PS: I've just won the NobelGate director Michael Colgan found out in Pinter's e-mail to him that the playwright had won the prize, he tells Rosita Boland…Fri Oct 14 2005 - 01:00
Me, myself and IWhen Rosita Boland decided to write a book about hidden Ireland, little did she guess that she would come across islands with…Sat Sept 17 2005 - 01:00
'Why do you put pineapple on pizza?'In the final of a weekly series, Rosita Boland discovers what Italian students expect from a trip to Ireland - and what they …Tue Aug 16 2005 - 01:00
Showing the holiday snapsTravel: In 2002, Christine Breen, her husband, novelist Niall Williams, and their two children, Deirdre and Joseph, went travelling…Sat Jun 11 2005 - 01:00
Thompson scoops prize for children's literatureKate Thompson has won the Bisto Book of the Year Award for the third time for her book Annan Water.Fri Jun 03 2005 - 01:00
The view from the topsTravel: In the last few years, there have been quite a few non-fiction books about Ireland, of varying degrees of quality.Sat Apr 23 2005 - 01:00
Looters' paradiseA sign at the entrance to the Angkor Conservation Office (ACO) in Siem Reap, Cambodia, requests all visitors to leave their weapons…Sat Mar 26 2005 - 00:00
Stories from ChinatownAs they prepare to celebrate the Year of the Rooster, Rosita Boland asks members of the Chinese community about their lives in…Sat Feb 05 2005 - 00:00
Northern exposuresPhotography Auroral Synapse is the tricky title of a very beautiful book of photographs by Anna Hill of the aurora borealis …Sat Jan 29 2005 - 00:00
Tiger's ghost tells her own storyMemoir 'Ghosting" is the term used when someone - usually a celebrity - "writes" their autobiography, aided by a professional…Sat Jan 22 2005 - 00:00
Arts Council to fund almost 300 bodies next yearThe Arts Council yesterday announced increased funding for arts organisations across Ireland for next year, with plans to fund…Tue Dec 21 2004 - 00:00
Around Ireland without Hinde sightTravel: Two new books about Ireland in one month, each of them tackling the subject of what it is like to live in Ireland today…Sat Dec 11 2004 - 00:00
Poetry, theatre and music honour Patrick Kavanagh centenary yearThe centenary of the birth of the poet Patrick Kavanagh was honoured in Dublin's City Hall yesterday.Fri Oct 22 2004 - 01:00
This girl's life, for children and adultsFiction: How I Live Now is American-born Meg Rosoff's startlingly good début novel, and on the strength of this one book alone…Sat Sept 04 2004 - 01:00
If only armchair sport was an Olympic eventAs a general rule, Rosita Boland doesn’t watch any sport. But every four years she makes an exception for the OlympicsSat Aug 14 2004 - 01:00
Where there's a will there's a blazing rowPortadown could have done with some good newsWed Jul 21 2004 - 01:00
A Gauling mismatchAsterix may be back, but for Rosita Boland , Tintin wins hands downSat Jul 17 2004 - 01:00
Dublin rejoices with Bloomsday celebrationsDublin: On sunny North Great Georges Street yesterday morning, the international television crews had difficulty keeping each…Thu Jun 17 2004 - 01:00
Soul searchingHas Ireland lost its soul, Archbishop Séan Brady asked this weekSat Jun 12 2004 - 01:00
Two nations under a grooveDavid Holmes and The Frames drew Chinese audiences to Beijing's most vibrant cultural quarter during the city's Irish arts festival…Wed Jun 02 2004 - 01:00
Looking for valueA new website helps users get a good deal on groceries, reports Rosita BolandMon May 31 2004 - 01:00
Park Avenue princesses go name-droppingPopular Fiction: Eew! Haven't come across that expression before? In the New York world populated by the Park Avenue princesses…Sat May 22 2004 - 01:00
Want to know what an 'Irishman's fart' is?Dictionary: It sounds like an Irish joke: the Welshman, who now lives in Greece, writing a dictionary of Irish phrasesSat May 15 2004 - 01:00
Turning abortion into a showGraphic footage of an abortion will be shown on TVSat Apr 17 2004 - 01:00
President leads the nation's tributes to 'icon'Many tributes were paid to Maureen Potter, actress and comedienne, who died yesterday at her home in Dublin at the age of 79.Thu Apr 08 2004 - 01:00
Tributes paid to Potter, a theatre legendMaureen Potter, the much-loved Dublin-born actor and comedian, died yesterday at her home in Clontarf, aged 79Thu Apr 08 2004 - 01:00
Minister hints at move for AbbeyThe Minister for Arts, Sports and Tourism, Mr O'Donoghue, has given his strongest indication yet that the National Theatre could…Wed Apr 07 2004 - 01:00
Costa packetIt's not only those travelling for several weeks or months who are now looking for more comforts.Wed Mar 10 2004 - 00:00
When you just haven't the heartNot everybody loves St Valentine's Day and all that comes with it - and whyshould they, asks Rosita BolandFri Feb 13 2004 - 00:00
Six new members elected by Aosdana assemblySix new members have been elected to Aosdána, the affiliation of creative artists in Ireland.Fri Feb 06 2004 - 00:00
Abbey announces its programme to mark next year's centenaryThe Abbey Theatre has given details of its programme of events to celebrate its centenary next yearThu Nov 20 2003 - 00:00
Arts community relieved at 19% funding increaseArts: There was an air of relief in the arts community yesterday following the announcement that €52Fri Nov 14 2003 - 00:00
Getting ready for RamadanIreland's Muslims are about to begin a month of fasting, reflection, worship and charityFri Oct 24 2003 - 01:00
The slow motion testI am a statistic. Usually my life is considerably more interesting than this, but right now, I am a figure; one of the 128,412…Wed Oct 15 2003 - 01:00
SpiegelIt's the final festival week and 7,000 people have been through the red velvet curtains of the Spiegeltent.Fri Oct 10 2003 - 01:00
#10,000 poetry prize for CarsonBelfast poet Ciarán Carson has won Britain's £10,000 Forward Prize for the best poetry collectionThu Oct 09 2003 - 01:00
Theatre Forum wants funding restoredThe newly-formed Theatre Forum organisation, which represents 160 performing arts groups, is to launch a national billboard campaign…Wed Oct 08 2003 - 01:00
spiel SpiegelYou step from the noise of central Dublin into a dimly lit 1930s-cabaret tent, all red velvet booths, candlelit tables, rococo…Fri Sept 26 2003 - 01:00
Let down by loveCrime P.D. James likes to set her crime novels in small, self-contained worldsSat Jul 12 2003 - 01:00
Shriver praises organisers for 'new kind of glory'PARENT POWER: "Forty years ago this week, I came to Ireland with my brother, John F Kennedy, and the first words that Éamon …Sat Jun 28 2003 - 01:00
Locals come out to cheer as the Russian team beat the odds as well as their rivalsVOLLEYBALL: It has become noticeable over the past few days that, apart from the 1,200-strong Team USA, not many delegations…Thu Jun 26 2003 - 01:00
Slogging away without any glory at prelimsSWIMMING: Abbotstown on a Tuesday morningWed Jun 25 2003 - 01:00
'You normally get money. My cousins got millions'Children's View: The children of Scoil Nioclás Naofa, Dunmore National School, Co Galway, will make their Communion on May 24th…Sat May 10 2003 - 01:00
Poetry readings led by HeaneyThe crowd at a May Day reading of poetry in the Dublin Writers Museum yesterday morning was enough to flatter a living poet, …Fri May 02 2003 - 01:00
Visiting the glories of Cambodian heritage before tourist influxON THE ROAD: Until a year ago, the men of Siem Reap rode around town on their motorbikes with guns strapped to their backsTue Jan 14 2003 - 00:00
Where every prospect pleases and only man is vileON THE ROAD: At the risk of sounding in need of some kind of help, perhaps a head examination, I'm going to say that island-…Wed Jan 08 2003 - 00:00
When the wanderlust is irresistible - even in the face of terrorist bombsRosita Boland has gone backpacking in AsiaSat Nov 23 2002 - 00:00
Proposed Arts Bill challenged at FG seminarSeveral provisions of the new Arts Bill were challenged at a seminar held in the Irish Writers' Museum in Dublin yesterday.Wed Sept 18 2002 - 01:00
Curios emerge from behind closed doorsThis summer the National Museum at Collins Barracks is putting on week-long displays of items kept in storage the rest of the…Tue Jul 30 2002 - 01:00
