Recent Crawford graduate Billy Dante is one of two Cork artists representing Ireland at a major festival showcasing new talent in Amsterdam, writes Alan O’Riordan

IN Sifting, Mike Mac Domhnaill’s striking first short story collection, the present is tattooed with the scars and marks of the past. 

THE number of homeowners struggling to pay their mortgage has risen to 55,000 and banks are not doing enough to help them with their difficulties, according to the Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton.