President attends the launch of a translation of ‘Star of the Sea’ by Joseph O’Connor

Address at the Launch of Star Of The Sea by Joseph O’Connor

President Higgins, along with the Cuban Minister for Culture Abel Prieto and the author Joseph O'Connor, launched the publication of the Cuban edition of the novel 'Star of the Sea'' by Irish writer Joseph O'Connor.

The novel was launched at the Havana Book Fair, one of the largest Book Fairs in Latin America. According to the Cuban Ministry of Culture, this will be the first Irish novel to be published in Cuba since James Joyce's 'Ulysses'.

The launch took place in the iconic Morro Cabaña complex of fortifications which overlooks Havana Bay, where the Book Fair takes place each year. A number of other authors also participated in this year's Fair, including Colm Toibin, Michael McCaughan, Lisa McInerney, Dermot Keogh and Pura Lopez.