Former envoys call for recognition of Palestinian state

Letter to Taoiseach signed by academics and artists urges Government to act ‘without delay’

Dublin Book Festival: eight to see this weekend

The 10th annual Dublin Book Festival takes place this weekend, hosting workshops, walks, talks and readings by some of Ireland’s prominent writers. Here are some of the must-sees

Children’s Books: Once Upon a Place, The Boy Who Fell off The Mayflower and The Day The Crayons Came Home

Two books showcase PJ Lynch’s superb illustrations, and the zany saga of the crayons continues, writes Robert Dunbar

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?

Rick O’Shea: an unversed choice for RTÉ’s new poetry show

The presenter of RTÉ’s new Poetry Programme can’t name a poem by Seamus Heaney. So can his popularity win over younger audiences?

The Times We Lived In

Compose your own ode to old Parnell Square

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Dublin book event to celebrate capital city in verse and song

One City One Book festival described as ‘world-leading example’ of how to promote literature

What Mandela meant to me

Poet laid to rest under shadow of sycamore trees

Priest says Bellaghy honoured that Heaney had chosen to be interred in his home town