Joe Duffy

Irish radio presenter and broadcaster, best known as the long-running host of RTÉ Radio 1's Liveline.

This list of books are ONLY the books that have been ranked on the lists that are aggregated on this site. This is not a comprehensive list of all books by this author.

  1. 1. Children Of The Troubles

    A compassionate, human-centred portrait of a generation shaped by the Northern Ireland conflict, gathering personal stories and reflections that illuminate how violence, fear and division affected childhoods, family life and identity. It examines the emotional scars and resilience that followed, the ways communities coped and sometimes perpetuated trauma, and the long-term social and political consequences carried into adulthood and across generations. Through intimate accounts and contextual insight, the work foregrounds the lived experience of young people caught between ideology and survival, and the challenges of rebuilding ordinary life after prolonged unrest.