‘Children of the Troubles’ recounts the largely untold story of the lost boys and girls of Northern Ireland, and those who died south of the border, in Britain and as far afield as West Germany, writes Dan Buckley.

David King is hoping his son’s imagination will inspire others, writes Health Correspondent Catherine Shanahan

Facebook has banned a post advertising a new book from the monks at Glenstal Abbey in Co. Limerick because of nudity in religious illustrations.

Vicky Phelan never set out to be a national campaigner. When she was first diagnosed with cervical cancer in July 2014, her only concerns were for her two young children, Amelia and Darragh, and her recovery.

Despite the long shadow humanity throws over its own future, ‘Underland’ is for the most part an engrossing account of our ever-changing relationship with the subterranean landscape, writes Declan Burke.

An eternal nuclear autumn is “now globally just five nuclear explosions away,” says Florence, a 12-year-old girl in Ali Smith’s third instalment of her quartet, each of which is named after a season.

Popular author and broadcaster Gareth O’Callaghan is busy writing his next book and is staying positive despite being diagnosed with a rare life-changing and incurable disease.

Twin sisters Emily and Amelia Nagoski say we all suffer exhaustion. They offer tips on how to recognise it and overcome it, writes Suzanne Harrington.

A new book by a cognitive neuroscientist explains why smiling can trick the brain, making us feel a lot better, writes Margaret Jennings.

Good news #Hinchers - here is your chance to meet Mrs Hinch herself.

Though the ‘Big Fellow’ was engaged to Kitty Kiernan at the time he was killed, in 1922, there is still speculation about his sexuality, writes Ryle Dwyer.

The ambition for CUH to develop to become a ‘great hospital’ is both real and attainable, writes Tony McNamara.

West Cork organic farmer, John Devoy, tells Ellie O’Byrne about the perils and pleasures of his epic, 33,000km solo cycle between 1985 and 1987, and why he has only written about it now.

Eva O’Cathaoir explores the origins of the Fenian movement in Munster and its spread throughout Ireland, Britain and North America

The introduction to Robin Gill’s book Larder enraged me and brought me close to tears. Robin’s graphic description of his long and tortuous journey through many kitchens both in Ireland and the UK to become a chef makes harrowing reading and speaks volumes about the reason why there is now a proper chef crisis in so many restaurants.

Her debut novel, ‘Promising Young Women’, has received rave reviews. Now, author Caroline O'Donoghue just has to return to her native Cork to promote it...

A new guidebook, ‘Cork Strolls: Exploring Cork’s Architectural Treasures’, offers a revealing view on the Rebel City’s heritage, says Dan MacCarthy

Six little words: “Mammy, I don’t want to die.”

There is no easy way of explaining dementia to a child, but there is a very useful aid in the shape of a new book designed to address the fear children can feel when that special connection with Granny or Grandad is under threat.

Annie Grace became addicted to alcohol. Then wrote the book on how to give up the demon drink. She talks to Carl Dixon

In his poem Dark Ireland, Patrick Kavanagh speaks about the Irish as a “dark people, our eyes ever turned inward”. 

Police are hunting burglars who broke into a bookshop and stole a haul of rare and valuable titles, including a first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone that is worth around £40,000.

A newly-published book gives a rare insight in images and words into the daily lives of those who inhabit the only Cistercian monastery for women in Ireland.

Shay Given is Ireland’s all-time longest serving player, having played from 1996 to 2016, as he amassed 134 caps. His last competitive game saw him carried off injured in the famous 1-0 win over Germany. Now 41, he’s a free agent.

Sometimes it pays to take chances, experiment and venture outside traditional comfort zones. 

There are things that a book can do for you that defy adequate explanation. It is a something deeply personal, a connection made with the words that lingers long after the book is closed and laid down. 

Darina Allen is on a mission. In her new 600-page book, she’s calling on us all to grow our own food, writes Ciara McDonnell

As the Atlas Of The Irish Revolution hits bookshops, contributor Oliver O’Hanlon looks at the coverage of the conflict by overseas artists and journalists.

A book-keeper who was ‘retired’ by her employer on reaching the age of 66 has been awarded €12,000 in an age discrimination case.

WHAT is it about women writers and cats? 

Julie Parsons has been a trailblazer in the crime genre, and her long-awaited seventh novel is thought provoking and clever, writes Sue Leonard

IF, AS Farley and Roberts suggest — based on research by an American academic — that being a published poet is more dangerous than being a deep sea diver, then the premise of this book is self evident: Not alone should poets be uninsurable, but their company should be avoided at all costs.

Elizabeth Strout tells Sue Leonard about how she has created a collection of short stories which build on the world inhabited in her last novel by Lucy Barton