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In The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI, prolific author Cory Doctorow argues that the positive, real-world applications that AI models pos...

When Jason Arday was diagnosed with autism and global developmental delay at the age of three, doctors and teachers told his mother that there was ...

In Seeing What’s Hidden, author Manchán Magan explores how ancient Irish culture retains deep resonances with global indigenous traditions of recip...

The story of The Castle begins when author Jon Ronson receives a series of unsettling text messages from his son Joel, who had been lured to a myst...

It's no secret that we're going through a bit of an Irish language revival at the minute, with more and more folks looking for a cúpla focal to thr...

It seems like AI has suddenly been folded into every website, app, and search engine overnight, despite the fact that we never really consented to ...

In this collection of thoughtful and engaging essays, author Soetsu Yanagi presents an earnest defense of modest, honest, handcrafted objects — fro...

Our lives have become increasingly optimised, with an emphasis placed on convenience and efficiency. But has that made our lives more gratifying? O...

Fifty Things to Do by the Sea is a beautifully illustrated and practical guide filled with simple ways you can reconnect with the sea. Divided into...

Social media has dominated many of our lives over the last two decades and, for more and more people, the online world is often more "real" than ou...

This lovely wee book is a manual on how to live healthier and happier with plants. Aside from just telling you why you should, it gives you practic...

This beautifully presented book is a thoughtful exploration of the art of repair, its origins and how the act of mending itself offers not just a p...

Sometimes the best way to soothe your anxiety about the state of the world can be to read thoughtful writing by people who really get it. Drawing o...

Harrison Gardner is an Australian eco-builder and designer who finds himself in the west of Ireland, living an enviable, sustainable life. He has c...

This is the seventh edition of Holy Show magazine, covering contemporary life and culture in Ireland as seen through the eyes of Irish artists. Hol...

There are few writers like Blindboy, and this book is one that is hard to describe. Absorbing and hard to put down, it is packed full of stories an...

Manchán Magan, along with a lot of us it would seem, is fascinated by words, particularly Irish words, and their connections to the natural world. ...

Our ancestors who lived here in Ireland centuries ago lived lives we would barely recognize. Their society praised the poets, monks, wise women, an...

Harrison Gardner is an Australian eco-builder and designer who finds himself in the west of Ireland, living an enviable, sustainable life. He has c...

Is he a shitehawk or a messer? A gombeen or a dope? Take the decision-making out of your trash talk and fire out hilarious one-line insults left, r...

Discover the inner sanctum of Freemason's Hall, see Napoleon's toothbrush, marvel at a hoax plaque hidden in plain sight on O'Connell Bridge, try G...