Best Irish books? Normal People and The Spinning Heart among choices by Joe Duffy and others 

As Irish Books Week kicks off, various well-known people select their favourite books by Irish authors 

Joe Duffy and Lisa McInerney.

Joe Duffy, broadcaster

All-time: While Cork’s favourite son, Frank O’Connor, is the greatest short story writer Ireland has ever produced, Dublin’s Sean O’Casey has been sadly ignored in modern Irish literature. He was only mentioned in connection with the wonderful new Museum of Literature Ireland when his omission was pointed out! So my favourite Irish book of all time is O’Casey’s six-volume Autobiographies series.