THE story of a family’s struggle against the weight of the Catholic Church and a compelling and detailed historical novel, Tim Fanning’s account of the Fethard-On-Sea boycott leaves no stone unturned and no angle uncovered.

DURING her first term as President, Mary McAleese never put a foot wrong, but in the past year she has fouled up on a number of occasions. Indeed, she seems to be suffering from that dreaded public disease, foot-in-mouth.