Ronan O'Gara has been at the heart of Munster and Irish rugby for the past fifteen years. Packed full of anecdotes and analysis of the teammates O'Gara has been proud to share the shirt with, this title offers a record of an era when Munster rose to triumph in Europe, and Ireland to win the Grand Slam, before crashing down to earth again.
Ronan O'Gara is one of the greatest sportsmen Ireland has ever produced. This title presents the story of a rugby player at the top of his game, of a life lived to the full, and of a passionate and proud representative of the people of Cork and Ireland.
Christmas - a time for peace, joy and Mammies. While others are focusing on Santa/Santy, the school nativity play, the office party and its wild cousin the Twelve Pubs, panicked present shopping and the delicate diplomacy of in-law visiting, the Irish Mammy is mobilized in her war-room - ready for the campaign.
Warm, charming and laugh-out-loud funny... Ann Devine, Ready For Her Close-Up is a little ray of sunshine, sure to delight' Irish Independent Meet Ann Devine, a riddle, wrapped up in a fleece, inside a Skoda Octavia.
Just once, Ann Devine would like life to be straightforward. It's all far from simple. Now Rory, her youngest, has set his sights on a future as a local TD and it's all Ann can do not to box him up and post him off to the backend of wherever is furthest away from his local 'mentor', politician, and all-round chancer Patsy Duggan.
Leading the murder investigation is fifty-six-year-old Detective Inspector Leo Woods, an embittered former UN peacekeeper with a drug habit, a penchant for collecting masks and a face disfigured by Bell's Palsy.
But why would someone target the retreat - and who else is in danger? Elin must find the killer - before the island's history starts to repeat itself .