Irish painter’s estate includes unpublished Heaney poem
Cambridge University pays ‘six-figure sum’ for material belonging to late Barrie Cooke
Garech Browne: The spendthrift Irish aristocrat who burned through millions
Guinness heir synonymous with Luggala, the Wicklow estate where he held lavish parties
Bringing humanity to the study of bipolar
American psychiatrist and writer Kay Redfield Jamison has been open about sharing her experiences of mania and depression and wants other to do the same
Writing my way through the pain of my daughter’s birth and death
Thirty-five years have passed since my baby daughter died, and I nearly ended my life
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The Terry Wogan statue in Limerick is a case of a good artist producing bad art
Derek Walcott: exuberant poet in love with the magic of words
The Nobel laureate was funny, explosively opinionated, playful and occasionally outrageous
Poetic beasts: rhyming cats and dogs
Poets find fruitful focus in writing about their domestic pets, says Maureen Kennelly
100 years of John Berryman
The centenary of the American poet, admirer of WB Yeats and one-time Dublin resident, is marked by the publication of two books and a conference in the city
Flannery O’Connor was ‘possibly the most theologically alert writer of the 20th century’
Opinion: She felt a strong solidarity and compassion for searching unbelievers
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`Use it or lose it'
Her wetsuit wasn’t sexy and felt as cold as a fish
There were huge waves in Mullaghmore on the day my friend died
Obituary: Heaney ‘the most important Irish poet since Yeats’
His books sold and continue to sell in the tens of thousands, while hordes of ‘Heaneyboppers’ flocked to his readings
Tributes paid to ‘keeper of language’ Seamus Heaney
Poet's death has brought a 'great sorrow' to Ireland
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