Dispatching BaudelaireBaudelaire had written that man selects his prey, then becomes anxious and impatient for the kill Throughout his life accountant Mike Shaw has played it safe, kept his head down, and avoided risk. His girlfriend Brenda is a secretary. Their idea of a night on the town is to visit the local pizza parlour. But when Mike meets Laura in a bar off The Strand, their lives are irrevocably changed. Small, sexy, smart and utterly dangerous Laura instantly

Around them spin the claustrophobic rituals of family

addressed in Part Two

and the shallows and deeps of competing arguments that make up these texts

difficult years under the government of Cumann na nGeadheal

Louis le Brocquy

by his own account

‘Wonderful‘ Liz Nugent

When the funeral is over

commemorating the life and work of Irish poet and Nobel Laureate

He was elected a Member of the Royal Irish Academy in 2006

Banned on its 1961 release and long overlooked

her life was