Listowel Writers' Week

Ongoing turmoil surrounding Writers’ Week could have been avoided if heads were ‘knocked together’ says well-known poet Fitzmaurice

Former arts minister says decision not connected to recent controversy on disbanding of voluntary committee

Sadness and anger from some committee members at being ‘very arbitrarily dismissed’, while others say some volunteers ‘deemed more important than others’

Appointment of curator follows controversy about leadership and governance of Ireland’s longest-running literary festival

Committee to be replaced by professional curator following report members have yet to see