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# short story

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2022
The Irish Read: A short story from Wendy Erskine
Check out an extract from a story out of the Belfast writer’s new collection, Dance Move.
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Mar 13th 2022, 7:00 PM
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The Irish Read: A short story from Philip Ó Ceallaigh's new collection, Trouble
Enjoy a section from a new work by an Irish author this Sunday morning.
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Jun 6th 2021, 10:00 AM
The Irish Read: A short story from Adrian Duncan's new collection
Enjoy a section from a new work by an Irish author this Sunday morning.
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May 16th 2021, 10:00 AM
Have your work featured on TheJournal.ie thanks to RTÉ's short story competition
This year’s judges are Lisa McInerney, Declan Hughes and Lisa Caldwell.
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Mar 3rd 2021, 6:00 PM
Opinion: Want to use this time to write a short story? Here are some top tips
We have some tips from author Vincent Woods to inspire you.
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Aug 8th 2020, 7:00 PM
Write short stories? Here's your chance to have your work featured on TheJournal.ie and RTÉ
The RTÉ Short Story competition is back for 2020 – and once again we’ll be featuring three winning stories on our site.
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Feb 25th 2020, 2:31 PM
A short story before bedtime: The Boxer Rebellion
Read the third place winner in this year’s RTÉ Radio 1 Short Story Award, in memory of Francis McManus.
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Sep 22nd 2019, 7:00 PM
A short story before bedtime: Vena Amoris
The story came second in this year’s RTÉ Short Story Awards in memory of Francis McManus.
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Sep 21st 2019, 8:00 PM
RTÉ Radio 1 short story award winner: 'Honey Days'
Read the overall winner of this year’s RTÉ Radio 1 Short Story Award, in memory of Francis McManus.
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Sep 15th 2019, 7:00 PM
A short story before bedtime: Bluebell Meadow by Benedict Kiely
Kiely would have been 100 on 15 August of this year. Born in Dromore, he had a long and prolific writing career.
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Aug 31st 2019, 8:00 PM
Want to get writing and featured on TheJournal.ie? RTÉ Radio 1's short story competition is now open
The winners of the RTÉ Radio 1 Short Story Competition will have their work featured on TheJournal.ie and on the station.
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Feb 19th 2019, 8:00 PM
'‘Have you seen her legs?’ and other stories from Fat Land': An award-winning short story before bedtime
The story, by Claire Mulligan, won third prize at this year’s RTÉ Radio 1 Short Story Competition in honour of Francis McManus.
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Sep 19th 2018, 8:30 PM
'Ashes': An award-winning short story before bedtime
Ashes, by Claire Zwaartmann, won first prize at this year’s RTÉ Radio 1 Short Story Competition in honour of Francis McManus.
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Sep 17th 2018, 8:00 PM
Short story: 'To all their dues'
We feature a short story by Belfast writer Wendy Erskine from the new collection, Stinging Fly Stories.
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May 21st 2018, 8:00 PM
Who was Francis MacManus, and how did he inspire Ireland's longest-running short story contest?
The competition – described as a “window on Irish society” – is now open to entries.
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Mar 29th 2018, 12:06 PM
Short story: 'When Blue Snowflakes Fall' by Eoin Dolan Lane
The Broken Spiral, an anthology of short stories which will raise funds for the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre.
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Nov 25th 2017, 7:30 PM
Francis McManus short story winner: The Flare Carves Itself Through The Dark
Colin Walsh has been announced as this year’s winner of the Francis MacManus Short Story Competition. This is his winning story.
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Oct 1st 2017, 7:30 PM
A short story before bedtime: Levitation
Taken from Levitation, the latest collection by Irish writer Sean O’Reilly.
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Sep 24th 2017, 7:30 PM
An award-winning story before bedtime: I Could Have Been a Dancer
Read a story which won the First Fiction award at this year’s Hennessy Literary Awards.
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Apr 2nd 2017, 9:30 PM
An award-winning short story before bedtime: The Taking of Mrs Kennedy
Read the winner of the Emerging Fiction category in this year’s Hennessy Literary Awards.
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Apr 1st 2017, 8:00 PM
'Crouched Burial': An award-winning poem before bedtime
A poem from this year’s Hennessy Awards Winner for Emerging Poetry, Una Mannion.
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Mar 29th 2017, 7:30 PM
A girl was forced to miss a school test because her outfit was 'too distracting'
“She told me she’d rather me completely miss the test than distract the boys from doing well on theirs.”
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Jan 21st 2016, 8:18 AM
"D-yeh know what it is - ? He made me happy": Roddy Doyle's perfect tribute to Bill
Roddy’s famous ‘two men in the pub’ have been weighing in on the sports anchor’s passing.
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May 26th 2015, 8:45 AM
'He’s grand but he’s an irritatin’ little pr*ck as well' - Roddy Doyle's post on marriage equality is going viral
The author posted the short story on his Facebook page.
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Apr 30th 2015, 9:07 AM
Roddy Doyle wrote a great short story about marriage equality, and it's going viral
In which Ronaldo decides how one man is going to vote in the referendum. Read it.
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Apr 30th 2015, 8:41 AM
There is Microsoft Word porn, and the world is officially insane
Conquered by Clippy. *cries*
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Mar 13th 2015, 6:48 PM
JK Rowling to release a new Harry Potter short story on Halloween
This time, the reviled Professor Umbridge is in the spotlight.
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Oct 24th 2014, 7:43 PM
JK Rowling has written a brand new Harry Potter short story
It’s available to read on her website, Pottermore.
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Jul 8th 2014, 2:27 PM
Short Story: Whalesong
The third prize winner of the RTÉ Radio Francis MacManus Short Story Competition 2014.
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Jul 6th 2014, 12:00 PM
Short Story: The Chamber Pot
The second prize winner of the RTÉ Radio Francis MacManus Short Story Competition 2014.
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Jul 5th 2014, 12:00 PM
Short Story: The Oyster Catchers
The winner of the RTÉ Radio Francis MacManus Short Story Competition 2014.
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Jul 1st 2014, 7:30 PM
Watch Frank Kelly tell a great short story over a pint
‘Dog Pound’ has the Father Ted actor relate a real aul’ shaggy dog tale.
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Apr 9th 2014, 9:30 PM
This short Twitter story by R.L. Stine will give you Goosebumps all over again
The spooky tale by the childen’s horror author will take you right back.
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Jan 14th 2014, 5:30 PM
Jan Vertonghen pulled a Villa striker's shorts down and got away with it
Someone could have lost an eye.
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Sep 24th 2013, 9:30 PM
Hillsborough revisited in 'The Real Thing' short story
As Hillsborough families continue to strive for truth about how 96 people died, Irish writer Niamh Cooper O’Sullivan shares a fictional depiction of the horror of 15 April 1989.
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May 19th 2013, 5:00 PM
That awkward moment when Kieran Donaghy pulls your shorts down on TV
The Kerry forward embarrassed Laois native and Carlton prospect Zach Touhy after the Series win earlier.
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Nov 4th 2011, 12:31 PM
WIN: Tickets to Guests of the Nation at the NCH
Fancy attending the world premiere of the newly-restored 1935 film set to Niall Byrne’s new score? Read on…
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Sep 6th 2011, 12:24 PM