Cork-born solicitor begins new chapter as a crime writer in Australia

When the recession hit, Cork-born solicitor Dervla McTiernan moved to Australia and started a writing career. It was the best decision she ever made, reports Marjorie Brennan.

Australia has been a land of opportunity for generations of Irish people. Dervla McTiernan is one of the many who struck out for new territory Down Under, except she struck gold in a somewhat different way, realising her ambition to