Let Me Go Mad In My Own Way by Elaine Feeney: An ambitious, thoughtful, nicely layered book
A novel written in transparent, unshowy prose, enabling the narrative to maintain its focus on the protagonist
Aosdána
Storyteller’s shadow: Patrick Smyth on his mother Jennifer Johnston
Jennifer Johnston’s relationship with her father is far from her whole story but she remained wrongly convinced she was still in his shadow
Clare Daly finds a Dublin Central political address once linked to her ally Mick Wallace
Plus: no sign of the next laureate for fiction; the less-than-diverse membership of Aosdána; and Niall Blaney’s poor attendance record
Writers pay tribute to Edna O’Brien, whose fearless honesty changed Ireland
President Michael D Higgins among those saluting a ‘superb writer possessed of the moral courage to confront Irish society’ who has died in London at 93
‘I thought we could have fun by turning one of the landmark images on its head, filling it with women’
The School of Hibernia, an Irish, all-woman reimagining of Raphael’s School of Athens, showcases achievement, solidarity and perseverance
Eight new members elected to Aosdána
Booker winner Paul Lynch among new members of creative artists’ association
What makes the Happy Pear unhappy? Building a 5G mast beside their organic farm
Plus: Jack Crowley’s financial conversion, architect Tom de Paor’s Wicklow woes, Siún Ní Raghallaigh’s Galway house sale, and Dublin jarveys say neigh to Harry Crosbie
‘Racism is so recyclable. It’s toxic. The far-right stuff is on my doorstep’
Playwright and activist Rosaleen McDonagh says: ‘The far-right stuff is on my doorstep...I didn’t think people would be burning buildings and blocking libraries. That scares the living daylights out of me’
When Jesus met John the Baptist – a new exhibition of 16th-century art
Displays include Renaissance works, and art by Mick O’Dea, Sam Keogh and Fergus O’Ryan
Aosdána names five newly elected members
Writer Anne Enright and visual artist Amanda Coogan among association’s new members
Rosaleen McDonagh: ‘This is the best moment of my life’
Aosdána member on surviving Covid-19, racism against Travellers and reclaiming power through writing
Charity auction to raise funds for monumental Sandycove sculpture
The Imogen Stuart structure would stand like a Celtic monolith looking out to sea
Twelve artists elected to Aosdána
Association honours new members in artforms such as writing, drama, dance and film
Election 2020: 10 things you should ask your candidate but probably won’t
As funding for the arts continues to erode, here are the questions to ask on the doorstep
Crosswords & Puzzles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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