A man of immense peace and ease

A man of immense peace and ease

Oct 18, 2024 | Features

Martin Neary’s book, Madogue Memories, about his life in east Mayo, the perennial toil of maintaining the land, his having to seek work in England to support his small holding, is told with great humility and charm but with a certain melancholia. In his evocative...
O’Casey Revisited

O’Casey Revisited

Oct 11, 2024 | Latest

An abbreviated version of this feature has already appeared online but this is a much fuller piece by the Galway-based lecturer and writer, Jenny Farrell, who is also an Associate Editor of Culture Matters. The sixtieth anniversary of Seán O’Casey’s death fell on 18...
Powerful Collection

Powerful Collection

Sep 27, 2024 | Latest

Just read More Tales About Life, Love & Death by Paul Marauder, a collection of poems and flash fiction dedicated to the struggle of the Palestinian people and their suffering in Gaza. The writing is potent, visceral and personal, often in the first-person, and...
‘Morning Star’ Review

‘Morning Star’ Review

Sep 25, 2024 | Greenisland Press News

The recently published book—Rita—A Memoir—was reviewed in the Morning Star, the left-wing British daily newspaper which focuses on social, political and trade union issues. The reviewer is Richard Rudkin who served with the British Army in the North in the 1970s: AS a...
The Underground Prison Press

The Underground Prison Press

Sep 16, 2024 | Greenisland Press News

Former blanket man and H-Block prisoner, Eoghan Mac Cormaic’s latest book, Captive Columns, was recently reviewed by Kevin Mullan in the Derry Journal. Here is the review: Eoghan ‘Gino’ Mac Cormaic’s new history of the underground prison press provides an...