One of the perils of editorial writing, especially in a bi-monthly magazine such as this, is the risk of giving hostages to fortune. By the time you read this, the […]
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Read More →DON O’LEARY Eryn Press €18.99 ISBN 9781788461641 Reviewed by Peter Boylan Peter Boylan is a former Master of the National Maternity Hospital, Dublin. Don O’Leary examines a range of […]
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Read More →GILLIAN O’BRIEN Doubleday €16.99 ISBN 9781781620502 Reviewed by John Gibney John Gibney is Assistant Editor with the Royal Irish Academy’s Documents on Irish Foreign Policy series. Gillian O’Brien’s new book […]
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