Colm Tóibín walks the ‘intense, haunted’ streets of Dublin
The city is full of ghosts ... in the house where Wilde grew up, the library where Yeats studied
The city is full of ghosts ... in the house where Wilde grew up, the library where Yeats studied
Books by Haverty, Theo Dorgan and James Harpur, plus Heaney poems selected by his family
Renouncing a life of wealth and privilege, the spirited and compassionate Constance Markievicz devoted herself to fighting for the causes of Irish freedom, women’s rights, and the poor
Patients suffering from PPND show symptoms similar to Alzheimer’s but the causes are different
Michael D Higgins among those to attend funeral of Irish poet who died aged 88
Tributes paid to poet’s part in setting up Aosdána to help artists and writers
Cronin was a fine critic who lived the interior life of the mind with grace and style
Co Wexford born writer served as an arts adviser to former taoiseach Charles Haughey
Cronin has had many lives: as a bar-stool confidant to Irish literary giants, adviser to Haughey and a renowned poet
Irish women writers: ‘A skilled wordsmith capable of wielding an inked scalpel to delightful and dastardly effect’
Thirty-four authors have made the longlist for the inaugural Laureate for Irish Fiction
The first novel by Kirsty Wark, the BBC Newsnight presenter, is surprisingly unambitious ‘women’s fiction’
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices