The World of Books by the books editor

Galway Poems of W. B. Yeats (Kiltartan Gregory Cultural Society, €9.00+€1.60 p&p)

Midnight in Siberia: A Train Journey into the Heart of Russia by David Greene (Alma Books, £12.99)

In the Hands of the People: A New Vision of Church by Phil Brennan (Primavera Publications, €6.99)

Strokestown and the Great Irish Famine by Ciarán Reilly (Four Courts Press, €17.50)

Education Matters: Readings in Pastoral Care for School Chaplains, Guidance Counsellors and Teachers edited by James O’Higgins Norman (Veritas, €19.99/£16.15)

The World of Saint Patrick by Philip Freeman (Oxford University Press, £14.99)

Saol: Thoughts from Ireland on Life and Living by Catherine Conlon (The Collins Press, €12.99)

Judging W.T. Cosgrave: The Foundation of the Irish State by Michael Laffan (Royal Irish Academy, €30)

The principle of freedom of expression – which has been violently attacked and vigorously defended over recent days – depends very much on the ability, not of those in the media, but of ordinary people, to express themselves well and clearly. Freedom of expression is not just for writers and cartoonists, for politicians and pontiffs…