ZiggyTec uses Internet of Things to monitor utilities usage and manage energy sustainability reporting

Hadley Freeman’s account of her family explores the 20th-century Jewish experience

‘It’s unexpectedly romantic,’ says John Boyne. ’It shows us our true selves,’ says Patricia Scanlan

Irish authors assess the outgoing government’s legacy and what the next one needs to do

Leonard Cohen’s son on his dad’s final days and being his late father’s producer

Dan Piepenbring on how he brought the musician’s memoir to life following his death

Gardaí say file is being prepared for DPP over the fatal attack on Peter Murphy (36)

Peter Murphy (36) found dead at rented home in Bweeng, some 10km from Mallow

Background: A long and disturbing history of violence and sexual assault

A 44-year-old man arrested following a series of raids at three locations

Affected counties along western seabord including Kerry, Clare, Mayo and Donegal

Irish writers have poured scorn on a Guardian listing of books that define Ireland

For many reasons we are not the same people visited by John Paul II in 1979

Locals have come together to inject life and energy back into the neglected street

Pharmacy regulator says women must be warned of risks of taking valproate

Closing their knitwear business was the cue for Bebhinn and Robert Marten to move into their Baltimore premises

Willy Vlautin writes novels and sings songs about the growing darkness of American life

Training exercise aimed to see how services would respond to Istanbul-type attack

Higgins’s speech at a new Famine memorial in Perth emphasised contemporary parallels

Issue of priests having children is ongoing says Coping International founder

Below is an edited transcript of Peter Murphy’s interview with Patsy McGarry

Real IRA has claimed responsibility for at least two drug murders in recent years

Leinster club hurling quarter-finals: Champions Oulart-the-Ballagh and St Mullins advance

Win for defending Leinster champions more comfortable than scoreline suggests

‘I see beyond’ campaign aims to make hidden disabilities more visible

No real allowances are made for students who have seizures during a Leaving Cert exam, even though it can seriously damage their prospects of reaching third level

‘Suicide’ headaches cause people to bang the walls, try to pull their teeth out and generally self-harm

If this standard is kept up, writes Kevin Gildea, then Winter Pages will become as essential as a warm fire on the wet miserable nights of our Irish winter lives

Ahead of this year’s Dublin Book Festival, we ask some of the participating authors to tell us the stories behind the books in their personal collections

Gardaí are to prepare a file for the DPP on the killing of Peter Murphy at Shanavoher

Detectives to prepare a file for the DPP after releasing one man without charge

Detectives believe death in February of Peter Murphy (36) in Bweeng was drugs-related

Film notables such as John C Reilly, Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera set to attend

Editor Kevin O’Sullivan presented awards after lively debate at Maynooth University

Peter Murphy was found on Saturday in his rented home in Bweeng, 10km from Mallow

Peter Murphy had damage to skull, rib and lung which gardaí believe resulted from assault

Postmortem triggers cause for concern and further inquiries to follow north Cork fatality

Eimear McBride, Jennifer Johnston and Kevin Barry are some of the names that have been suggested in response to the Arts Council’s call for nominees for its new three-year, €150,000 role. The judges will announce their decision in January

The accumulation of tens of thousands of individual and family decisions drove people overseas

John Banville, Rachel Kushner and Peter Murphy share their wisdom on tone, voice and point of view