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# writing - Sunday 23 February, 2020
'I have a number on my arm from Auschwitz - and people say it never happened?'
Holocaust survivor Dita Kraus has written a memoir about her time in Auschwitz.
# writing - Sunday 29 December, 2019
These are the Irish novels to look out for in early 2020
It’s going to be a jam-packed year.
# writing - Wednesday 4 December, 2019
Episode 11 of the Behind The Lines podcast - featuring Kieran Shannon - is out now
The much-respected journalist and author joins Gavin Cooney.
# writing - Saturday 16 November, 2019
Dorothy Macardle: The rediscovery of an unlikely rebel and overlooked novelist
Macardle was a friend of Éamon de Valera, and he wrote the foreword to her book The Irish Republic.
# writing - Thursday 7 November, 2019
'Rock and roll had come to town': The fascinating tale of JP Donleavy and his final posthumous novel
The legendary JP Donleavy’s publisher writes about how the author brought a ‘sprinkle of stardust’ with him when he arrived in Ireland.
# writing - Sunday 27 October, 2019
A Sunday Miscellany essay by Lisa McInerney: 'Setting the scene'
The essay is one of those featured in the new book, Miscellany 50.
# writing - Saturday 22 June, 2019
Living in a remote house on a mountain inspired this €100k-winning novel about a murder
Idaho is inspired by author Emily Ruskovich’s childhood.
# writing - Friday 12 April, 2019
'It all started with my balls' - Colm Tóibín's moving essay about cancer is a must-read
The piece beautifully details his diagnosis to treatment.
# writing - Tuesday 30 October, 2018
Opinion: 'Why do we like reading about crime so much in Ireland? Because it offers escapism'
Crime writer Sam Blake explains that writing and reading crime can help you get away from the news when it’s grim. And unlike in real life, there’ll always be a satisfying ending.
# writing - Tuesday 7 August, 2018
Gerry Adams is publishing a cookbook and it'll be out for Christmas
The former Sinn Féin president has already published numerous memoirs and historical books.
# writing - Friday 29 December, 2017
Here were our favourite books of 2017 - what about you?
We want to know.
# writing - Sunday 5 November, 2017
These Waterford teens have set up Ireland's first youth-run literary festival
We talked to them about how they did it.
# writing - Saturday 4 November, 2017
Ruth Fitzmaurice: 'The writing just came out - it was raw inside me'
The author of I Found My Tribe, who is married to the late Simon Fitzmaurice, is nominated for an Irish Book Award.
# writing - Monday 30 October, 2017
Stay-at-home mom turned vampire author Clare Daly: 'How I became a writer'
Clare Daly is about to self-publish her first novel, an Irish Vampire story, Our Destiny is Blood.
# writing - Thursday 5 October, 2017
British writer of The Remains of the Day wins Nobel Prize for Literature
The prize is worth 9 million kronor (€1 million).
# writing - Sunday 1 October, 2017
'I spend my working life sitting behind a desk thinking in the voice of a south Dublin idiot'
Author Paul Howard turned a Dublin stereotype into a phenomenon.
# writing - Saturday 19 August, 2017
'My teacher told me not to get my hopes of an A in the Junior Cert up - now I'm on the syllabus'
Poet Hazel Hogan’s Grangegorman has been added to the recommended list.
# writing - Sunday 30 July, 2017
This Northern Irish author's new novel could be the next Gone Girl
We talked to Stuart Neville, whose new book Here and Gone has been optioned for a movie.
# writing - Sunday 2 April, 2017
An award-winning story before bedtime: I Could Have Been a Dancer
Read a story which won the First Fiction award at this year’s Hennessy Literary Awards.
# writing - Sunday 5 March, 2017
'Parents protect children - but they deserve to know and understand what's happening in the world'
Author Jane Mitchell tells us why she wrote about the Syrian war in her latest book – and why she went to volunteer in Calais.
# writing - Tuesday 31 January, 2017
Irish author Sebastian Barry scoops major Book of the Year prize
The Costa Book of the Year was formerly known as the Whitbread prize.
# writing - Sunday 25 December, 2016
Kevin Barry: 'Sometimes writing no longer seems like the thing I do, it seems like the thing I am'
The award-winning Irish writer tells us about his apprenticeship, and his journey from journalist to author.
# writing - Sunday 11 December, 2016
Munster memories, the physicality of modern rugby, the national anthem and all the week's best sportswriting
Plus, Harry Arter opens up about how his daughter’s memory has motivated him to help others.
# writing - Friday 18 November, 2016
These are the worst examples of writing about sex this year
Last year’s winner was former Smiths frontman Morrissey.
# writing - Sunday 2 October, 2016
Irish crime writing is having a killer moment right now
We spoke to three of the country’s best authors to find out why.
# writing - Tuesday 27 September, 2016
8 reasons Marian Keyes is a proven national treasure
NOBODY say “chick lit”.
# writing - Sunday 3 July, 2016
Tributes paid to Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel
Elie Wiesel wrote tens of books and was a professor and Nobel Prize winner.
# writing - Monday 28 March, 2016
Meet the Galway teen who's published her first book at just 16
We spoke to newly-published author Eilís Barrett, from Galway.
# writing - Sunday 6 March, 2016
How human cock-fighting garnered acceptance and more of the week's best sportswriting
These articles will get you thinking.
# writing - Friday 29 January, 2016
# writing - Wednesday 2 December, 2015
Morrissey's writing about sex is so bad he was given an award
“The couple rolled together into the one giggling snowball of full-figured copulation.”
# writing - Sunday 11 October, 2015
This incredible Irishman is unknown in Ireland - but he's one of our greatest writers
He’s not a household name here – but he is in Japan.
# writing - Sunday 20 September, 2015
Here's why Ireland's women writers aren't being ignored anymore
We speak to the editor of a new anthology, broadcaster and journalist Sinéad Gleeson.
'Trailblazer' and novelist Jackie Collins dies aged 77 - sister Joan leads tributes
The best-selling British author had breast cancer.
# writing - Sunday 14 June, 2015
Falling in love with sport and Baggio's nicks: it's the week's best writing
Get the kettle on.
# writing - Saturday 4 April, 2015
Thousands of Irish people struggle with reading - but hide it
A new project aims at helping them – all thanks to author Patricia Scanlan.
# writing - Tuesday 31 March, 2015
This vibrating pen makes writing easier for those with Parkinson's disease
The pen uses vibrations to stimulate muscles in the hand, making it easier to move the pen and write smoothly.
# writing - Thursday 26 February, 2015
Rising rental costs are making people share rooms with strangers
Could you share space with a stranger?
# writing - Thursday 29 January, 2015
This woman will be the face of Irish fiction for the next three years
It was a unanimous choice.
# writing - Thursday 1 January, 2015
Want to start writing in 2015? Here are five steps to help you begin
Advice from an expert.
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Poll: Will being able to travel 20km significantly impact your life under Covid-19?
ALL GOING TO plan, Ireland will enter Phase Two of re-opening next Monday 8 June.
First off, public health advice is still for people to avoid unnecessary journeys but people will be able to travel up to 20 kilometres from their home from Monday. As recently as mid-May, the recommended travel limit was just 2km.
In terms of social visits, up to four people may visit another household for a short period while maintaining strict social distancing.
For the first time since lockdown measures were introduced, Irish people will be permitted to visit their family in their respective homes. However, social distancing must be adhered to with the two-metre recommendation still in place.
So, today we’re asking you: Will being able to travel 20km significantly impact your life under Covid-19?
Poll Results:
No (7533)
Yes (5290)
Not sure (644)
No interest/no opinion (205)
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
Wellness Wednesday: Worry is of no use to anyone, especially now in a time of crisis
By Trish Farrell
Counsellor Trish Farrell offers some tips to avoid worry during this time of change.
Larry Donnelly: Trump is a mess but he can still win the election because of a weak Democratic party
By Larry Donnelly - @LarryPDonnelly
A tribute to the Class of 2020: How one group of teachers marked the end of school for sixth years
By Old Bawn Teachers
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