Soundings was first published in 1969. It was intended as an ‘interim’ anthology of poetry for the Leaving Certificate until such time as a more permanent volume could be devised. Twenty six years later it was replaced. In the meantime it had passed through the hands of hundreds of thousands of students in Ireland.

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.

Based on the RTE television series of the same name, Rachel’s Favourite Food is an essential kitchen companion to everyone whose lifestyle demands flexibility, fresh thinking, good food – and all in a hurry.

Hello boys. And girls. Meet the Pope's Children, the products of the Wonderbra effect in Irish life. Meet the new Irish generation, born either side of the Pope's visit, who have been squeezed into the middle and lifted up by the Celtic Tiger. Meet the huge new Irish middle class: young, sassy and successful.