Books newsletter: a preview of Saturday’s pages; Dylan Thomas Prize; Classics Now; The Last Boy; Mick Herron award; Susan ...

From August 10-17, 2025, novelist S. Kirk Walsh (of the national bestseller The Elephant of Belfast) and award-winning poet ...

To Kill a Mockingbird will be touring the nation later this year. Directed by Bartlett Sher ( The King and I ), Aaron ...

Irish comedian Jimmy Carr is clear from the outset that if you’re easily outraged, his style of comedy – he’s a “politically ...

Hansard captures the passing of time with a lyric that gives him the title of his latest solo album: All That Was East Is ...

Everything to know about an off-grid Hansel and Gretel-inspired cottage can be found in Weston-under-Lizard, an eerie ...

Michael Longley was today hailed as one of Ireland’s greatest poets following his death aged 85. Irish president Michael D ...

Belfast-born writer Michael Longley has been remembered as “one of the greatest poets that Ireland has ever produced” following his death aged 85. Tributes have been paid to the poet, described as ...

Cornamona's Éamon Ó Cuív has been inaugurated as the 2025 President of Oireachtas na GaeilgeThe former Galway West TD served ...

ACCLAIMED IRISH POET Michael Longley died on Wednesday night in Belfast at the age of 85, following a short battle with illness.The poet was born in Belfast city in 1939 to English parents, but ...

It’s not every day that a literary masterpiece makes its way onto the stage, let alone does so with such overwhelming acclaim ...

A Derry designer, whose bags are loved by big names such as Amy Huberman, Angela Scanlon and Imelda May, is celebrating after being awarded prestigious, national accolades.