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A dark slice of Minnesota hits Cork screen in I am Not a Serial Killer
A dark slice of Minnesota hits Cork screen in I am Not a Serial Killer

Buttevant director Billy O’Brien talks to Caroline Delaney about his film I am Not a Serial Killer

Tue, 15 Nov, 2016

Florence Newton - the woman at the centre of one of Ireland’s greatest witch trials
Florence Newton - the woman at the centre of one of Ireland’s greatest witch trials
In 1661, Florence Newton fell foul of the febrile imagination of a Cork community living in fear and riven with superstitious beliefs, writes Billy O’Riordan

Thu, 27 Oct, 2016

Book reviews: All Over Ireland and Tales from the Emerald Isle and Other Green Shores
Book reviews: All Over Ireland and Tales from the Emerald Isle and Other Green Shores

Billy O’Callaghan looks at two collections of short stories, one uneven and the other a series of enduring, almost timeless classics.

Sat, 27 Jun, 2015

First Thoughts: An impressive book by Allie Murray
First Thoughts: An impressive book by Allie Murray

BOUNTIFUL, the début novel of Allie Murray, a native of County Waterford, now living in Rathcormac, elects to shine a light on the many deceits, conspiracies and undercurrents that tend to shape life in any number of Irish villages, says Billy O’Callaghan.

Sat, 07 Feb, 2015

Fairytales capture reality in today’s  virtual world
Fairytales capture reality in today’s virtual world

Billy O’Callaghan is enthralled by a bicentennial edition of the reworked fairy tales of the Grimm brothers

Sat, 22 Sep, 2012

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