Charlie Bird has dedicated his victory at the An Post Book Awards to the memory of Vicky Phelan and others.
The renowned journalist who’s battling Motor Neurone Disease struck up a friendship with the late Mooncoin native who’d previously won the overall book of the year for her memoir ‘Overcoming’.
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Last night Charlie was declared winner of the Biography of the Year category and this morning tweeted this:
A range of readings was feted at the event:
