Community-funded archaeological excavations of ‘really important’ sixth-century monastery also rewrite story of Lismore

Written in a coolly dispassionate tone, this book doesn’t follow the drumbeat of any particular theory of history and is all the better for it, writes David Robinson

Her family paid tribute to her in a statement calling her the "most wonderful mother" and a "cherished grandmother".

In the 1980s Tony Blair argued that “under public ownership the industries are more accountable”

An inventive new look at the entwined histories of Britain and Ireland’s nations – and the people who have called them home. Acclaimed author and journalist Brian Groom reveals th...