy Day’, a collection of short stories by Mayo writer Martin Keaveney, to be launched in Castlebar

MUSIC Ballinrobe singer/songwriter Faraway Martin is releasing a new single, ‘Falling in Your Sleep’ on February 1

MUSIC Max Zaska’s much-anticipated debut album ‘It Takes A Village’ will be released on Friday, February 1

Soulsmith, written and directed by Kevin Henry, will make its Irish TV premiere on RTÉ One on Friday night

BOOKS Retired Det Sergeant Cyril Meehan’s ‘In Dark Blue’ offers readers a fascinating factual account of policing in Ireland

BOOKS Achill novelist Katrina Gallagher talks to Anton McNulty about her first novel, ‘Fifteen Ascending’

CULTURE Castlebar author longlisted for 2018 Man Booker Prize for her yet-to-be-published second novel

BOOKS Murrisk-based author Kevin Martin’s latest tome looks at the popular genre’s rise

BOOKS John Shelly reviews ‘Eagle Country’, by Westport-based author and poet Seán Lysaght