I know book people always describe launches as packed, but the celebration of Hagstone by Sinéad Gleeson really was a sight to be seen. As it should be. 👏 @SineadGleeson

They'll never make an online food shopper out of me! ✊

A lovely new springtime cover, for a lovely new springtime edition 🧡

The Lodgers is out in paperback in two weeks!

Famine in the northern part of Gaza is imminent.

1.1 million people in Gaza are facing catastrophic hunger - the highest number of people ever recorded –anywhere, anytime.

This is an entirely manmade disaster.

And it can - and must - be halted.

If you'd like to rob me, here is your opportunity. A year of my life to write it... And now all yours for 99p. 🙃 #TheLodgers

Greetings from a durable relationship 👋 This week's column, on the family referendum.

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This is outrageous. Thankfully for those of us in Ireland, it's in stark contrast to the attitude to libraries here. But I so feel for people in the UK. As Jane says, the value of libraries is immeasurable. They educate, comfort, shelter & some librarians double as social workers

All the #IrelandReads events are great. If I wasn't doing one, I'd definitely be going to one. Worth checking with your local library. And if you're in the Naas vicinity, come to ours. Added bonus: they're all free!

Join us for #IrelandReads on Thur 22nd Feb 7pm in #NaasLib & Cultural Centre as we welcome Paul Lynch, winner of the 2023 Booker Prize for Prophet Song in conversation with journalist & bestselling author, Eithne Shortall
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This is a great read. In which Niamh Donnelly attempts to become a Mills & Boon author...

Just when you think there isn't a part of childbirth left to be monetised.... Wrote about baby name consultants (💀) and what exactly *is* in a name, in yesterday's Business Post businesspost.ie/article/eithne…

Cause of death?

Opening her gas bill.

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In which I attempt a writer's retreat that fails spectacularly. Tomorrow's @BusinessPostHQ column, online today. ⛈️⛈️ businesspost.ie/life-arts/eith…

This by Rachael English is published next week and I adored it. Paints such an evocative picture of Ireland in the 1980s; the music, the clothes, the lifestyle (and the accepted sexism). Made me weepy at the end but still somehow managed to be an absolute tonic. 💛 Hachette Ireland

Well this now, I just had to share. Morning magic.

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I love this piece - on raising Irish kids abroad and connection to place through books. Gorgeous and moving and notably honest.

Hilary Heron in Tremaine collection. Artists: Lichtenstein, Rauschenberg, Dine, and Hague. Beside fireplace: Heron's Girl with Pigtails. Still trying to find piece in second picture for exhibition. I believe it's in New York? ARTnews MoMA The Museum of Modern Art Irish Echo Newspaper IrishCentral

15 members of the same family were laid out in a hospital ward.

“Most of the white shrouds were tiny, with children inside. A man partly opened one and caressed the face of a small boy with his hand.” rte.ie/news/world/202…