JP Donleavy’s vast archive left to the National Library of Ireland
Treasures include first draft of The Ginger Man with Brendan Behan’s unsolicited edits
Shortlist for national portrait prize to go on show at National Gallery of Ireland
Photography features strongly, with Kim Haughton’s study of the late JP Donleavy, Fionn McCann’s Cezanne’s Apple and Mandy O’Neill’s striking study, Diane
JP Donleavy, the artist: mad planets and strange fish
Painting was his first love, and the author allegedly wrote The Ginger Man in a pique after his work received a lukewarm reception
Home is where the art is for Cavan couple
Will and Rebecca left London to run literary magazine from their refurbished farmhouse
Peter Higgs says Brexit ‘a disaster’ for scientific research
Nobel laureate among dignitaries conferred with honorary degrees by Trinity College Dublin
Television: A generous helping of Darina and Rory Allen’s delightfully dotty Christmas recipes
Review: Twenty-five years after the first ‘Simply Delicious’, the chef and her brother cook up some festive family fare
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Johnny Depp and Cillian Murphy stop off in Westmeath
Hollywood stars wow locals and sign autographs after lunch at popular pub
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