Twelve artists elected to Aosdána
Association honours new members in artforms such as writing, drama, dance and film
Stephen Rea says people should quietly prepare for ‘inevitable’ united Ireland
Actor stage tribute to poet Ciaran Carson in Kilmainham Gaol as part of TradFest
Ciaran Carson obituary: Gifted poet who drew the streets of Belfast with his words
Prominent member of ‘Belfast Group’ of poets which included Seamus Heaney, Michael Longley and Paul Muldoon
‘Ciaran Carson drew Belfast better than anyone I ever read’
Sinéad Morrissey, John Banville and fellow writers salute a great man and a great poet
Award-winning Belfast poet Ciaran Carson dies aged 70
Member of Aosdána and Fellow of Royal Society of Literature won many literary awards
Paul Muldoon: On My Culture Radar
The Pulitzer Prize-winning poet on his love of Derry Girls, Glen Hansard’s new album and Etto
Schrödinger’s Cat Melodeon – Frank McNally on music, physics, and Hiberno-English
An Irishman’s Diary
Forget the Wild Atlantic Way: here are the Northern Literary Lands
Seán Doran and Liam Browne want people in the Border counties to celebrate their shared literary heritge
And then there were five: Poetry Now shortlist announced
Four women and one man will vie for this year’s €2,000 best Irish collection prize
Visual art round-up: Brian Ballard’s paintings get better with age
The Belfast painter's work has aged very well
West Belfast poet doubted Sinn Féin’s ability to advise on Irish language
Northern state papers 1987: ‘Some groups did not wish to be associated with Sinn Féin’
A fusillade of question-marks: Ciaran Carson on Troubles art
The Belfast poet draws connections between literature and art, exploring the work of Basil Blackshaw, Dermot Seymour, John Kindness and Elizabeth Frink
Three Irish poets shortlisted for £10,000 Forward Prize
Ciaran Carson, Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin and Paul Muldoon in running for Best Collection award
Philip Hensher: ‘Don’t aspire to be an author. Just aspire to write a particular book’
‘I’ve read Proust four times and every time it felt like a major punctuation mark in my life’
New and classic translations bring clarity to medieval poems
Maurice Riordan (Ed): The Finest Music; Ciaran Carson: From Elsewhere
Louis de Paor’s unsentimental poems lead to a fresh treatment of old material
Alan Gillis is a master of catching his reader by surprise
A magnificent tribute to Seamus Heaney
The fearless beauty of his poetry shone out of every aspect of the National Concert Hall celebration
Irish poet Sinéad Morrissey wins prestigious TS Eliot Prize
Belfast poet’s fifth collection described as politically, historically and personally ambitious
Grounded in Belfast, where it all began
Sinéad Morrissey, the city’s first poet laureate, is intrinsically bound to her home place, although her background isn’t quite what you might expect
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