Séamus Heaney

The South African soprano talks about the inspiration behind her upcoming NCH performance

The Pulitzer Prize-winning poet spoke at the Irish Times Winter Nights Festival

An Irishman’s Diary

Margaret O’Connor and Jess Murphy combine millinery and patisserie in new project

From crochet to baking, writing to bricklaying, we all possess the ability to create

Bialystok Letter: ‘Please don’t think we all enjoy this,’ a young Polish officer says

Veteran journalist on coming to terms with his motor neuron disease diagnosis

Children are still in agony, and forced to display their suffering on the airwaves

World Thrombosis Day: Raising awareness about life-threatening blood clots

De Burca rare book sale includes book with accounts of ‘something like a ship’ in the sky

We Don’t Know Ourselves is the story of Ireland’s growth since the 1950s

Art&Antiques: Sale of Colt at Bonham’s Los Angeles achieved world auction record for firearm

‘We’re remembering everyone equally – their politics, or who killed them, is irrelevant’

Lying on the grass in the back garden, the Perseid meteor shower is a wonder

Prior to the pandemic, events tourism was booming. Can it pick up where it left off?

Eight derelict buildings gain new life as UK hospitality chain’s Keavan’s Port in Dublin

Former BBC journalist James Helm on a special bond with Ireland that has sustained his family through tragedy and change

President leads tributes to essayist, author, broadcaster and Irish language activist

‘Writing is in your head. Camogie is spontaneous and physical,’ says debut author and GAA player

Europe Letter: Was quoting Easter, 1916 on the presidential trip to Europe a dig at Britain?

Corporation tax has always been the sexiest beast in the city’s economic armoury

I wanted Sylvia Plath and Seamus Heaney to come up, with Paul Durcan as back-up. All three came up!

More choice and fewer questions give students ‘vast desert’ of time in well-received exam

Open Ground features listening posts and panels explaining each place’s link to Heaney’s poetry

I discovered an irresistible urge to get back to the Aran Islands and retrace my old footsteps along An Trá Mór

President calls for ‘deep reflection’ in address to mark anniversary of St Colmcille’s birth

President’s visit marks 100 years since hundreds of black residents killed by white mob

From Antrim to Wicklow, the ultimate guide to running locations in Ireland

Label founded by Garech Browne in 1959 to remaster and digitise archive

Michael Longley’s review of Death of a Naturalist was not entirely uncritical

Maquette of well-known public sculpture Arrival among works in Morgan O’Driscoll art sale

Covid restrictions mean only six can attend – including the bride and groom

Events suggest an interest on the part of the first female vice-president in Northern Ireland affairs

Martin tells US members of Congress protocol ‘only way’ to solve North’s complexities

The Dubliner’s sold-out Carnegie Hall performances featured tales and tunes from Ireland

A project aims to disentangle humans’ often exploitative relationship with the sea

US president says looks forward to working with Taoiseach to address ‘great challenges’

Chris Brandon is the writer of a new series featuring James Nesbitt as a hard-bitten detective

All-Ireland club champions in 1972, Derry club suffered dark days during Troubles

Specimen table from home of Ada King or unique sculpture of a socially-distant hug