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By Steven Roberts
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DATA Protection for Marketers: A Practical Guide is a short, jargon-free guide to understanding and managing data protection best practice. Published by Orpen Press, the book avoids legal and compliance jargon and is recommended reading. It presents data privacy principles in a simple and transparent manner, focusing on the practical steps that marketers can adopt, along with useful case study examples.
Since the introduction of GDPR, marketing and education professionals must have a thorough understanding of data protection. The penalties for non-compliance are considerable, with fines of up to €20 million or 4 per cent of turnover. The potential for brand and reputational damage is significant. The book is written by Steven Roberts, a marketing and data protection expert with extensive experience in both sectors. It is available at Amazon, Eason and from all good bookstores.
Orpen Press • Around €18
The Coastal Atlas of Ireland
By Robert Devoy, Val Cummins, Barry Brunt, Darius Bartlett & Sarah Kandrot
Irish Women Poets Rediscovered
By Maria Johnston and Conor Linnie
IRISH Women Poets Rediscovered is a ground-breaking collection of original essays which brings to new recognition the lives and work of seventeen remarkable Irish women poets spanning the eighteenth to the twentieth century.
Its unique format combines the poetry anthology with the essay as each poet is presented first in their own words with a key poem which is followed by an engaging and original essaystyle response. Of interest to both the poetry scholar and the general reader, the volume offers lively, fresh and accessible introductions to the work of a range of Irish women poets.
Cork University Press • Around €39
Why Can't We? The story of The Cranberries and their iconic front woman Dolores O'Riordan By Niall Stokes
FULLY supported by The Cranberries and by the estate of Dolores O’Riordan, Why Can’t We? documents the birth and extraordinary rise of a band that made a city, indeed the entire county of Limerick, proud, and through such instantly recognisable hits as ‘Linger’, ‘Dreams’, ‘Zombie’ and ‘Ode To My Family’ helped to soundtrack the lives and loves of millions of people all over the world.
It is packed with exclusive neverbefore-seen images in a sumptuous, beautifully produced large format.
Hot Press Books • Around €40
ALTHOUGH there are existing guides about Ireland’s coastal geology, physical geography and landscapes, these are fragmented and mostly of a local nature. “The Coastal Atlas of Ireland” will aim to fill this gap by looking at the coastline of the entire island of Ireland as a whole, from the physical, human and environmental perspectives.
The Atlas will contribute towards the dissemination and outreach of scientific knowledge about the coasts of Ireland and of the processes that are shaping them, to the broader public, government and decision makers. The Atlas is relevant globally, to all those that are interested in coastal matters and the work is not just about Ireland, but "Ireland, as an analogue for many of the world’s coasts. Visually stunning, accessible and an academic tour de force, this Atlas will resonate with everybody who has a connection to Ireland and anybody interested in the Irish coast.
Cork University Press • Around €59
Connecting a Nation: The story of telecommunications in Ireland
By Deryck Fay
IRELAND is abuzz with telecommunications. Walk up any street from Dublin to Dingle and every second person is head-down in their mobile phone. The nation's software industry includes nine of the world's top ten tech firms.
Connecting a Nation illustrates these interconnections by drawing on personal stories, from the first day of work for an operator at Dublin's new telephone exchange in 1881, via the painful process of getting a phone installed in the 1970s, to the Ryanair website created by two students that ignited the digital revolution in Ireland. ..
UCD Press • Around €30
Trouble
By Philip Ó Ceallaigh
Fuelled by his piercing wit and unfaltering gaze, this new collection from Philip Ó Ceallaigh is both a meditation on human frailty and an unflinching interrogation of love—of its losses and gains, and the surprising ways that it delivers purpose and meaning to our lives.
Philip Ó Ceallaigh has published more than fifty stories, most of which are collected here and in his two previous collections, Notes from a Turkish Whorehouse and The Pleasant Light of Day. He is a recipient of the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature, among other awards. He lives in Bucharest.
“In this superb collection, the people he writes about are beautifully observed and precisely ‘fixed’.” - John Banville.
