Peaky Blinders star Cillian Murphy led tributes last night following the death of a giant of Irish theatre, Dan Donovan, who helped foster Murphy’s love of theatre and acting.

Bob Geldof uses his celebrity as a battering ram, but he usually gets results, writes Michael Clifford.

Cork was a big winner at last night’s Bord Gáis Energy Book Awards, as the critically acclaimed history tome Atlas of the Irish Revolution picked up the Best Irish Published Book of the Year.

David Walliams will also recive the ‘Bord Gáis Energy International Recognition Award on the night.

Many believed nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi  had the qualities of which greatness are made. Perhaps, in hindsight, it is now clear Mammmy Suu only had the qualities of which power is made, argues Victoria White. 

As holiday season kicks into gear, a number of broadcasters and authors tell Jonathan deBurca Butler which books they’ll be packing in their suitcase.

Music festivals, sailing races, arts displays, and a poetry marathon are some of the events to be enjoyed this August bank holiday weekend.

Literary audiences will be in for a treat with some of the biggest names in travel writing taking centre stage at this year’s Immrama Festival of Travel Writing.

BBC special correspondent Fergal Keane reflects on his Irish childhood in ‘The Gathering — Reflections on Ireland’.

RTÉ chiefs were left red-faced when they failed to broadcast a highly publicised, pre-recorded documentary in a prime-time slot and then struggled to air another programme in its place.

It was all SO Graham Norton yesterday — the other three recipients of honorary degrees at University College Cork barely got in a look-in as the Bandon man finally got the scroll-in-a-roll his mother had long yearned for.

The hallowed halls of University College Cork will enjoy an ‘oh so Graham Norton’ day next week when the broadcaster joins other well- known faces to be honoured by his alma mater.

In 1996, a journalist met a political prisoner in Rangoon.

WHILE many countries have war museums, few celebrate the struggle for peace in the same way.

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A MAN accused of threatening to stab an RTÉ journalist outside his home has had all charges against him dropped by the state.

A man accused of threatening to stab RTE journalist Fergal Keane outside his home has had all charges against him dropped by the State.

THERE’S been a creeping feeling in Ireland lately that maybe we’re not the people we thought we were.

TRANSPARENCY and trust proved the key themes at a conference yesterday which focused on the way forward for the island of Ireland.

PEACE has brought economic prosperity to the North, but the threat from dissidents hasn’t gone away.

Tommy Barker visits what is reputed to be Ardmore’s finest property.

RTE bosses rolled out a new weekday schedule today in a bid to entice more listeners to tune into Radio One.

More than 300 activists were today told Ireland remains committed to supporting a new human rights council.

LEADING figures in the literary world, such as Roddy Doyle, Colm Toibín, Fergal Keane and Michael Longley, will be among the personalities attending Listowel Writers’ Week, which opened last night.

LEADING figures in the literary world, such as Roddy Doyle, Colm Toibín, Fergal Keane and Michael Longley, will be among the personalities attending Listowel Writers’ Week, which opened last night.

Broadcaster Fergal Keane laid bare his battle with the bottle today at an international conference on addiction.

RAIN didn’t dampen spirits on the second day of Listowel Writers’ Week yesterday, as people scurried from reading to reading, clutching an umbrella and with the inevitable book under the arm, got it signed by their favourite author.

LEADING figures in the literary world, such as Roddy Doyle, Colm Tóibín, Fergal Keane and Michael Longley, will be among the personalities attending Listowel Writers’ Week, which opens tomorrow night.

Morning Ireland, RTÉ’s flagship current affairs show, is celebrating it 20th anniversary. Political Editor Harry McGee, who worked on the programme, reports:

Northern Ireland is gearing up for a series of events to mark UK Holocaust Memorial Day on January 27.

THE makers of a powerful documentary on an attempted political coup in Venezuela were yesterday announced overall winners of the 2003 ESB Media Awards.

The writer, John B Keane, has died at his home in Listowel, Co Kerry aged 73.