Sculpture honour for top writer Taylor

LEGENDARY storyteller Alice Taylor has come face to face with herself at a ceremony to recognise her achievements.

With 2008 marking the 20th anniversary of the publication of her bestseller To School Through the Fields, the people of her native Newmarket in Co Cork chose to honour her by installing a bronze sculpture in the village.

“I’m just so honoured,” the author said afterwards. “They did a lovely job and people can come and sit beside me if they want.”