Ryan Tubridy for once appears winded, uncertain how to proceed

Radio: His naturally upbeat manner plays a crucial role in a poignant conversation

‘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

It’s time for Ray D’Arcy to wake up from his Montrose torpor

Radio Review: The former Today FM host sounds jaded on RTÉ Radio 1

Lagan Behind – An Irishman’s Diary about JoAnn Falletta and Van Morrison

Poet and Rooney Prize winner Gerard Fanning dies

The poet and civil servant wrote ‘some of the finest poems of his generation’

Francis Ledwidge statue to be unveiled in Slane

Meath-born poet and soldier was killed 100 years ago at Battle of Passchendaele

Francis Ledwidge: a deeply complex Irishman

His death 100 years ago was a loss to Irish literature and to post-independence Ireland

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New stamp marks centenary of the death of Francis Ledwidge

Slane-born poet and soldier was killed on the first day of the Battle of Passchendaele

Irish poets in time of war: the battle to be heard

Gerald Dawe discusses some of the background to his new book, Of War and War’s Alarms: Reflections on Modern Irish Writing

Gerald Dawe: ‘The Belfast I left behind doesn’t exist anymore’

Poet’s new collection of memoirs and essays includes early poems capturing Ireland north and south on cusp of change

100 years of John Berryman

The centenary of the American poet, admirer of WB Yeats and one-time Dublin resident, is marked by the publication of two books and a conference in the city

Colin Barrett wins Rooney Prize for ‘Young Skins’ short story collection

‘A shimmering debut’ from a ‘dazzling writer’

Brought to Book: Gerald Dawe on the joy of getting a book in place and the anxiety after

`Use it or lose it'

Another step on Galway’s stairway to heaven

An Irishwoman’s Diary about literary voices old and new