Derek Mahon: A Retrospective - A collection of essays that bring the poetry alive
The poet was always good, and the more Mahon the better, but it’s possible the best came first
Derek Mahon
Michael Longley: ‘Most men don’t like intelligent women. I just hang on their every word’
The poet met his wife, Edna, as a student at Trinity College Dublin. She has been the constant in a life that Longley reflects on in his new selected poems
When a ‘dungeon’ on Leeson Street cost £2 a week and swarmed with literary life
A new book explores Dublin’s literary past, an active part of living or working in the city
‘The sun rises’: Damian Lewis pays tribute to Helen McCrory with Derek Mahon poem
Actor uses tribute event to talk publicly for first time about wife, who died of cancer
The Irish Times view on the place of poetry: how to pay attention
The pandemic seem to have triggered a renewal of interest in poetry as a place in which to find our bearings and reset our perspectives
Sam the Trinity fox gives birth to five cubs on campus grounds
Lockdown ‘celebrity’ inspired one of Ireland’s best known poets
Miriam Lord: No room at the Leinster House inn for former TDs and senators
Christmas visits off the menu as Oireachtas restaurant only open to serving members
Twelve artists elected to Aosdána
Association honours new members in artforms such as writing, drama, dance and film
Poet and ‘intellect’ Derek Mahon laid to rest in Cork
Mourners ‘privileged to be here to celebrate the life of ... a conduit of sublime thought’
Retracing an 80-year-old journey along the river Shannon
Richard Hayward’s travel book gave a unique insight into rural Ireland of the 1930s
Cabin fever: Why the humble garden shed is having a moment
Lockdown has unlocked possibilities for turning the garden shed into a useful retreat
Derek Mahon wins this year’s Irish Times Poetry Now award
Belfast-born poet wins award for third time for his latest work Against the Clock
Miriam Lord’s week: Coveney poetically tightens British ties over dinner
Tánaiste welcomed Charles and Camilla to a Brexit-fuelled mutual admiration session
Kilkenny Arts Festival: Brahms, Beethoven and Bertie on the menu
Opera version of the ‘Odyssey’ and an open-air Shakespeare production will run in August
Michael Jackson at Lugalla: He asked for ‘the portrait of the freaky-looking man with the frizzy hair’ to be taken down
Portrait-painter Anthony Palliser on his friendship with Garech Browne, halcyon days at Luggala and his famous Irish subjects
Climbers to mark 25th anniversary of first Irish ascent of Everest
Irish Nepalese Educational Trust and Barretstown charity to benefit from events
‘Shakespeare is for life, not just for the Leaving Cert’
Highlights of Kilkenny Arts Festival announced for the medieval city
Hodges Figgis: A 250-year-old story of selling books
‘On Christmas Eve there was always a sherry reception for the customers’
Leontia Flynn wins Irish Times Poetry Now Award
‘The Radio’ was one of five books shortlisted by the judges
Declan Kiberd: Irish writers were an early warning system about abuse
Artists played a vital role in the State's formation and since independence have held it to account
‘Irish Times’ Poetry Now Award won by Paddy Bushe
Dublin-born poet wins €2,000 prize for his collection ‘On A Turning Wing’
Radio: Standing up to Trump – a story of Scots resistance
Moncrieff is back to his offbeat best while Joe Duffy glumly hears tales of rural desperation
Life’s Work: ‘The bookshop is a lovely life rather than a living’
John Donohoe, bookseller, Athlone, Co Westmeath
Caitríona O’Reilly wins ‘Irish Times’ Poetry Now award
Poet’s collection ‘Geis’ was described as ‘intense and intelligent’ by this year’s judges
Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks: 1982 – The Hunt by Night, by Derek Mahon
In this collection, as in much of the poet’s work, dreams of permanence give way to history’s merciless demand to leave everything behind
And then there were five: Poetry Now shortlist announced
Four women and one man will vie for this year’s €2,000 best Irish collection prize
Acclaimed Irish writer Aidan Higgins dies aged 88
Author described as ‘the missing link between high modernism and the present’
Visual art round-up: Brian Ballard’s paintings get better with age
The Belfast painter's work has aged very well
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?
Select: music, food and games by the sea at Dún Laoghaire’s The Beatyard festival
We all know festivals are hungry work and there are lots of food options down by the water this weekend
What is poetry? Three masters look for answers
Beekeeping, Belfast and Buddhism: books of lectures by Harry Clifton, Paula Meehan and Michael Longley cast the net wide
Culture Shock: Stephen Rea on his belief in the cleansing power of theatre
An edited extract of the award-winning actor’s acceptance speech at the ‘The Irish Times’ Irish Theatre Awards
Theo Dorgan wins Irish Times-Poetry Now award
Cork-born poet takes €2,000 prize for ‘Nine Bright Shiners’ collection
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