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MAGIC POTION: It was always difficult being Harry Potter and it isn’t much easier now that he is an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband, and father of three school-age children.

The eighth Harry Potter book, which is the script of the new West End play, Harry Potter And The Cursed Child, will be published at 12.01am on July 31 (Harry’s birthday).

To celebrate, Waterstone’s Cork are inviting young witches and wizards along for a Potter Party with cake, quizzes, prizes and much rejoicing from 12pm.