New poetry: Alia Kobuszko; John F Deane; Ruth Carr; and Tom Paulin’s razor-sharp return
Dream Latitudes, Jonah and Me, Catching the Missing Beat and Namanlagh reviewed
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Best poetry of 2025: Our critics share their top picks
Mícheál McCann, Declan Ryan and Martina Evans on their favourite poetry from this year
Tom Paulin wins PEN Heaney Prize for Namanlagh
Poet honoured for his 10th collection, his firs tin more than 10 years
Irish culture’s remarkable response to the political turmoil from 1891 to 1922
Irish art during the period both mirrored and shaped events in the political sphere
Northern Protestants at a crossroads
The North has changed dramatically, and unionism, instead of celebrating the centenary of the foundation of the Northern Irish state it used to dominate, is in crisis
A Derry Girl in Oxford: ‘The Troubles followed us over the Irish Sea’
Mary Minihan recalls the challenges and thrills of her student days in England
A rare and mighty force for good: memories of David Hammond
John Kelly on a film-maker whom Seamus Heaney called ‘a one-man peace process’
Family of Seamus Heaney open centre dedicated to late poet
£4.25m Bellaghy facility a permanent exhibition about life and work of Nobel Laureate
‘Seamus Heaney gave us permission to speak in our own voice’
Heaney’s ‘Aeneid’ is Virgil via way of the North. Two of the late poet’s friends, Stephen Rea and Neil Martin, ponder his legacy as they prepare to stage his version
Brian Friel takes the quiet road to final resting place
Playwright completes his journey to beloved Glenties without fanfare or ‘folderol’
Blowin’ our mind: what Van Morrison means to us
‘A punk before punk was a twinkle in its eye-linered eye,’ says poet Paul Muldoon. How do other fans and friends sum him up?
Stephen Rea to receive Irish Times Special Tribute Award
Award is part of the celebrations at this year’s Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards
Government needs to stick to €2bn adjustment, says fiscal advisor
Prof John McHale says backtracking would suggest ‘worrying weakening’ of commitment to new framework
Poetry: Shock of the new in a slew of selected poems
Tom Paulin, Harry Clifton, Noel Monahan and Paul Perry all have new collections
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Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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