Crosswords & Puzzles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Blasket cases – An Irishman’s Diary on the national talent for stoicism in the face of misfortune
Like all Flannoraks, I look forward to An Béal Bocht’s imminent TV debut, via TG4, on Christmas Day
Guests of the nation – An Irishman’s Diary about two German visitors who had contrasting experiences of Ireland: Ludwig Hopf and Heinrich Böll
Today marks the 100th birthday of writer Heinrich Böll
Diarmaid Ferriter: 20 ‘mandatory not compulsory’ things in Ireland
The line about the Public Services Card is part of a grand Irish tradition
Shelf life: writers take us through their collections
Ahead of this year’s Dublin Book Festival, we ask some of the participating authors to tell us the stories behind the books in their personal collections
Two German children, aged 6 and 8, try to run away to Ireland
The boy and girl packed food, a torch, an alarm clock and a book for 1,600km journey
The cillíní of Achill: uninscribed graves that tell of a dark past
René Böll’s photographs and paintings illuminate a half-forgotten world of unconsecrated burials
Nobel literature laureate and enemy of political extremism
Günter Grass: October 16th, 1927 - April 13th, 2015
Troubling memories of Achill on display in Bonn
Painter René Böll, whose father’s travelogue inspired by Achill is well-known in Germany, has unveiled an exploration of the island’s cillíní, the graveyards for unbaptised children
German writer who tackled the burdens of the past
Siegfried Lenz: March 17th, 1926 - October 7th, 2014
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices