Books of the year: Three titles that tugged at the very fabric of Irish history

Diarmuid O’Donovan reveals his must-read releases this year for those riveted by Ireland’s past

Writer and broadcaster David McCullagh at the launch of his book, 'From Crown to Harp'.

Philosophers often muse about the changes in circumstances experienced as we pass through life. People generally find themselves on a continuum between idealism and expediency.

The serenity prayer grapples with the same question, asking us to seek the grace to accept, with serenity, the things we cannot change and the courage to change the things we should. More importantly, it asks that we have the wisdom to tell the difference.