Brian Hogan reads books with his ears now, after a single-punch assault left him blind and living with a brain injury. A reader all her life, “books would be like a comfort to me”. Photograph: Eamon WardAdults who have fallen out of the habit of reading books are particularly encouraged to pick one up this Saturday (February 28th) on Ireland Reads Day. Blogging about the 100 as he went, led to the setting up of the Rick O’Shea book club on Facebook. “I couldn’t read until I was nine and a half so I really relied on the adults in my life to read [to me].

Source: The Irish Times February 24, 2026 18:01 UTC