Jordan leaves fiction rivals in the Shade

NEIL JORDAN has won the E10,000 Kerry Group Irish Fiction Prize for his novel Shade.

The announcement was made at the launch of the 35th Listowel Writers' Week last night.

Unfortunately Jordan was unable to attend he's been called away on "urgent movie business to LA", we were told. However, he made up for his absence with a pre-recorded message thanking the Writers' Week for the award.