Geraldine O'Neill

Guarding Maggie

POOLBEG CRIMSON debut Guarding Maggie by Ellen McCarthy

Maggie walked into her yard and found a strange man standing there, with her dog walking circles around him.

Maggie has lived at home all her li...

Jackie Burke

Early one morning in 1994, Jackie Burke lay dying on the floor of his elderly mother’s house, his body pumped full of a lifetime’s worth of drugs and alcohol.

An ex-prisoner, Jackie had defied help offered by psychotherapists, soci...

Jim Cusack / Henry McDonald

A fascinating insight into the UVF’s origins, growth and decline. They follow the careers of some of the key players in the UVF, including Gusty Spence, Billy Wright and David Ervine. They catalogue the atrocities in which the UVF were i...

Karina Colgan

Dublin journalist Karina Colgan was rescued from the apartment she had barricaded herself into by her estranged husband Gerry and son Karl, who feared for her life. Karina – like one in four people in Ireland – found herself unexpectedly fighting ...

Kate McCabe

Looking for a way to take her mind off her lying ex – Marian Hunt decides to start a book club. And pretty soon, it begins to take off … Christy Grimes thinks the book club will help his beloved wife in her recovery from a stroke, but little ...