International Dublin Literary Award: Anna Burns becomes first Irish woman to win €100,000 prize
Troubles novel has already won Man Booker and Christopher Ewart-Biggs Literary Prizes
Tom MacIntyre: Writer who spoke to world from island off west of Ireland
Late poet and playwright was a storyteller who used his own silence to listen
James Kelman: ‘Irish writers get cushy jobs because they never challenge a single damn thing’
The Scottish novelist on being a thorn in the literary establishment’s side
Portrait of the artists: Danish painter donates work depicting Irish writers
National Library of Ireland officially accepts donaion from Claus Havemann
Niall MacMonagle on his Irish poetry anthology Windharp: my bunch of flowers
I hope this collection captures something of the country’s people and beliefs, its landscape, passions and politics since 1916. It’s my best attempt to create a One Country One Book poetry collection
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?
‘I might as well have my existential crisis in Edinburgh’
Ross Dungan had success in the Edinburgh Fringe as a performer but hated every moment – the switch to writing hasn’t harmed his career one bit
Culture shock: ‘Cruel’ and unusual? The facts of the Abbey story
Just what form of public accountability will the National Theatre tolerate?
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