ICA guilds across Ireland have an abundance of creative talent which finds expression in anything from decoupage to drama, book clubs to beaded jewellery making, creative writing to crochet.

This weekend’s festival at the Hill of Uisneach will celebrate the site’s ancient past, writes Caomhán Keane

Damien Enright on the joys of strolling in the countryside.

AWARD-WINNING author Annie Proulx has given her backing to a groundbreaking Irish festival celebrating creativity in older age.

CHINESE poet Zhang Ye has been dropped from the programme for this year’s Féile na Bealtaine (Festival of May) in Dingle, Co Kerry, due to the SARS scare.