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Q: This is sort of an ‘asking for a friend’ question, if you know what I mean. Of all the things people do poorly when preparing – or failing to prepare – for interviews, which, in your experience, is the most grievous? Is there one that you encounter repeatedly? (DF, email).

There are three Sarah McInerneys: the gregarious Drivetime radio presenter with a hearty laugh, the tough TV interviewer regularly skewering politicians, and – surprisingly – the shy, Galway-accented woman who considers herself a country girl at heart.

THE CASE AGAINST:

Waiting outside the office of the Irish Times’ managing director, one might expect a snotty Moneypenny to usher you into a dark, wood-panelled study where a stern Judi Dench as M, in James Bond, will be enthroned at a leathered desk, waiting to receive, with a thousand-yard death stare.

The inside story of how pioneering feminist and activist Dr Micheline Sheehy Skeffington won her gender inequality case against the University of Galway is contained in a new book on the saga, out this week.

Westport Civic Trust public lectures return

New Late Late Show presenter, Patrick Kielty and former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, were among the notable luminaries who addressed a large gathering during a landmark major tourism conference in the Radisson Blu Hotel Athlone on Monday.

Join bestselling Irish co-authors of the Aisling series, Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen at Kennys Bookshop next Thursday Sept 7, as they join author and journalist Edel Coffey in conversation to celebrate the launch of their new novel, and the final book in their series, Aisling Ever After.