Green Guru Michael Kelly shares tips on how we can all enjoy a Greener Christmas
Founder of GIY Michael Kelly along with Muireann Ní Chíobháin have a new book out. It is beautifully illustrated by Fatti Burke and aims to teach children how to grow and cook food as well as live more sustainably. They are sharing some of their top tips on how we can all have a more […]
How Triumphant Grand Prix In Phoenix Park Helped Nascent Irish Free State To Emerge On The International Circuit
New book tells incredible story of WT Cosgrave’s ambitious plan to use motor racing to showcase Ireland as an independent and progressive modern country Many thousands watched racing cars roar around the Phoenix Park International press declared Irish Grand Prix ‘as the greatest ever held anywhere’ The Irish Free State at the end of the […]
Celebrate St Patrick’s Day with incredible stories of how the Irish have changed the world
For centuries the Irish have had an impact on the world far beyond what you would expect for a tiny nation on the edge of Europe. Available in time for St Patrick’s Day, ‘What Have the Irish Ever Done for Us?’ by David Forsythe is an illustrated collection of the wonderful ways the Irish have […]
Debut novelist uses childhood memories for inspiration
Deeply moving and evocative prose. Haunting, tender yet hopeful. Pilgrim is a beautiful read that lingers. – Carmel Harrington In this cynical age it’s a joy to encounter such sincerity, and wonderfully unexpected to see contemporary fiction as a profession of fervent yet gentle faith. Louise is a brave and humane writer, a breath of […]
Mad Ideas, Tall Tales: A Story About Stories, Fairytales and Festivals. FREE Sun 11 Feb 4pm Cloughjordan
Have you ever read a brilliant novel and wondered how the author ever came up with the idea? You can find out how this Sunday when the author of the children’s novels The Maloneys’ Magical Weatherbox and The Cloak of Feathers, Nigel Quinlan, presents his new show, Mad Ideas, Tall Tales: A Story About Storytelling, […]
New Book The Art of Hurling: Insights into Success from the Managers reveals what it takes to make a winning hurling team.
A great read with real insights into the minds of hurling managers.’ Eoin Kelly ‘From Ger Loughnane and Liam Griffin, to Anthony Daly and Eamon O’Shea, who wouldn’t want to hear what these managers think? This book captures the essence of them.’ James O’Connor In The Art of Hurling: Insights into Success from […]
New book recalls how Tipperary man used rural electrification to spread hurling into the West
The story of how a Tipperary man helped spread hurling around Connacht features prominently in a unique book of memories of the roll-out of the Rural Electrification Scheme across the country 70 years ago this month. Then There Was Light is a collection of tales of the time when Ireland left the dark ages as […]
Ten Red-Hot Tips To Promote Your Business – New Book by Ellen Gunning
Who could better placed than Ellen Gunning MA, MIAPR, FPRII, NUJ, director of Irish Academy of Public Relations to advise small and medium-sized business on the best PR techniques and how to use them? In Ten Red-Hot Tips Ellen cuts through the jargon to provide the reader with the techniques to create the ‘angles’ that […]
