Hilary Fannin: My pals and I didn’t understand the stern forces that extinguished our youth
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Irish Pages: words for a time when hope and history no longer rhyme
The current edition of Northern Ireland’s literary journal marks 20 years of the Belfast Agreement – and the overriding mood is one of disillusionment and despair
Sylvia Meehan ‘helped shape’ an emerging Ireland, service told
President Michael D Higgins among large gathering for humanist service on Monday
Poems and pipes: Kavanagh commemorated thus beautifully
Ceremony in Inniskeen celebrates ‘Stony Grey Soil’ poet 50 years after his death
Poets gather for graveside reading of Kavanagh's work
Nine of poet’s best-loved works recited to mark his 50th death anniversary
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Writers, poets, friends and fans reflect on Leonard Cohen’s words, music and work
Art versus War: an Irish writer in Paris takes heart from a city of culture
Evelyn Conlon: ‘Art allows us – dares us – to let the imagination take the reins, wander to the edge of time or wherever suggests an answer ... to lift us out of the political maelstrom’
The L factor: a literary ambassador for Ireland
Thirty-four authors have made the longlist for the inaugural Laureate for Irish Fiction
Warm celebration at IMMA of life of artist Patrick Scott
‘Such a pleasant man you could forget he was a genius’
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