Maggie O’Farrell: ‘Stories help us enter a different space where we can process difficult things’

We‘re in a golden age of Irish children’s books – and there’s no better time to explore our wealth of local illustrating and storytelling talent than Christmas

Doireann Ní Ghríofa’s memoir has won the Odgers Berndtson Non-fiction Book of the Year, in association with the Business Post, at the An Post Irish Book Awards. Here is our review of the book from earlier this year:

Journalist Rob Temple deals candidly with his struggles with anxiety and his attempts to overcome it by reconnecting with his adventurous side

Martina Cox writes of the incident that changed her husband’s life, but she also reminds us that he is a friend, a much-loved family man and, above all, a sports fanatic