Irish Examiner view: Sally Rooney makes a stand over 'hell of fame'

Author shares robust views on celebrity status

Sally Rooney: Everyone needs space to themselves.

Ireland has a particularly rich crop of young talented writers and authors at present and few have commanded more column inches in the past three years than Sally Rooney, the Mayo-born and raised self-declared Marxist who writes stories that have captured the spirit of the times.

Rooney, whose new novel Beautiful World, Where Are You? is officially published on Tuesday, has been doing the customary round of interviews and has robust opinions to share on celebrity.