John Boyne: “Life is short; I feel no compunction to finish a novel that is boring me. I’ll read something else.” Photograph: Dave Meehan
My Animals and Other Animals by Bill Bailey: Tales of the comedian’s feathered, furred and scaled friends
A Benedict Kiely Reader: Drink to the Bird and Selected Essays review - Words on the importance of place
I went to the cinema to see Small Things Like These. By the time I emerged I had concluded the film was crap
Truck driver fired for clocking off for night leaving concrete load to go hard wins €2,000 for unfair dismissal
Ireland weather: orange warnings for Galway, Kerry and Cork with Storm Bert to bring strong winds and rain
Blindboy: The Land of Slaves and Scholars review – Innovative look at the tumultuousness of Irish history
Blindboy: The Land of Slaves and Scholars review – Innovative look at the tumultuousness of Irish history