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Man Booker Prize 2018 longlist

The Man Booker Prize Longlist 2018 Trinity graduate and Mayo native Sally Rooney is tied for the youngest writer on this year’s longlist.

If you thought the awe and adrenaline of awards season was locked up in an Oscar-shaped vault until next spring, think again. The Man Booker Prize 2018 longlist, which celebrates a selection of the year’s best novels published in Ireland … Continue reading The Man Booker Prize Longlist 2018 Trinity graduate and Mayo native Sally Rooney is tied for the youngest writer on this year’s longlist.

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“I need excitement oh I need it bad”: Northern Irish punk and youth culture What punk brought to the ravaged cities of Northern Ireland during the Troubles

Henry McDonald said in his memoir: “Beyond the macho men in the woolen masks toting their rifles and laying their bombs, stands another narrative, a hidden Ireland” – this hidden Ireland needs to be uncovered. The figure of the ordinary … Continue reading “I need excitement oh I need it bad”: Northern Irish punk and youth culture What punk brought to the ravaged cities of Northern Ireland during the Troubles