The Irish Times

Let’s have a competition for a new national anthem

Militaristic, nationalistic language of Amhrán na bhFiann will have to go

Tue Mar 10 2020 - 06:00

Galway 2020: no sponsorship raised in six months and almost €130,000 spent on fees

Two Aosdána poets calling for artists to take over cultural capital project’s creative leadership

Fri Oct 19 2018 - 21:49

Galway 2020: Poet Rita Ann Higgins compares it to Dante’s Inferno

Higgins calls for team of local artists to be appointed to provide creative lead

Wed Oct 17 2018 - 20:37

Galway Capital of Culture: first the euphoria, now the questions

First Galway 2020’s creative director quit; now funding questions are being asked

Sat Jun 30 2018 - 06:30

Argos goes green . . . but for a house in the garden, try a big red affair

Home Front: short of space at home but don’t want to move? A garden house is an increasingly popular option

Sat May 26 2018 - 06:00

Eighth Amendment is a relic of harsh times for women

Ireland cannot be said to be a different place until amendment is removed

Sat Jan 20 2018 - 01:00

Literary listings: Merriman Summer School, Yeats in Dublin, and Rebellion at Stinging Fly

A round-up of upcoming events in the books world

Wed Aug 12 2015 - 15:33

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

Wed Mar 18 2015 - 01:00

Louis de Paor’s unsentimental poems lead to a fresh treatment of old material

Alan Gillis is a master of catching his reader by surprise

Sat Oct 25 2014 - 00:34

President Higgins warns against any attempt to ‘erase the past’

New poetry trail in Letterfrack acknowledges history of former industrial school

Sat Oct 18 2014 - 01:00

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

Poetry of Rita Ann Higgins on Cúirt literary trail in Galway

Booker prize winning author among participants in week-long event

Wed Apr 09 2014 - 08:40

Another step on Galway’s stairway to heaven

An Irishwoman’s Diary about literary voices old and new

Mon Apr 07 2014 - 01:01