Maeve Binchy

'Circle Of Friends' is set in 1950's Ireland. The movie focuses on Benny Hogan and her best friend, Eve Malone... (imdb)

HOW ABOUT YOU tells the story of Ellie, a young woman left in charge of the residential home run by her older sister, over the Christmas period. Whilst most of the residents have left to spend the festive period with their families, four residents, known as 'the hardcore' remain. Their behavior is so terrible that the home faces closure as potential new residents are put off by their appalling antics.

Two women -- one American, one Irish -- swap houses and alter the course of their lives. (imdb)

Two Irish emigrants Ruth and Neil come together to realise her dream of running a small hotel in the hills outside the city.

The lives of seven friends who share a bus from their village to Dublin every day get complicated as the reasons for their discontent are revealed.