Item category 1: Research Lending

Political Correspondent Gavan Reilly takes us inside Dáil Éireann to discover what it takes to survive in Ireland's political cauldron. What is it like to run for election? How do public representatives deal with the cut-throat competition from their rivals - and their own running mates? What's...

Michael McDowell has been writing a weekly column for the Irish Times for more than 15 years and has covered topics such as Irish and international politics, Constitutional law, history, culture, legal issues, media and media ownership, and more. His articles have provoked public discussion and ...

'Good Trouble' is the story of the strong connection between the Black Civil Rights Movement in the United States and the Catholic Civil Rights Movement in Northern Ireland - specifically, the influence of the Montgomery to Selma march on the 1969 Belfast to Derry march through oral history.

In 'Spring Seaweed', Máirtáin Ó Direáin captures both the soul of the Aran Islands and an artist's journey between two worlds in his essays. Micheál Ó hAodha's translation remains faithful to Direáin's original vision, masterfully conveying the author's gift for Irish conversation, particularly i...

This edition of Seamus Heaney's seminal fourth collection 'North', reproduced in its elegant first setting and in its original jacket, marks fifty years since first publication in 1975. By conjuring aspects of a shared Northern European experience - its peculiar landscapes and weathers, its sea-f...

Northern Ireland is a fascinating, stunningly beautiful province with a recorded history dating back to the ancient Celts. It may be the smallest country in the UK, but it has three Nobel Prizes for English Literature connected to it as well as many world-class musicians, artists and scientists. ...

His mother was a painter, his father an inspector of schools who was visited by ghosts, and Jordan grew up on the edge of an abandoned aristocratic estate in north Dublin whose mysterious ruins fed his imagination. Passionate about music, he played in bands and theatre groups and met, at Universi...

When Niall came across a dog shackled to a short chain and in a poor state of health, something reminded him and his personal battle with addiction. He knew he had to rescue her immediately - golden retrievers are rare in Thailand but there was just something about this one in particular that tol...

On a Sunday evening in December 2004, two young men were at home with their families. Both worked for the Northern Bank's cash centre in Belfast. They heard knocks on their front doors. Within a few minutes, masked men invaded their homes, overpowered their loved ones and disabled their electroni...