Tom Paulin

Irish culture’s remarkable response to the political turmoil from 1891 to 1922

Irish art during the period both mirrored and shaped events in the political sphere

Tue May 10 2022 - 06:07

Northern Protestants at a crossroads

The North has changed dramatically, and unionism, instead of celebrating the centenary of the foundation of the Northern Irish state it used to dominate, is in crisis

Sat May 29 2021 - 06:00

A Derry Girl in Oxford: ‘The Troubles followed us over the Irish Sea’

Mary Minihan recalls the challenges and thrills of her student days in England

Sat May 01 2021 - 06:00

A rare and mighty force for good: memories of David Hammond

John Kelly on a film-maker whom Seamus Heaney called ‘a one-man peace process’

Sat Aug 18 2018 - 05:00

Family of Seamus Heaney open centre dedicated to late poet

£4.25m Bellaghy facility a permanent exhibition about life and work of Nobel Laureate

Thu Sept 29 2016 - 19:13

‘Seamus Heaney gave us permission to speak in our own voice’

Heaney’s ‘Aeneid’ is Virgil via way of the North. Two of the late poet’s friends, Stephen Rea and Neil Martin, ponder his legacy as they prepare to stage his version

Sat Jul 30 2016 - 06:00

Brian Friel takes the quiet road to final resting place

Playwright completes his journey to beloved Glenties without fanfare or ‘folderol’

Mon Oct 05 2015 - 01:00

Blowin’ our mind: what Van Morrison means to us

‘A punk before punk was a twinkle in its eye-linered eye,’ says poet Paul Muldoon. How do other fans and friends sum him up?

Sat Aug 29 2015 - 06:00

Stephen Rea to receive Irish Times Special Tribute Award

Award is part of the celebrations at this year’s Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards

Tue Feb 17 2015 - 13:30

Government needs to stick to €2bn adjustment, says fiscal advisor

Prof John McHale says backtracking would suggest ‘worrying weakening’ of commitment to new framework

Wed Jul 23 2014 - 15:00

Poetry: Shock of the new in a slew of selected poems

Tom Paulin, Harry Clifton, Noel Monahan and Paul Perry all have new collections

Sat Jun 07 2014 - 01:00

Rock and a hard place

Tony Parsons was an angry young gunslinger at ‘NME’, then had huge success with his novel ‘Man and Boy’. Now he’s a crime writer – and has just voted for Ukip. Why?

Sat May 31 2014 - 01:00

Beckett is back: ‘It’s entirely unfair that he is seen as alien or grim’

So says Happy Days festival director Seán Doran of Beckett. Doran’s aim is to break new ground, and with the celebration of the playwright in Enniskillen he has pulled that off

Mon Aug 19 2013 - 01:00