As the stage version of Edna O’Brien’s classic novel tours to Cork and other centres, Marjorie Brennan hears from well-known figures about their experiences of the iconic book.

We may not have a national space programme, but one of our scientists, Norah Patten, is en route to become our very first astronaut, writes Joyce Fegan.

Danielle McLaughlin became the third Irish writer in recent years to win the Windham-Campbell Prize.

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Organised annually by the Munster Literature Centre, the 17th Cork International Short Story Festival — the only one of its kind in the country and now the oldest in the world — has been taking place in Leeside all week, giving readers and writers a rare chance to revel in the pleasures of short form fiction.

In 1998, leaving university, Neil worked as an editor for a dot com travel company.

The family and friends of a Irish backpacker murdered in India last month have issued an international appeal to help secure justice.

At the request of her family and friends, mourners dressed in colourful clothes, many with garlands of flowers in their hair.

Mourners attending the funeral of Buncrana woman Danielle McLaughlin have been asked to snub the traditional dark colours and wear vibrant colours instead.

The family of backpacker Danielle McLaughlin may not be reunited with her body until next Tuesday, more than two weeks after she was murdered in India.

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The young Donegal woman was murdered while traveling in Goa in India this week.

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Latest: The mother of Danielle McLaughlin, who has been found dead in a Goa tourist resort, has paid tribute to her daughter saying she will be "sadly missed".

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Writers are gathering in Cork this week to launch a monthly event bringing local authors and budding writers together, writes Marjorie Brennan.

A symposium will be held at University College Cork (UCC) today to mark the 50th anniversary of the Cork-born writer Frank O’Connor’s death and to celebrate his legacy.

In a relatively short writing career Danielle McLaughlin has made huge strides and her latest collection, suggests Billy O’Callaghan, marks her down as a writer of exceptional perception and potential.

From the concept of dinosaurs on other planets to a skull found in a forest, no idea is wasted by Cork author Danielle McLaughlin, says Collette Sheridan

Cork International Short Story festival kicked off at Triskel Christchurch last night with a reading from famed US writer Richard Ford.