Read a love story for Valentine. Is love stronger than ideology? How does Derek Foley’s love for the supreme ideologue Sinéad pan out in Peeling Oranges? What was the tragic ending in the love affair between Guido and the beautiful…

Jo Jo and the Deer One day near Christmas Jo Jo was on her way into the woods. The woods were at the back of her house. Her daddy was at work and her mammy was talking at the front…

I am delighted to announce that my ebook short story The Widow’s Consoler (available on Kindle and other epub devices)is now for sale as an audiobook. After the death of her invalid husband, a widow’s previously suppressed feelings for her…

I am delighted to announce that my award-winning story Lovers who wound blame it on the storm which won the WOW Award has been translated into Italian & Portuguese. Available on Kindle and other epub devices. ‘Amanti che biasimano la…

My first motor car was an old Morris Minor. I got it in the seventies and I could drive anywhere in it with impunity: into town, on dates, to the mountains and the sea. There was never a problem with…

Noise & Sound Reflections now on audio Ironic as it may seem I am delighted to announce the publication in audio of my book, a meditation on noise narrated impeccably by Gareth Richards. What is noise? What happens when it…

I will be reading some of my poems in Irish with English translations from my collection Rus in Urbe to mark International Poetry Day on 28th September in the company of other Irish and Latvian poets. It would be great…

Sorry, my last blog should read seventeenth anniversary not eighteenth.

When Laura was chosen as The New York Rose for the Rose of Tralee festival, she was twenty two. The choice was influenced no doubt by her Irish dancing ability and prowess in Gaelic—an American girl who could be an…