Anne Carson wins Nobel Prize in Literature 2026
There have been 122 literature laureates to date, of whom only 18 have been women
Anne Carson
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Nobel Prize in literature 2020: who will win after after years of scandal?
Experts are predicting a cautious choice this week after last year’s divisive award to Peter Handke
Second-generation Irish: ‘We were outsiders among the English – and the Irish too’
Ian Duhig’s parents emigrated to England in the 1950s in search of a better life. In this essay, he looks at growing up under the influence of Ireland and never feeling quite at home
Ireland's motorists urged to be careful following deadly week
Gardaí and the AA appeal to drivers to exercise caution ahead of bank holiday
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As always, the shows being staged encompass the weird, the wonderful and the wacky
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