The Irish Times

‘From the minute I started to write, I didn’t care if the house fell down around me’

Chef-turned-writer Louise Kennedy creates a stir with her debut book of short stories

Sat Apr 03 2021 - 00:00

Sligo libraries face closure due to council staff cuts

County associated with WB Yeats may lose two of its three libraries if staff cuts go ahead

Thu Sept 15 2016 - 06:00

‘Irlande 66/69’: photographs of Ireland taken in the 1960s

This new book by photographers Nutan and Yellow documents life almost 50 years ago

Sat Aug 06 2016 - 03:45

Older actors strike back against an ageist system

The Prime project helps older actors to get on top of cyber auditions and to get ahead in a notoriously ageist industry

Thu May 05 2016 - 07:00

Extended, bright four-bed semi in Dublin 14

Spacious family home with light-filled extension for €1.2 million

Thu Mar 17 2016 - 00:00

Converted coach-house in Monkstown

Charming three-bed property with extension for €850,000

Thu Feb 04 2016 - 02:00

Fracking is bad news story for book inspired by Leitrim Observer

Gleanings is the result of Monica Corish’s creative residency at her local newspaper, but she wants to make headlines about the threat fracking poses to the environment

Wed Dec 02 2015 - 12:54

Arigna pays tribute to miners on 25th anniversary of coal mines closing

Ex-miners, now guides, recall savage working conditions

Sat Mar 14 2015 - 01:00

Douglas Hyde Conference to focus on Ireland’s rural heritage

Speakers will reflect on contribution to arts of north midlands region

Sun Jul 13 2014 - 16:48

Dermot Healy laid to rest in Sligo amid music, dance and poetry

Writer laid to rest yesterday in the company of poets and artists, musicians and singers, a president and, above all, his neighbours

Fri Jul 04 2014 - 01:01

Sudden death of writer Dermot Healy inspires many tributes

‘A poet of oceanic forlorness in all his writings’

Tue Jul 01 2014 - 01:01

My Sligo/Brian Leyden

‘The biggest change of all is the amount of good food now available’

Mon Feb 24 2014 - 01:00

Ireland's boy racers fuel Johnny Gogan’s need for Speed

The Irish film-maker discusses his serious thriller about road racing in the Border counties

Fri Aug 30 2013 - 00:00