In advance of his appearance at West Cork literary festival, novelist Joseph O’Neill tells Ellie O’Byrne about his new book of short stories, and the democratic emergency in the US.

Some of the stranger stories from around the world

The two men were found dead at the bottom of an elevator shaft in a 12-storey building, as if dumped there, one sprawled on top of the other.

Hindus, Muslims, Buddhists and Christians make sense of great loss differently, writes Kenneth Woodward.