Summer reading hitlist: New novels, classics and nonfiction books recommended by writers
Gripping thrillers, sport memoirs and the best recent fiction to pack in your holiday suitcase
Roddy Doyle
In all topics, asking difficult questions is uncomfortable - but essential
Asking necessary questions is sometimes genuinely tough - it can look like prejudice or punching down at vulnerable people
Meet Ireland’s newest gardaí: A Leinster player, a long jumper and a former Fair City actor
A cohort of 193 graduates lined up at Templemore training college on Friday to begin their careers in law enforcement
Event guide: Roy Keane and Roddy Doyle, An Ideal Husband and other best things to see in Ireland this week
May 2nd-8th, 2026: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
‘Second Irish literary renaissance’ documented in new book of interviews
‘Extraordinary testimony’ to Irish writing includes Roddy Doyle, Anne Enright, Sally Rooney and dozens more
Brought to book: Alison Healy on some unwise rejections of authors’ manuscripts by publishers
An American publisher dismissed them as unfunny, senseless and dull
Them’s Fighting Words with Roddy Doyle review: A fun portrait of 21st-century teenage creativity
Television: The good work done by Fighting Words on the north side of Dublin is celebrated in this agreeable, if at times workmanlike, documentary
Roy Keane and Roddy Doyle announce May 2026 shows
Roy Keane and Roddy Doyle are set to bring their In Conversation show to Dublin and Belfast next year
‘I instinctively picked up the H, O, P, and E’: Print Museum and graphic artist collaborate
Anthony Burrill joins forces with printers Freddie Snowe and John King for new work made using historic equipment
This year’s Booker winner David Szalay: ‘I really appreciate Roddy Doyle’s simple, practical advice’
Booker Prize winner David Szalay, who abandoned Flesh several times in the early stages, stresses the importance of risk when writing a novel
Booker Prize 2025: David Szalay wins for Flesh
‘We had never read anything quite like it,’ says judging panel chair Roddy Doyle of the author’s ‘extraordinary, singular’ novel
Def Leppard frontman’s neighbour rocked by high decibels emanating from Stepaside home
Plus: the other Guinness book; Roddy Doyle’s struggles to read the Booker small print; and Paul Murphy’s worries about Irish military aggression
Booker Prize 2025: Kiran Desai, David Szalay and Andrew Miller among shortlisted authors
Established authors dominate this year’s shortlist with half of the nominees shortlisted previously
Crosswords & Puzzles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices