Michael Longley: ‘Most men don’t like intelligent women. I just hang on their every word’
The poet met his wife, Edna, as a student at Trinity College Dublin. She has been the constant in a life that Longley reflects on in his new selected poems
Michael Longley
North stars: ‘The vitality of Northern Irish writing has always coincided with political upheaval’
Belfast has a healthy literary scene, closely connected with Queen’s University, whose creative writing tutors include poets Gail McConnell and Stephen Sexton
Brendan Kennelly obituary: Gifted poet, academic and storyteller
A writer who grew up in a pub, Kennelly learned how to tell a story and hold an audience
How The Irish Times reviewed ‘an impressive young Ulster poet’ named Seamus Heaney in 1966
Michael Longley’s review of Death of a Naturalist was not entirely uncritical
Another Life: None flies straighter or with more urgency than the wren
Michael Viney: This little bird’s adaptability and pioneering spirit has created about 50 distinct races in different habitats worldwide
‘My passport’s green’: why was Seamus Heaney used in Northern Ireland branding?
Use of poet in campaign for 100th anniversary of Northern Ireland causes controversy
Let’s have a competition for a new national anthem
Militaristic, nationalistic language of Amhrán na bhFiann will have to go
The Irish Times view on TCD’s lawns: let them run wild
Trinity College Dublin wants to manage its very formal front lawns as wildflower meadows
Distinctive history of nature literature compiled in insightful anthology
Woven Shades of Green is a ‘a generous treasury of Irish nature poetry and prose’
The machair at Dooaghtry is teeming with rare and precious organisms
A soft day in late spring finds them copulating everywhere in the dunes
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
Irish Pages: words for a time when hope and history no longer rhyme
The current edition of Northern Ireland’s literary journal marks 20 years of the Belfast Agreement – and the overriding mood is one of disillusionment and despair
Derek Mahon wins this year’s Irish Times Poetry Now award
Belfast-born poet wins award for third time for his latest work Against the Clock
Fintan O’Toole: Britain, send your creative refugees our way
Ireland can capitalise on the Brexit brain drain from across the Irish Sea
The best of Eileen Battersby, from Tolstoy to Paul Simon
Our late literary correspondent on Darina Allen, Martin Amis, Nigel Kennedy and more
Eileen Battersby: Inquisitive and brilliant, lonely and kind
Authors, colleagues and friends pay tribute to the late Irish Times literary correspondent
The Lyric Theatre at 50: a cultural bridge in a divided city
It opened its doors on the cusp of the Troubles, but Belfast’s Lyric has survived
A cautionary tale: The life and death of one-armed striker Jimmy Hasty
Remarkable ex-Dundalk player became another tragic casualty of the Troubles
Skylarks stunned me, just like the poets the bird has hoisted into verse
Another Life: Michael Viney on his awe for a key voice in ‘Dawn Chorus 2018’
Leontia Flynn wins Irish Times Poetry Now Award
‘The Radio’ was one of five books shortlisted by the judges
Decency survived despite the barbarity
Something deeper prevailed in March 1988 to prevent tribal bloodletting in the North
How the west gave a poet his dream and identity
Another Life: Michael Viney on Richard Murphy’s Connemara life
A giant who sought solutions as he strode many stages with integrity
Maurice Hayes obituary: Born July 8th, 1927 – Died December 23rd, 2017
‘Diamond standard’ Dr Maurice Hayes remembered at funeral
Late former senator ‘a giant who strode the stage of life in so many and varied roles’
Folk opera, Kraut-psych and punk thuggery: this week’s rock/pop highlights
Get thee to Micah P Hinson, Ulrika Spacek, The Stunning, Jenny Hval, The Fontaines, Vitalic, The Mountain Goats, Duke Special, Session Motts and Future Proof with Nialler 9
Ireland still ‘values the imagination’, President tells festival
Clifden Arts Festival also pays tribute to artist and writer Tim Robinson
Michael Longley: ‘Being 77 and three-quarters is the best time of my life’
The Belfast poet on his latest collection and the ‘clickety-clickety-click’ thrill of writing
Michael Viney elected to the Royal Irish Academy
‘Irish Times’ columnist and environmentalist among 18 people recognised by RIA
‘Irish Times’ Poetry Now Award won by Paddy Bushe
Dublin-born poet wins €2,000 prize for his collection ‘On A Turning Wing’
Eamonn Mallie: Hope and history rhymed for Arlene Foster but she did not hear them
With her lack of grace, the First Minister missed a chance to change the tone in North's politics
Family of Seamus Heaney open centre dedicated to late poet
£4.25m Bellaghy facility a permanent exhibition about life and work of Nobel Laureate
Island culture: events worth getting on the boat for
The Drop Everything cultural biennial will soon take over Inisheer with art, music, and a specially built sauna
Funeral of Basil Blackshaw hears he found ‘wonder in the ordinary’
Celebrated Co Antrim painter described as man who was rooted in rural life
How to help your brain to learn well
Trinity College lecturers look at how our memory works and what we can do for it
Cultural greats honour Edna O’Brien’s life and writing
Gathering in Dublin includes Paddy Moloney, Michael Longley and Olivia O’Leary
Caitríona O’Reilly wins ‘Irish Times’ Poetry Now award
Poet’s collection ‘Geis’ was described as ‘intense and intelligent’ by this year’s judges
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
Enigmatic Antrim artist Basil Blackshaw gives BBC programme insight into work
Antrim painter once attended exhibition wearing bag over his head
An artistic inheritance that pays off: Visual art round-up
Nick Miller was inspired by working in the late Edward McGuire’s donated studio
Martin McGuinness refuses to say if he killed people while in IRA
Senior Sinn Féin member is asked question repeatedly during new interview on Irish TV
Eileen Battersby on Friel: ‘Astonishing, a privilege’
‘Our world is better for having had Brian Friel in it and now seems a lot smaller’
Punching above our weight: Poetry magazine turns Chicago green again
25 poets in special Irish issue of ‘Poetry’ are worthy of international exposure, says Patrick Cotter
Another Life: Land and sea locked into a timeless exchange
Where do the oceans get their new calcium from if not rivers rushing out dissolved limestone from the land?
What is poetry? Three masters look for answers
Beekeeping, Belfast and Buddhism: books of lectures by Harry Clifton, Paula Meehan and Michael Longley cast the net wide
Michael Longley’s Sea Asters: publishing as a work of art
Read a sample from Michael Longley’s new work, illustrated by his daughter Sarah, the latest fine press publication by Andrew Moorhouse, a lover of bespoke books
Michael Longley wins Griffin International Poetry Prize
Blue Sonoma by Jane Munro is Canadian winner of prize
Belfast artist examines Troubles through portraits
Colin Davidson’s Silent Testimony exhibition explores themes of loss and suffering
Warning that welfare cuts impasse will delay justice for Troubles victims in North
‘The Stormont House Agreement was included in the queen’s speech, but as there is still no agreement as to what it actually contains, it will remain open to political manipulation’
Miriam Lord: Fields of magic on trip to the Burren
The nature-loving royal visitor was in a very special place, and he knew it
Theo Dorgan wins Irish Times-Poetry Now award
Cork-born poet takes €2,000 prize for ‘Nine Bright Shiners’ collection
Michael Longley receives freedom of Belfast
Michael D Higgins praises poet for his body of work and role in the Belfast Agreement
Poetry Now shortlist for best single volume by Irish poet
The five shortlisted writers for the award being given on March 21st have strong track records
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