Mullingar author inspired poetry app

An new poetry app now available on iTunes was inspired by the late Josephine Hart, who died in June of last year.Born in Mullingar Josephine wrote the novel Damage, which was also a high profile film.The app is backed by the Josephine Hart Poetry Foundation, established to improve access to poetry and provide grants for education.Poems on the app (free on iTunes) are read by Jeremy Irons and Sinead Cusack among others.See:http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2012/0914/breaking1.htmlhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/jun/03/josephine-hart-obituary