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How Munich '72 changed Irish cycling forever

In 1972 a bitter civil war in Irish cycling made headlines around the world when a group of riders gatecrashed the Olympic Games in Munich. This Saturday the Documentary on One presents Green and Gold, the story of how Irish sport and politics collided

Documentary On One • 27 Jul 20

Music Love Drugs War is Geraldine Quigley's coming of age tale about Derry youths

Review: Music Love Drugs War by Geraldine Quigley

Set in Derry in 1981 this is a coming of age tale about a group of friends growing up in a turbulent time and period in history that is well-known, yet perhaps not known so well from this everyday perspective. Grace Keane welcomes a striking debut.

Books • 19 Mar 19

Roisín O'Donnell is one of the contributors to Female Lines. A short story writer, currently based in Dublin, her family roots are in Derry. She grew up in Sheffield.

Female Lines: New Writing by Women from NI

Eileen Dunne has been dipping in and out of Female Lines: New Writing by Women from Northern Ireland, continuing a strand first explored in The Female Line: Northern Irish Women Writers, which was published in 1985.

Books • 09 Nov 17

Troubles

How Munich '72 changed Irish cycling forever

Review: Music Love Drugs War by Geraldine Quigley

Female Lines: New Writing by Women from NI

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