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Clare authors feature on the shortlist for this year's An Post Irish Book Awards. A whole host of new and established writers are nominated across 20 categories, including Rachael English and Zainab Boladale. Now in its 19th year, the An Post Irish Book Awards celebrate and promote Irish writing to the widest range of readers possible. To talk more about this, Alan Morrissey was joined by author of Braids Take a Day, Zainab Boladale. Photo (c): https://obrien.ie/braids-take-a-day
Gillian is joined by writer and journalist Rachael English to discuss her latest book, "Whatever Happened to Birdy Troy?" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The broadcaster and journalist chats with Miriam about her latest (and seventh) novel ‘Whatever Happened to Birdy Troy', her roots in Shannon, Co Clare native and her writing process
Rachael English pays tribute to former Morning Ireland colleague Deirdre Purcell after her death was announced yesterday.
Rachael English, Cormac O'Keeffe and Margaret Ward discuss the challenges and opportunities for journalists in writing fiction. Recorded live at Spring 2022 Freelance Forum on 11 April 2022 at Grangegorman TUD. Rachael English is an Irish broadcaster and writer. Known for presenting Five Seven Live for six years, she has also presented other radio shows, such as RTÉ News at One, Today with Pat Kenny, The Marian Finucane Show and The Late Debate as well as a permanent presenter of Morning Ireland and Saturday View. She is the author of six novels, most recently The Letter Home. Cormac O'Keeffe is the security correspondent with the Irish Examiner. His debut crime fiction novel 'Black Water' was published in April 2018. Margaret Ward is a freelance journalist and researcher with a particular interest in the environment and international affairs. She worked for RTÉ for 18 years as a reporter, producer, and foreign editor. She has reported from more than 35 countries including Rwanda, Sudan, the Balkans, Afghanistan, Russia, North Korea and Libya, and spent three years based in Beijing. She has also contributed to The Irish Times, The Sunday Telegraph, India Today, the BBC's “From our Own Correspondent” and CBC in Canada. She has most recently been a special advisor to the Green Party leader Eamon Ryan.
Anna and Sinead are joined by fellow best selling Authors Vanessa O'Loughlin (Sam Blake) and Rachael English to talk about divorce, they recall each of the referendums and what Ireland was like at the time; the greyness, Miley's affair in glenroe and our obsession with land all get a mention! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Rachael English, co-presenter of Morning Ireland on RTE Radio One and bestselling novelist, and Zara King, news correspondent with Virgin Media and co-host of The Group Chat podcast, join the podcast to discuss journalism in the modern age. Plus Louise Campbell of recruitment agency Robert Walters offers tips on asking your employer for a raise. #HowIDidIt is sponsored by Glandore.
When Dubliner Derek Scally goes to Christmas Eve Mass on a visit home from Berlin, he finds more memories than congregants in the church where he was once an altar boy. Not for the first time, the collapse of the Catholic Church in Ireland brings to mind the fall of another powerful ideology – East German communism. While Germans are engaging earnestly with their past, Scally sees nothing comparable going on in his native land. So he embarks on a quest to unravel the tight hold the Church had on the Irish.The Best Catholics in the World is the remarkable result of his three-year journey. With wit, wisdom and compassion Scally gives voice and definition to the murky and difficult questions that face a society coming to terms with its troubling past. It is both a lively personal odyssey and a resonant and gripping work of reporting that is a major contribution to the story of Ireland.Derek Scally has written for the Irish Times since 2000. He is based in Berlin. The Best Catholics in the World is his first book.Rachael English is a journalist and writer. She is presenter of Morning Ireland on RTÉ Radio 1. Her latest book, The Paper Bracelet, is published by Hachette UK.The Dublin Festival of History is brought to you by Dublin City Council, and organised by Dublin City Libraries, in partnership with Dublin City Council Culture Company. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
When Dubliner Derek Scally goes to Christmas Eve Mass on a visit home from Berlin, he finds more memories than congregants in the church where he was once an altar boy. Not for the first time, the collapse of the Catholic Church in Ireland brings to mind the fall of another powerful ideology – East German communism. While Germans are engaging earnestly with their past, Scally sees nothing comparable going on in his native land. So he embarks on a quest to unravel the tight hold the Church had on the Irish.The Best Catholics in the World is the remarkable result of his three-year journey. With wit, wisdom and compassion Scally gives voice and definition to the murky and difficult questions that face a society coming to terms with its troubling past. It is both a lively personal odyssey and a resonant and gripping work of reporting that is a major contribution to the story of Ireland.Derek Scally has written for the Irish Times since 2000. He is based in Berlin. The Best Catholics in the World is his first book.Rachael English is a journalist and writer. She is presenter of Morning Ireland on RTÉ Radio 1. Her latest book, The Paper Bracelet, is published by Hachette UK.The Dublin Festival of History is brought to you by Dublin City Council, and organised by Dublin City Libraries, in partnership with Dublin City Council Culture Company. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
Masks Away - Love Back! School Lunches Sorted, Gerry makes amends for standing up Rachael English and David Sheehan looks ahead to the weekend in Sport. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
A rich, heartbreaking novel, moving between west of Ireland and Boston, of a mother's love, a baby girl, a courageous voyage and a forgotten story that binds two families separated by an ocean.... She had left behind everything she loved to forge a future for the one she treasured most.... 2019 Dublin. When Jessie Daly loses her job, her flat and her relationship, she travels home to Ireland's west coast and helps an old friend researching what happened in the area during the 1840s Famine. They are drawn into the remarkable story of a brave young mother called Bridget Moloney, and Jessie becomes determined to find out what happened to Bridget and her daughter, Norah. On the other side of the Atlantic, Kaitlin Wilson is researching her family tree. She knows her ancestors left Ireland for Boston in the 19th century. Everything else is a mystery. Kaitlin unearths a fascinating story, but her research forces her to confront uncomfortable truths about herself and her family and also uncover a heartbreaking connection to a young woman in the west of Ireland....
Live news, sports, weather and traffic, presented by Rachael English and Gavin Jennings.
Live news, sports, weather and traffic, presented by Rachael English and Gavin Jennings.
Live news, sports, weather and traffic, presented by Rachael English and Aine Lawlor.
Irish author Rachael English joins the Leabhar Hour lads to discuss her novel 'The Paper Bracelet'.Visit www.leabharhour.com for more. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Live news, sports, weather and traffic, presented by Rachael English and Gavin Jennings.
Live news, sports, weather and traffic, presented by Rachael English and Aine Lawlor.
Live news, sports, weather and traffic, presented by Rachael English and Aine Lawlor.
Live news, sports, weather and traffic, presented by Rachael English and Audrey Carville.
Live news, sports, weather and traffic, presented by Rachael English and Mary Wilson.
Live news, sports, weather and traffic, presented by Rachael English and Audrey Carville.
Live news, sports, weather and traffic, presented by Rachael English and Gavin Jennings.
Live news, sports, weather and traffic, presented by Rachael English and Aine Lawlor.
Live news, sports and business presented by Rachael English and Gavin Jennings.
Live news, sports and business presented by Rachael English and Audrey Carville.
Live news, sports, weather and traffic, presented by Rachael English, and Gavin Jennings.
Live news, sports, weather and traffic, presented by Rachael English and Gavin Jennings.
Live news, sports, weather and traffic, presented by Rachael English and Audrey Carville.
Live news, sports and business presented by Rachael English and Audrey Carville.
Live news, sports, and business presented by Rachael English and Aine Lawlor.
Live news, sports, and business presented by Aine Lawlor and Rachael English.
Live news, sports, and business presented by Rachael English and Audrey Carville.
Live news, sports, weather and traffic, presented by Rachael English and Gavin Jennings.
Live news, sports, weather and traffic, presented by Rachael English and Aine Lawlor.
Live news, sports and business presented by Rachael English and Audrey Carville.
Live news, sports and business presented by Rachael English and Mary Wilson.
Live news, sports, and business, presented by Rachael English and Aine Lawlor.
Live news, sports and business presented by Rachael English and Aine Lawlor.
Live news, sports, weather and traffic, presented by Áine Lawlor and Rachael English.
Live news, sports, weather and traffic, presented by Rachael English and Aine Lawlor.
Live news, sports, weather and traffic, presented by Rachael English and Mary Wilson.
Live news, sports, weather and traffic, presented by Rachael English and Mary Wilson.
Live news, sports, weather and traffic, presented by Rachael English and Gavin Jennings.
Live news, sports, weather and traffic, presented by Rachael English and Gavin Jennings.
Live news, sports, weather and traffic, presented by Rachael English and Áine Lawlor.
Live news, sports, weather and traffic, presented by Rachael English and Áine Lawlor.
Live news, sports, weather and traffic, presented by Mary Wilson and Rachael English.
Live news, sports, weather and traffic, presented by Rachael English and Gavin Jennings.