# book

Last week

24th September 2023 - 30th September 2023

# book

'Every time you play now, you feel so lucky' - Ciaran Murphy's love letter to the GAA

The new wave of GAA autobiography is increasingly well served by the everyman and everywoman experience.

4.4k

Mon 5:38 PM

This year

2023

# gone but not forgotten

The life and death of the man who 'saved' Alex Ferguson's career

A new book by Tim Rich explores the legacy and devastating impact of Les Sealey’s tragic passing.

11.7k

Jul 9th 2023, 8:00 AM

Voices

Extract: 'Gently paced and physically undemanding, the voyage was the essence of slow travel'

Explorer, artist and ecologist Gwen Wilkinson shares an extract from her book The Waters and the Wild.

11.0k

Jun 4th 2023, 7:30 AM

Voices

Extract: Colman Noctor's 4-7 Zone - 'it turns out moderation is key'

The psychotherapist shares an extract from his new book, which encourages the reader to sit with their stress, understand it and re-wire their responses.

8.5k

May 17th 2023, 7:00 PM

# Interview

How one football game in 1989 changed Phil Quinlan’s life forever

‘And a Bang on the Ear’ tells the inspirational story about a sports-mad 15-year-old’s attempts to overcome a devastating injury.

7.2k

May 14th 2023, 7:00 AM

# Superstar

‘There's a segment of America that doesn't like LeBron... Fox News has really gone after him'

Hated by Donald Trump and loved by Jay Z, America’s greatest active athlete is also its most divisive, as Jeff Benedict details in a new biography.

6.2k

May 13th 2023, 7:00 AM

Voices

Extract: 'I didn't see a future for myself then and never imagined I'd reach where I am today'

Instagram influencer Jennifer Carroll shares a chapter from her new book, ‘Jen’s Journey’.

23.0k

Apr 1st 2023, 7:00 AM

# rise and fall

The story of the world champion who ended up in a homeless shelter

Tris Dixon speaks about his new book on Matthew Saad Muhammad and his own relationship with the late fighter.

29.8k

Jan 22nd 2023, 7:00 AM

# going spare

Prince Harry's memoir becomes fastest-selling non-fiction book in UK since records began

His autobiography Spare sold 467,183 copies in its first week of sales.

17.9k

Jan 17th 2023, 10:29 PM

# Blackmail

French journalists go on trial accused of blackmailing the king of Morocco

Morocco accuses one of the journalista of offering to halt the book’s publication in exchange for €3 million.

14.5k

Jan 16th 2023, 9:45 PM

Voices

Psychologist: Media coverage of Prince Harry's book is the perfect example of 'bad news sells'

Dr Jolanta Burke looks at the media’s handling of the new autobiography by the British prince.

24.1k

Jan 15th 2023, 7:30 AM

# UK royals

Harry's latest TV interviews make waves in UK press as new book to launch

He claims Camilla is ‘dangerous’ and ‘the villain’, while the tabloid press are labelled ‘the devil’.

27.2k

Jan 9th 2023, 7:51 AM

# Your Say

Poll: Will you read Prince Harry's book?

Spare will be released on 10 January.

49.9k

Jan 2nd 2023, 10:27 AM

Last year

2022

# Looking Back

'March 2nd, 2014 was one of the most important days of my life'

Read an extract from ‘Ian McKinley: Second Sight: Rugby and Redemption.’

6.2k

Dec 28th 2022, 5:00 PM

# Anecdotes

'So, what’s your best Phil Mickelson story?'

Read an extract from ‘Phil: The Rip-Roaring (and Unauthorized!) Biography of Golf’s Most Colorful Superstar.’

11.7k

Dec 24th 2022, 5:00 PM

# New Era

England's 'superiority complex' held them back for decades, so what has changed?

Paul Hayward discusses his new book and how a sense of entitlement has hampered the English game for years.

18.0k

Dec 10th 2022, 7:00 AM

# fall and rise

The story of how Belgium went from no-hopers to world number one

A look at the history of Belgian football as they prepare for their first World Cup match today.

17.5k

Updated

Nov 23rd 2022, 8:25 AM

Voices

Donal Fallon: The Castle, the intrigue and the Italians - welcome to old Dublin's Ship Street

One of Dublin’s most intriguing locations is examined by the historian.

18.1k

Oct 23rd 2022, 7:30 AM

# doubt

‘Players have trust issues because a lot of people outside of football will try to take advantage of you’

Read an extract on Jonathan Walters from Gareth Maher’s new book on Irish players in the Premier League.

5.5k

Oct 23rd 2022, 7:15 AM

# Interview

‘You box, you grin and you get knocked out’ - Roddy Collins on life

The manager and former player chats about his new book and career in football.

17.5k

Oct 16th 2022, 10:00 AM

# the coroner's daughter

A mystery novel set during 1816 chosen as the 2023 One Dublin One Book

The Coroner’s Daughter is a novel about a nursemaid who conceals her pregnancy and murders her newborn.

13.8k

Oct 12th 2022, 6:47 PM

# Stories of Surrender

Bono announces book tour across 14 cities ahead of release of memoir

The tour will stop in Dublin on Monday, 21 November.

17.6k

Oct 3rd 2022, 3:34 PM

# EXTRACT

The Irish Read: 'Summers were for plants and foolishness, autumns for oblivion'

Read an extract from Andrew Meehan’s latest novel, Instant Fires, published by New Island.

9.0k

Sep 18th 2022, 7:00 PM

Voices

Extract: Making sense of a united Ireland - which was long deemed impossible

Brendan O’Leary’s new book looks at how a united Ireland might happen and how it might work best.

16.0k

Sep 13th 2022, 7:00 AM

# Legends

Two iconic, World Cup-winning brothers and their complicated, bittersweet relationship

Jonathan Wilson chats about his new book exploring the lives of Bobby and Jack Charlton.

54.8k

Aug 14th 2022, 10:00 AM

# scrutiny

'I'll go to my grave knowing that Phil never asked me to go off the record'

Alan Shipnuck on his new unauthorised biography of the golf star and the fallout stemming from a now-infamous interview.

106k

Jul 10th 2022, 8:00 PM

# Looking Back

How the history of football reveals a deep-seated antipathy towards women

Suzanne Wrack discusses her new book: ‘A Woman’s Game’.

3.5k

Jun 6th 2022, 7:45 AM

# idol

Louise O'Neill: 'Be an influencer? I couldn't think of a job I'd dislike more'

In her sixth novel, the West Cork writer brings us the story of wellness guru and influencer Samantha Miller, whose perfectly curated life is shattered by a friend’s allegation.

40.8k

May 15th 2022, 7:00 PM

# fall and rise

What Man United can learn from the reawakening of another European football giant

Karan Tejwani discusses his new book, Glorious Reinvention: The Rebirth of Ajax Amsterdam.

37.7k

Updated

May 14th 2022, 9:10 AM

# Your Say

Poll: Will you read Bono's memoir?

Surrender will be published in November.

31.7k

May 12th 2022, 10:20 AM

# Rise

How the last Busby Babe escaped Troubles-era Belfast

Former Manchester United player Sammy McIlroy looks back on his career in football.

29.8k

Apr 10th 2022, 8:00 AM

# Breaking Barriers

The story behind the Premier League's most underappreciated trailblazer

Ashley Hickson-Lovence discusses his book inspired by the life of Uriah Rennie.

30.8k

Mar 20th 2022, 10:12 AM

# pain

'Robert was suffering from an illness that can hit anybody, whatever you do'

Author and journalist Ronald Reng reflects on the legacy of the late German goalkeeper.

58.1k

Mar 6th 2022, 2:40 PM

Voices

Opinion: 'There are few intergenerational battles as charged as the quest for the mobile phone'

Author Eithne Shortall on how the habits of young children and phones inspired her latest novel.

17.0k

Feb 11th 2022, 7:00 PM

# Faith

'Each morning, I pause here beside Michaela and pray'

Read an extract from Mickey Harte’s book ‘Devotion’.

92.9k

Jan 3rd 2022, 3:03 PM

# Recovery

'All the energy that I had devoted to racing, I now had to redirect into getting better'

Read an extract from ‘Champion’ by Pat Smullen.

6.9k

Jan 3rd 2022, 7:30 AM

# Advice

'Losing weight is a lot like baking a cake'

Read an extract from ‘The Keane Edge’ by Brian Keane.

14.5k

Jan 2nd 2022, 9:00 PM

# Risk

'I was getting less money to take over Cork City than I was in Diageo'

John Caulfield on a League of Ireland career in which he’s frequently had to defy limitations.

80.1k

Jan 1st 2022, 9:00 PM

# rebirth

'When everything else goes to s**t you’ve still got your team... Until it gets taken away'

Read an extract from Michael Calvin’s ‘Whose Game is it Anyway?’

10.1k

Jan 1st 2022, 7:30 AM

All time

# Looking Back

'Everybody was having a laugh. Those were indeed the days when you could enjoy yourself with the players'

George Hamilton recalls a trip to Bulgaria in his early days as a commentator.

29.2k

Dec 31st 2021, 7:00 PM