Charles Stewart Parnell is the most enigmatic figure in Irish history. An Anglo-Irish landlord from a distinguished and long-established Wicklow family; he became the most unlikely leader of Irish nationalism imaginable. This is the first major biography of Parnell in 30 years.
John A. Costello remains the most elusive of our former Taoisigh, despite his enormous contribution to Irish history. He declared the Republic, led the country’s first ever coalition government, and faced the Mother and Child Crisis. A surprise choice who battled against taking the job, Costello was the Reluctant Taoiseach.
Written from the heart by their mother, Angie, this inspirational book takes the reader on a miraculous journey: from the life-changing moment she discovered her babies were joined, to the agony of their separation surgery.
Set in a period of invasion and social and political chaos perpetrated by the Tudor conquest of Ireland, the story of Eleanor, Countess of Desmond recounts the heroic efforts of a woman to protect her family against insurmountable odds.
This is the true story of Jason, whom Shane meets first in a residential home just after he has left college. Jason is a tiny, frightened five-year-old who has stopped speaking, and who terrorises even the older children with his angry, violent behaviour.
In her early twenties, Rachael Keogh was a desperate heroin addict.Her addiction to the drug took her to a place about as low as a person can go. She had grown up in Ballymun in difficult family circumstances and had, like many others, succumbed to the lure of drugs during her teenage years. Heroin nearly killed her.
What is it like to spy on people for a living, to rifle through rubbish and stake out buildings in the hope of uncovering hidden secrets, infidelities and lies?
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