The Trib, Highlights from the Sunday Tribune: v. 1 - Softcover

The Sunday Tribune was a powerful and challenging voice in Irish journalism until its closure in February 2011. Frequently stimulating national debate, it was the thinking person s Sunday newspaper. In The Trib, the paper s former journalists choose an eclectic mix of their favourite pieces from Noirin Hegarty s six years as Editor. They draw on the Tribune s celebrated news, analysis, arts and sports pages to give us an entertaining and thought-provoking picture of twenty-first century Ireland. Here, for the first time in book form, are bestselling author John Boyne s beautifully crafted short fiction columns; Michael Clifford on his time spent chillin with Prince s cat ; David Kenny on childhood and the growing pains that never go away; Diarmuid Doyle on his love affair with Coronation Street; Valerie Shanley on Jeremy Clarkson's motormouth; Una Mullally monkeying about with Fight Like Apes; Conor McMorrow talking with Wayne O'Donoghue in Midlands Prison; Patrick Freyne on reality TV (Irish style); Ferdia MacAnna on paternal bonding at an AC/DC gig; Tom Dunne on lesbian witches; Ali Bracken on suspected serial killer Larry Murphy; Liam Hayes on his battle with cancer; Justine McCarthy on George Gibney s destruction of a young swimmer's life; Claire Byrne on Katy French; Terry Prone on Obama before he was Obama; Shane Coleman on CJ Haughey and Euro 88 ... and much more.