Person: Emily Dickinson

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Tadhg Coakley: Getting the right result from Covid dreaming

I settle into the sofa — it’s very comfy. On three sides I’m surrounded by rows of locally brewed craft beers, perfectly chilled, attractively backlit inside tall refrigerated units. They give a calming, fluid glow. In front me is a large top-of-the-range TV screen, about the size of one of the goals in Wembley Stadium.

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Tears for Fears are still sowing the seeds of love

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'Guide to shyness' shows it's nothing to be ashamed of

Trail bikes frightened off poor skylarks

President Trump: Time to renew our democracy

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Book review: The Narrow Bed

Leaving Cert: Poets line up nicely as Paul Durcan pleases plenty

Emily Dickinson, TS Eliot, Elizabeth Bishop, and Paul Durcan were the poets examined in a higher-level Leaving Certificate English paper lasting over three hours.

Fri, 10 Jun, 2016

Live music review: Marissa Nadler

Button Factory, Dublin

Sat, 13 Sep, 2014

Poetry in motion with Heaney on the double in Leaving Cert English

For higher-level Leaving Certificate English students, Seamus Heaney appeared for a second day running — but it was an unseen poem of his that made yesterday’s long Paper 2.

Fri, 06 Jun, 2014

Debut novelist Ryan spinning yarns from the heart

After Kevin Barry’s win last year, could Dónal Ryan land the IMPAC prize for Ireland again? Orlagh Ní Arrachtáin looks at the contenders.

Wed, 09 Apr, 2014

Sweet thrill of the thrush’s song

THESE dark evenings, against the grey sky, rooks tour in their thousands and squawk and caw and make metallic noises that overwhelm all other sound but for the lambent, repetitive notes of a blackbird and the full-throated variations of a song thrush carolling from the top of a tree.

Tue, 11 Feb, 2014

The woman she is inside

The Woman Upstairs

Sat, 13 Jul, 2013

Care farm project to help revive lost hope

“Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul”

Thu, 16 May, 2013

Writing subtitles helped create a style purged of superfluous prose

The Detour

Sat, 06 Apr, 2013

Cynthia Nixon to take on Dickenson role

Cynthia Nixon will star as poet Emily Dickinson in biopic 'A Quiet Passion'.

Tue, 11 Sep, 2012

Books for children

What’s The Time, Mr Wolf (Bloomsbury; €13.03 HB).

Sat, 08 Sep, 2012

Tribute to a real class act

Kate O’Brien’s dissection of Irish society will be discussed at this weekend’s celebration of her life, writes Colette Sheridan

Thu, 23 Feb, 2012

Boland brings smiles all around

EAVAN BOLAND’S appearance in the poetry section of the higher level English Paper 2 brought smiles in most Leaving Certificate exam centres yesterday.

Fri, 10 Jun, 2011

Lilywhites can turn fortunes around against Laois

Luck is not chance, it’s toil; fortune’s expensive smile is earned.

Sat, 12 Mar, 2011

We don’t own the planet, we share it

Damien Enright reminds us of our duty to nature.

Mon, 16 Jun, 2008

Friday's racing tips

Check our tips for selected courses from today's horse racing events across Ireland and in the United Kingdom.

Fri, 02 May, 2008

First day of Leaving Cert throws few curveballs

THE first day of the Leaving Certificate raised no major difficulties on English papers for students at either level yesterday.

Thu, 09 Jun, 2005

Keano invites students to make their mark

IRELAND might not be playing in this month’s Euro 2004 tournament but soccer hero Roy Keane took his place in the limelight in yesterday’s Leaving Certificate.

Thu, 10 Jun, 2004