Irish middle aged women have credited ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ for causing an upsurge in their sex lives.

E.L. James, whose own husband is Irish, was the queen of the Irish book market in 2012. Her worldwide smash hit sexy trilogy ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ sold an approximate $4 million in Ireland, making her the highest earning writer in the Irish market for the year.

Katie Collins, 24, is the Irish woman who has penned ‘Can You Keep a Secret?’ a new blockbuster  memoir that is quickly being referred to as the “real” ‘50 Shades of Grey.’

The Irish husband of “Fifty Shades of Grey” author EL James has denied he was the inspiration for the erotic bestseller.

An Irish woman has just landed a lucrative publishing deal after her spoof version of international publishing phenomenon Fifty Shades of Grey got picked up by a major publisher recently.

Irish employees are being warned about sharing e-copies of the so-called “mommy porn” trilogy ‘50 Shades of Grey’ on their workplace’s networks. The graphic nature of the sexually explicit books could be flagged as inappropriate.

While Irish book sales have plummeted, EL James' erotic novel 'Fifty Shades of Grey' is still going strong, selling nearly as many copies in its first four months as 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows' did.

As if dominating worldwide book sales wasn’t enough, ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ will now be issuing an accompanying classical music album to the trilogy.

Billboard reports that ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ author E.L. James has selected fifteen classical tunes to be part of ‘Fifty Shades of Grey - The Classical Album.’

While on the media circuit for their latest movie “The Candidate”, co-stars Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis performed an impromptu reading of the erotic novel "50 Shades of Grey".

A “Fifty Shades of Grey” inspired sex festival is being held in Dublin this weekend with hundreds expected to attend.

Jennifer Trouton is reportedly “thrilled” with the shout-out she received in the massively popular “50 Shades of Grey” trilogy, penned by EL James. Trouton’s painting, 'Looking At the Overlooked' is discussed by the two main characters in the book's opening chapter.

Sheila O'Flanagan, the bestselling Irish fiction writer of titles like Better Together, told the press this week that the hype surrounding erotic novel '50 Shades of Grey' is undeserved.

Ryan Gosling and Irish heartthrob Michael Fassbender have been tipped by bookmakers as the favorite to play the lead role in a Hollywood adaptation of literary and “mommy porn”  sensation “50 Shades of Grey.”

"Shades of Grey" author EL James, whose real name is Erika Mitchell, lives a normal life very different from the erotically-charged novels she pens.

'Shades of Grey,' the erotic novel that has started a new literary trend called "mommy porn," has caused many Irish women to throw caution to the wind and go out and grab a copy as well to sex up their lives.