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Maggie Armstrong is a former journalist turned author who lives in Dublin with her two children. Her essays and short fiction have appeared in the Dublin Review, The Stinging Fly and Banshee.

A dozen short stories are linked by a protagonist called Margaret, who is hapless, often bewildered, at times mean. You will love her

From an early age he was determined to conquer any challenge he met - on behalf of himself and others

James ‘Jimmy’ Goff (34) was part of well-known auctioneering family

By Ronan McGreevy An Irish man (34) is among three people who died in a helicopter crash in the Alps. James Goff from Co Wicklow, pilot Jerome Lovey and ski…

Sarah Davis-Goff and Lisa Coen have blazed a trail in Irish publishing produced some of the country’s most groundbreaking work, and ruffled more than a few feathers

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Sara Baume’s publisher chances its arm; prospects for Healy-Raes: The Next Generation; A mystery for a crime writer

Mike McCormack seems to be tuned in to a different cosmic frequency than the rest of us. Whilst almost all of his work begins in a small, sleepy village in County Mayo on the west coast of Ireland, he has a unique way of making familiar landscapes and usually quiet lives extraordinary and surreal.

Ferdia Lennon, Maggie Armstrong Alan Murrin, Oisín McKenna, Rebecca Ivory and Aimée Walsh tell us about their first books