Novels: Night Shift, (Brandon Books, 1982); TheWoman's Daughter, (Raven Arts Press, 1987, revised and enlarged editon by Penguin, 1991); The Journey Home (Viking, 1990); Emily's Shoes, (Viking, 1992); A Second Life, (Penguin, 1994); Father's Music (Flamingo, 1997); Temptation (Flamingo, 2000); The Valparaiso Voyage (Flamingo, 2001); and The Family on Paradise Pier (4th Estate, 2005). Plays: The Lament for Arthur Cleary, (The ProjectTheatre, 1989); Blinded by the Light, (The Abbey Theatre, Peacock stage, 1990); In High Germany (The Gate Theatre,1990); The Holy Ground (The Gate Theatre, 1990); One Last White Horse (ThePeacock, 1991) Greatest Hits, One Act Plays (New Island Books, 1997); April Bright/Blinded by the Light (Dublin, The Peacock Stage, and London, Nick Hern Books, 1997); The Passion of Jerome (The Peacock, 1999; Methuen, London, 1999); From These Green Heights (AXIS - Ballymun Arts and Community Resource Centre, 2004; Dublin, New Island Books, 2005); and Walking the Road, (Tallaght, Civic Theatre, 2007) Poetry: The Habit of Flesh, 1980; FinglasLillies, 1981; No Waiting America, 1982; all published by Raven Arts Press; Internal Exiles, (Dublin, Dolmen, 1986;) Leinster StreetGhosts (Raven Arts Press,1989); Taking My Letters Back, New and Selected Poems (Dublin, New Island Books, 1998); and The Chosen Moment(Dublin, New Island Books, 2004 [limited signed edition, Oxford, Joe McCann, 2004]). He has edited numerous books, including the seminal A Bright Wave/AnTonn Gheal (Raven Arts Press, 1989); Invisible Dublin (Raven Arts Press (1985); Ireland In Exile (New Island Books, 1993); Letters from The New Island (Raven Arts Press, 1995); Finbar's Hotel (New Island Books, 1997); its sequel, Ladies Night atFinbar's Hotel (Picador, 1999); and The Picador Book of Contemporary Irish Fiction (Picador, 1993). He has also written several film scripts.