'Titan of Irish publishing' Michael O’Brien dies

Michael O'Brien was presented with a special merit award from the Reading Association of Ireland in 1997 for “exceptional care, skill and professionalism in publishing, resulting in a consistently high standard in all of the children's books published by The O'Brien Press”. File picture: Maura Hickey

The death has occurred of “titan of Irish publishing” Michael O’Brien, who founded leading Irish publisher O’Brien Press in 1974.

The award-winning company published much-loved books such as Under the Hawthorn Tree, Me Jewel and Darlin' Dublin.