Kevin Skelton

Kevin Skelton watched helplessly as a bomb ripped apart the life he knew. It was 15 August 1998, and the place was Omagh. Kevin’s wife Mena was one of the 29 people killed that day, and his daughter Shauna was horrifically injured. Kevin was jus...

Mickey Harte

Here, Mickey Harte tells his full story. From his early years, through his time as club manager with Errigal Ciarán and managing the county minors, to the recent heady days of winning three All-Ireland senior titles. Along the way, there were many...

More Bloody Women

Seventeen cases of death, violence and intrigue at the hands of some of Ireland’s most notorious women...

There has been a huge increase in violent deaths in Ireland in recent years. While men are more often the killers, there has been...

My Life and Themes

"The main thing that endears the United Nations to member governments, and so enables it to survive, is its proven capacity to fail, and to be seen to fail" - Conor Cruise O'Brien

No Deals

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...

Nobody's Child

Cora Coleman was born into a house of violence and fear in Cobh, a small town in Ireland. Her disturbed father constantly beat her mother, and treated their seven children with obscene contempt. Their lives revolved around his moods. I...

Over the Moon

There is no doubt about it: children change your life. And it’s not just the endless nappies, the sleepless nights, the constant demands on your time – though these are the first things that hit you. Becoming a parent profoundly alters your values...

Owen Fitzpatrick

Not Enough Hours is the perfect companion to make time work for you!

In his book Owen Fitzpatrick, a qualified Psychologist, Psychotherapist and Hypnotherapist, shows how you can take control of your life so that you make the most of e...

Paisley

Ian Paisley’s journey is extraordinary for the sheer distance it has spanned, a journey unequalled in Irish history. But why did Paisley do it? Why did he put aside years of hostility to all things Irish, Nationalist and Catholic to go int...

Rebels

“British soldiers were bellying along the gutters, then across the bridge, past dead and dying comrades. Some of them, goggle-eyed, spluttering, legs jerking, tongues stiffening, slithered in agony in all directions like hooked fishes on a bank .....