Mary O’Donoghue started off with €500 worth of books in her second-hand bookshop The Book Lady, which she claims is the smallest bookshop in Ireland. Now, she estimates that the tiny bookshop located in Boyle, Co Roscommon has about 7,000 books on offer. O’Donoghue opened the shop in 2012 and has since been updating her stock mainly though buying from charity shops and car boot sales. She does not operate an online store or buy from any wholesalers which has made her bookselling trade more difficult in recent years. “My job is actually harder now than it was a few…

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