Dark tales from the writer of a novel based in Cork city

Lisa McInerney is the hottest new writer around and has based her debut crime novel in Cork City. Tanya Sweeney spoke to her about the new book, college in Cork, and her life in Galway.    

There has been no shortage of forcibly bright and promising literary voices of late, among them Sara Baume, Maire T Robinson, and Eimear McBride.

And now, a self-confessed “common as muck” Galwegian is straight out of the traps with a shimmering debut, poised to join their ranks.