IN the closing paragraph of A Moveable Feast, Hemingway’s beguiling, posthumously-published paean to the great French capital of the ‘20s, he writes: “There is never any ending to Paris and the memory of each person who has lived in it differs from that of any other... (This) is how Paris was in the early days when we were very poor and very happy.”

The day named after Leopold Bloom, the central character in Ulysses, is being celebrated in Dublin this weekend.

Here’s a round up of some of the best festival line-up’s country-wide, from Ailin Quinlan.

Bloomsday is usually seen as a Dublin-based celebration of James Joyce but this year a West Cork town is giving Joycean Dubs a run for their money.

Mount Colah gave Banbridge, Co Down trainer, Jerry Cosgrave, his first success at Listed level when landing the Thurles Racecourse Supporters’ Club Chase at Thurles yesterday.

As we celebrate Bloomsday it might be of interest that while researching a biography of Arthur Griffith recently I was intrigued to discover a 20-year long relationship between himself and James Joyce, running from 1901 to 1922. While this was in the main in intellectual form, there was a close personal aspect to it at the start, middle and end.

Senator David Norris has said that his liver transplant has been "very successful".

From Bloomsday for Joycean lovers to al fresco dining in Dublin, from the fun side of the arts in Carlow to the annual Summer Show in Cork, this weekend promises a feast of festivals nationwide.

The apparent impenetrability of Finnegans Wake ensures it is ignored by most readers. Alan O’Riordan meets a number of people hoping to address this neglect.

Joycean scholars will step back in time today, to June 16, 1904, to be precise.

AS the country prepares to go ‘Joyce mad’ on Sunday, Dave Kenny explains why he never shared his father’s love of Bloomsday

Looking for somewhere novel to bring your dad this father’s day? Pól Ó Conghaile has 10 great suggestions to suit all budgets.

Culture Ireland’s new CEO Christine Sisk relishes the opportunity to promote Irish artists abroad, says Richard Fitzpatrick

An internet initiative is putting the tradition of storytelling back on the map, writes Richard Fitzpatrick

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While literary aficionados will be celebrating Bloomsday around the world today, middleweight Andy Lee (28-1, 20 KOs) will try to add his own chapter in the tome of Irish boxing history when he challenges Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (45-0-1, 31 KOs) for his WBC title in El Paso, Texas (4am, Sunday morning, Irish time).

A Dublin business which once employed James Joyce as a sales agent is closing its doors for good this evening — ironically on Bloomsday, when Joyce is remembered on an annual basis.

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The 'Today' programme on BBC Radio 4 will become a real-life breakfast show next month when actor Henry Goodman cooks a meal in the studio as part of a day-long dramatisation of James Joyce's novel 'Ulysses'.

A host of celebrities and cultural ambassadors will help attract tourists to Ireland next year as part of “The Gathering”, which it is hoped will attract 300,000 overseas visitors next year.

New biography of James Joyce shows he was ready to sacrifice everything for his art, down to the last supportive woman, writes Thomas McCarthy

ENDA is from Mars, Eamon is from Venus and both have been running Planet Bankrupt for the past 100 days.

Joyceans all over the world are celebrating Bloomsday today, commemorating the day on which James Joyce's seminal 'Ulysses' is set.

A SOFTWARE developer believes he has finally solved James Joyce’s notorious near century-old riddle: Can you cross Dublin without passing a pub?

THE Government will seek to impose significant losses on the senior bondholders in Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Nationwide, Finance Minister Michael Noonan has said.

An Irish software developer believes he has solved James Joyce’s notorious near century-old riddle – can you cross Dublin without passing a pub?

THE Irish newspaper industry is in “a good place” and not in danger of being consumed by digital media, according to the sector’s representative body.

Several events are being organised in Dublin to mark Bloomsday, the day on which James Joyce set his masterpiece 'Ulysses'.

Internationally acclaimed playwright Brian Friel celebrated Bloomsday at James Joyce’s alma mater today where he received the university’s highest honour.

The writings of James Joyce will today be celebrated in the 103rd annual Bloomsday.

DEAD politicians usually receive an easy passing as old grudges and controversies are buried along with them, but in death, as in life, Charles Haughey is different.

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern today said it was fitting the country’s former leader Charles Haughey would be laid to rest on Bloomsday, the annual celebration of James Joyce.

Dublin’s James Joyce Centre reopened today as plans were unveiled for a series of events to celebrate the masterpiece Ulysses on Bloomsday this Friday.

Hundreds of fans of James Joyce are expected to descend on Dublin this Bloomsday to taste the traditional Ulysses fare of kidneys, thick giblet soup and fried liver slices.

CENTENARY celebrations to mark the birth of Irish writer Samuel Beckett were launched yesterday by Arts Minister John O’Donoghue in Dublin Castle - kicking off a month long series of events commemorating the writer’s life and work.

WHEN Bloomsday (June 16) comes round every year, our nation’s collective guilt resurfaces. The ineluctable question is raised again: have you read Ulysses?

A new generation of readers should embrace the books of Dublin writer James Joyce, his elderly nephew claimed yesterday.

Organisers of the annual Bloomsday event toasting James Joyce’s once-banned book, Ulysses have called for urgent Government funding to keep going.

TUCKING into a major work of literature for breakfast is like facing a plateful of giblets, gizzards and other assorted innards a tad on the heavy side in the delicate hours of morning.

Louise Hogan

THE tall young man surveyed the sweep of city streets before him as he stood on O’Connell Bridge considering his next step in the footprints of Leopold Bloom.

Hundreds of people from all over the world tucked into a traditional Bloomsday breakfast in honour of James Joyce in Dublin today.