Peter CostelloUnheard Story: Dublin Archdiocese and The Murphy Report, by Pádraig McCarthy (Londubh Books, €14.99 / £17.99; ISBN 9781907535352)
Category: Reviews
Kick old habits in 2014
Is it finally time to drop that bad habit you’ve been trying to conquer for so long? With the New Year upon us and New Yearís resolutions on the cards, the newest version of the Quitter app for iPhone and iPad is here to help. The main focus of the app is to show you…
New Year offerings
Aubrey MaloneJanuary looks like being an interesting month in the cinemas For starters, Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio renew their collaboration from Shutter Island days with The Wolf of Wall Street. This has DiCaprio as a fraudulent Long Island stockbroker heading for a fall after a riotous lifestyle starts to catch up with him. The Coen Brothers…
Dramatic stories old and new
Brendan O’ReganBrendan O’Regan reviews some Christmas offerings
Here’s to the memory of a Dubliner
Paradise Alley by John D. Sheridan (Seven Towers, €11.99/£15.00)
A Nigerian martyr for his people’s cause
Silence Would Be Treason: Last Writings of Ken Saro-Wiwa, ed. by Ide Corley, Helen Fallon and Laurence Coc (The Council for Social Science Research in Africa / Daraja Press, £9.70)
A wrong-headed view of revisionism
Robert Perry, Revisionist Scholarship and Modern Irish Politics (Ashgate Publishing £49.50)
St Nicholas, the Christmas saint for all seasons
Who was the real St Nicholas?
Review of the Year 2013
Paul KeenanA look back at the main events of the year in the media
The Year in Film
The movie highlights of the year