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The Sea Area Forecast is broadcast daily on RTÉ radio at 6 a.m. and midnight. Foretelling fair days or fierce storms coming in across our seas, it has become a national institution - its hypnotic, rhythmic language as reassuring as the Angelus. Acting as a gentle morning wake-up call and a soothing bedtime lullaby, it transports us to faraway places and describes weather patterns we can't comprehend. From Mizen Head to Malin, Valentia to Loop Head, and Carlingford Lough to Hook Head - rising or falling slowly, backing south-east to north-east or veering south-to-south-west it has a unique language all of its own, but what does it all mean?Here, meteorologist Joanna Donnelly takes readers on a journey around Ireland's Sea Area Forecast, visiting the places that are a familiar part of the daily broadcast and explaining its unique history, language and science.

A father-daughter Journey from Croagh Patrick to Santiago de Compostela.

A timely look at the possibility of an integrated and united Ireland from one of the country's most distinguished investigative journalists.

Dublin Tenement Life is one of the great books about the Irish capital. From first hardback publication it was recognized as an instant classic and was a huge critical and commercial success. It is now re-issued in small-format paperback.

Tom Garvin's bestselling and thought-provoking book looks at Ireland's public policy from 1920 to 1970, which, he argues, left large numbers of young people without preparation for life in the modern world.