The book now arriving on Platform 2 – Frank McNally on commemorating Ulysses in a Paris railway station

An Irishman’s Diary

Ulsysses first edition sells for €85,000

The book was bought by a private Irish buyer and will go on display to the public

There’s no better time to be pretentious than when you’re in college

Patrick Freyne’s guide to living, learning and being when you make it into third level

Hoodwinked, tongue-tied, fair play: Everyday phrases Shakespeare gave us

Dogs of war, wild-goose chases, salad days: William Shakespeare, who died 400 years ago this weekend, on April 23rd, 1616, coined so many of our phrases

Word for Word: Boy bands and the Bard

RyJoLC, an Irish education company, has designed a programme that helps students engage with Shakespeare by using One Direction lyrics and other modern references

First Irish edition of Shakespeare’s ‘The Merry Wives of Windsor’ sells in London

Making a merry jest of Shrew’s misogyny

Shakespeare’s early ‘screwball’ comedy, ‘The Taming of the Shrew’, is one of his most popular and controversial – so can an all-female cast take the edge of its sexism

This other ‘other Eden’

Can Shakespeare’s drama of a dethroned English King be turned into an Irish history lesson?