Aoibheann McCann

A man wakes up with a strange tune in his head. But what is it? And how did it get there?

Celebrated as one of the masters of the short story, Frank O'Connor was also an important translator of classical Irish poetry. Cork poet and writer Liam O'Muirthile tells O'Connor's forgotten story. He argues you cannot understand O'Connor's voice in English without understanding his natural writing voice, which is rooted in Irish.

Since 2008 the recession has been the biggest story in Ireland. Nobody has gone untouched by the catastrophic collapse of house prices, the banking system and the Celtic Tiger feelgood factor. The Break is a story about how Tim, a father of two, tried to cope for the first few months after everything went wrong.

A dark romantic comedy about a young couple from London. A decision to walk home one night, rather than taking a taxi, brings out the very different secrets that they have been keeping from one another.