One-way graphic – Frank McNally on the south-facing statues of Dublin’s main street

An Irishman’s Diary

Fall rising - On harvest moons and other happenings

An Irishman’s Diary

Roaring Trade: On the highs and (occasionally fatal) lows of Dublin’s lion business

An Irishman’s Diary

From Sirr, with love: A poet’s search for Dublin’s soul

Leaving Cert English 2: Most user-friendly choice 'in decades’

Higher level exam judged to be a good test of students’ abilities overall

The writing ritual: from blank page to Booker contender

Doughnuts and cigarettes or blindfold, earmuffs and earplugs? Writers can have odd ways of getting ready for their working day – or night. Gavin Corbett, Christine Dwyer Hickey, Henrietta McKervey, Thomas Morris and Paul Murray take us into their creative worlds

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Theo Dorgan wins Irish Times-Poetry Now award

Cork-born poet takes €2,000 prize for ‘Nine Bright Shiners’ collection

Classical Music: The odd imbalance of ‘Ten Thousand Miles Away’, and the place of period performance

The Royal Irish Academy of Music’s collaborative concert was strong on Irish writers but weak on our composers

Waking into ecstasy, escaping into books, buzzing into death

Peter Sirr: The Rooms; Martina Evans: Burnfort, Las Vegas; Miriam Gamble: Pirate Music

Poetry Now shortlist for best single volume by Irish poet

The five shortlisted writers for the award being given on March 21st have strong track records

From animated alphabets to cakes in space and on to degrading Dublin

‘Splintered Light’ is an intricate, ingenious novel, bringing together the stories of three British teenagers when they are sucked into the unsavoury world of adult criminality

Dennis O’Driscoll’s rich legacy recalled at prize ceremony

Celebration was tinged with a shared sadness at the loss of an original voice

Dennis O’Driscoll’s rich legacy recalled at prize ceremony

Celebration was tinged with a shared sadness at the loss of an original voice

Poetry prize for O’Driscoll last collection

Poet died last December and award will be presented to widow