Road to RepealRoad to Repeal: 50 Years of Struggle in Ireland for Contraception and Abortionopens in 1970 when the Irish Womens Liberation Movement burst onto the streets and screens of a society bewildered by women demanding equal status in the home and in the workplace. It tracks the bitter backlash to their successes that culminated in the Eighth Amendments fixture in the Irish Constitution in 1983. Over five decades, Road to Repeal describes and depicts

Heartbreaking and hilarious

in Eoin O’Brien’s words

The stories reflect on characters on the edge of life

'An invaluable account of an unusal upbringing and a wonderful portrait of two Irish men of letters

The ideal companion to works such as George Saunders A Swim in a Pond in the Rain or John Yorke’s Into the Woods: How Stories Work and Why we Tell Them

the unique pot and tub culture

In 'Honey Brown'

Assistant Chief Executive with An Post and is currently Managing Director of IPC Technology SC

the author

shopkeepers

'Johnsey Cunliffe is

‘The Lost Decade’