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Andrew Lynch

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Books

Book review: Matt Cooper exposes foundations of housing crisis

Sobering, insightful and comprehensive study of Ireland’s imploding property landscape argues that the solution lies with maverick thinkers, rather than politicians and planners
  • Andrew Lynch
  • November 30, 2023
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Review: Sharp, insightful but sketchy memoir of the late Marian Finucane

Don’t expect any RTÉ-related gossip or revelations in her widower John Clarke’s vivid, intelligent, unflinching portrait of the maverick broadcaster
  • Andrew Lynch
  • November 23, 2023

A Simply Better
Christmas

Delicious recipes by Neven Maguire

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Book review: Dirty Linen is a harrowing read about the toll of the Troubles on one small town

Martin Doyle’s book is mainly a series of anguished conversations with Tullylish residents left to pick up the pieces after their loved ones’ killings
  • Andrew Lynch
  • November 16, 2023
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Book review: The Kidnapping a vivid account of Don Tidey incident and silence that surrounded it

The authors argue convincingly that the 1983 abduction and rescue, in which two gardaí died, was a defining moment in the Troubles
  • Andrew Lynch
  • November 8, 2023
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Book review: An Eye on Ireland offers astute snapshots of a chronicle of change in Ireland

This wide-ranging anthology of Justine McCarthy’s journalism is imbued with a deep sense of patriotism and written from a strongly feminist and social perspective
  • Andrew Lynch
  • November 3, 2023
LIFE & ARTS

Book review: Terry Prone’s memoir is a smart and honest story of a PR legend

Caution To The Wind details her lack of humility from a young age – but political enthusiasts will have to wait for the next book
  • Andrew Lynch
  • October 28, 2023
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Book review: John Hume biography worthy of its heavyweight subject

The Nobel laureate has already inspired several books, but this one by a veteran BBC journalist is the most comprehensive
  • Andrew Lynch
  • October 19, 2023
LIFE & ARTS

Book review: A Lethal Legacy uses murder as a gateway to history

Podcaster Fin Dwyer uses incidents from a case of cannibalism in 1890s Kilkenny to a priest shooting his sweetheart in Cincinnati to explore faultlines in Irish society
  • Andrew Lynch
  • October 11, 2023
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Book review: Harrowing account of rape and repeated trauma at the hands of the IRA

Cahill’s uncompromising account of her abuse should make any Sinn Féin supporter feel deeply uncomfortable
  • Andrew Lynch
  • October 6, 2023
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Book review: Why Stakeknife was ‘one of the most callous blackguards ever to pollute Irish history’

In his forensically researched and soberly written book, Richard O’Rawe explores the motivations of one of Troubles’ most sinister characters
  • Andrew Lynch
  • September 30, 2023
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Book review: Tony Holohan memoir holds few revelations and little if any contrition

Erstwhile chief medical officer famous for his role during the Covid pandemic has written a worthy and humane book, but certainly not a particularly gripping one
  • Andrew Lynch
  • September 21, 2023
Books

Book review: Chronicle of Germany’s post-WWI descent from democracy has a lesson for us all

Historian Frank McDonough’s thorough account of the Weimar period deftly builds a menacing sense of momentum, with Hitler hovering over all
  • Andrew Lynch
  • September 14, 2023
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Book review: Explosive Sinn Féin exposé pulls several skeletons out of closet

In The Long Game, journalist Aoife Moore portrays the party as a secretive, autocratic, almost cult-like organisation
  • Andrew Lynch
  • September 6, 2023
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Book review: Compelling story of priest who was only sorry his bombs didn’t kill more in Troubles

Biography of militant republican Fr Patrick Ryan who decided he wanted ‘to shift the Brits out’ when the North erupted into violence
  • Andrew Lynch
  • August 31, 2023
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Book review: No-frills garda memoir is not for the squeamish

Reading partly as an autobiography, partly as a training manual, this sober and straightforward account will appeal to fans of the true crime genre
  • Andrew Lynch
  • August 24, 2023
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Book review: ‘Satanic’ jazz, flappers and Dev’s back; a breezy look at an Ireland in 1932

A Year of Glory and Gold recounts key events of the year when the country was obsessed with gold, car ownership was rocketing and people were embracing a new type of music called jazz
  • Andrew Lynch
  • August 15, 2023
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Book review: Perceptive history of soccer scores highly on balance and objectivity

Soccer’s role in our collective identity is the focus of James Quinn’s comprehensive reflection on the beautiful game
  • Andrew Lynch
  • August 9, 2023
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Book review: Sobering reminder of when religious conservatism dominated daily life in Ireland

The Tilson Case recounts the fascinating story of the political, legal and religious controversy that arose when a mixed marriage turned sour in 1950s Ireland
  • Andrew Lynch
  • August 4, 2023
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Book review: Tory peer Danny Finkelstein on how his family fell foul of both Hitler and Stalin

In a powerful and moving memoir, the Tory peer recounts how his parents narrowly escaped death by totalitarians on both the left and right
  • Andrew Lynch
  • July 27, 2023
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Book review: 15,000 years of Dublin history crammed into an informative 200 pages

Trevor White’s A Little History of Dublin is a series of bite-sized essays about landmark people and events
  • Andrew Lynch
  • July 20, 2023

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