Brendan O’ReganBrendan O’Regan is left ‘as shocked as anyone’ in the wake of the surprise victory of the Leave Campaign
Brexit for breakfast, dinner and tea
Category: Reviews
Catholic Ireland’s last martyr
Saint Oliver Plunkett: Journey to Sainthood by Tommy Burns (St Oliver Plunkett for Peace and Reconciliation Committee, €10.00)
The lively life of an influential and marvellous book
Peter Costello
C. S. Lewis’s Mere Christianity: A Biography by George M. Marsden (Princeton University Press, £16.95)
Surviving Belsen
I Was a Boy in Belsen by Tomi Reichental (O’Brien Press, €11.99)
What Little Fox learned about life
The Curious Fox by Ross McDonagh, illustrated by Conor M. O’Brien (Veritas, €8.99 / £6.99)
Voices of reason after Brexit vote
June 24, ‘the morning after the night before’ in terms of the Brexit vote across Britain, prompted and continues to prompt reams of newsprint and online commentary as to the true implications of the country’s historic move. The plethora of competing reactions at this point is made possible of course by the very real uncertainty…
Religious gems going under the radar
Last week’s viewing had Brendan O’Regan gripped by “an excellent series of reflections” that was “inspiring and encouraging” followed by a “fair and balanced” debate on assisted suicide
Obesity: the plague of modern Ireland
Ever Seen a Fat Fox? Human Obesity Explored by Mike Gibney (UCD Press, €20.00)
A young person’s guide to nature
Naturama: Open Your Eyes to the Wonders of Irish Nature by Michael Fewer, with illustrations by Melissa Doran (Gill Books, €22.99)
Recent books in brief
The Gaze of Love by Ruth Patterson (Veritas, €14.99) Ruth Patterson is an Ulster Presbyterian minister long associated with the Restoration Ministries, who have worked in the North as well as elsewhere since the 1980s, in a non-denominational way to promote not just peace and reconciliation, but also healing. But the key to this healing…