Michael became interested in photography when a friend taught him how to develop black and white pictures. He brought his first camera at 14, having saved up for it for a year. It cost £3.26.

Sue Leonard talks to Dublin convent girl Aifric Campbell about her new book, her career as a banker and her new life as a writer and an academic

A new Irish language soap opera is aiming to offer teenagers an alternative to the US-dominated television market when it hits screens in November.