Poetry cannot change the world, Seamus Heaney once said. But he also went on to clarify that what poetry could do is to allow the world to be viewed afresh
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Normal People author’s title sold almost 12,000 copies in first five days on market
The judges called Mayo writer’s Wild Houses ‘a propulsive, darkly comic account of misadventure in a small Irish town’
Irish author says he wonders what kind of writer he will be when his ‘feet touch the ground’
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Dublin-born writer’s The Bee Sting hailed as ‘fiction of the finest calibre’ at London ceremony
Anne Enright, Claire Kilroy and Megan Nolan in running for £30,000 fiction award
From cinema and theatre to television, folk music and literature, Ireland is enjoying unprecedented creative boom
In Operation Trumpsformation, Howard writes about Ross O’Carroll-Kelly’s father Charles, a corrupt local politician who has his eyes on greater power
Sebastian Barry, Joseph O’Connor, Claire Kilroy and Emma Donoghue up for €100,000 prize
Prophet Song pips Liz Nugent’s Strange Sally Diamond and Paul Murray’s The Bee Sting
Ireland has borne witness to one of the most significant periods in its modern literary history, a winning-streak that shows no sign of abating
Irish author on prizes, translations and being the second Laureate of Irish Fiction
It’s okay to gloat about our artistic accomplishments, fruits of a period of social turmoil
Before being shortlisted for the prize, Lynch’s book sold 2,643 copies. Last weekend that figure rose to 8,095
Irish Booker Prize winner reflects on his success, his writing roots and surviving cancer
Irish author’s fifth novel, set in an Ireland descending into chaos, is awarded £50,000 prize
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Winners of the 18th year of the An Post book awards will be announced at a ceremony in November
Roddy Doyle, Anne Enright and Irish booksellers on the real difference the prestigious award makes as two Irish writers hit shortlist
Sarah Bernstein, Jonathan Escoffery, Paul Harding and Chetna Maroo also in for £50,000 award
Sebastian Barry, Elaine Feeney, Paul Lynch and Paul Murray give selection of readings in city centre
Booker-longlisted novel is set in a dystopian Ireland, where secret police have emergency powers
Booker Prize 2023: Irish author is celebrating being cancer-free as well as being longlisted for Prophet Song
Sebastian Barry, Elaine Feeney, Paul Lynch and Paul Murray join nine other authors in the running for the literary award
Move comes as tech company combines with SaaS Optics following $150m investment in pair by Battery Ventures
Company led by Dubliner Paul Lynch and owned by Ed Byrne’s Scaleworks
Accused tried to stab father-in-law and then knocked him down, court hears
Wild Geese: Paul Lynch works in air-traffic control and fundraising for Irish charities in Paris
At-home testing start-up adding 50 roles, while US tech company to create 30 jobs
Man pleaded guilty to depositing 30 bags of household waste at St Michael’s Cemetery
Mia Gallagher’s speech to launch Alan McMonagle’s new novel at Hodges Figges
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