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A ruling in favour of a child sexual abuse victim who sued the Catholic Church has provided clarity around the definitions of vicarious liability in institutional child abuse cases and, as part of the decision, opened up new legal avenues for other victims. ....
This Friday one of Australia’s best known novelists joins Guardian Australia features editor Lucy Clark – and you – to discuss her new book, The Luminous Solution ....
In origin, “glee” is related to both light (gleam) and music. This Is Happiness is spiced with both such elements of glee: light and reels of music. A soggy Irish village suddenly experiences days of sunlight (“It’s roasting!”), and a sound-starved, saddened 17-year-old suddenly hears the bellow of concertina and screech of fiddle at the center of lively pubs. Second, the word “glee” appears only once in the novel, in a description of a character named Ganga: “Staying true to form and the Fahean way, my grandparents had made no comment, but I knew, inside, Ganga was all bubbles of glee he slipped me a ten-shilling note, ....
Clare County Library has announced details of ‘Clare Reads’, a new initiative that encourages reading for pleasure. Clare Reads aims to encourage everyone in Clare to read a designated book connected with the county during the month of February. This is a new project for Clare County Library and is part of both the ‘Ireland Reads’ and ‘Keep Well’ campaigns. The designated book is This Is Happiness by Niall Williams. Helen Walsh, Clare County Librarian, said: “On behalf of Clare County Library service, I am delighted to have the opportunity of promoting this wonderful book by Niall Williams. The title alone is enough to spur anyone to open the first page and read. The narrative is centred around an older man looking back on his life in a small village somewhere in the west of Ireland. It covers the period of electrification, which must have been such an uplifting experience for small communities. ....