A documentary on Máire Mhac an tSaoi gives a rare insight to the poet, writes Richard Fitzpatrick

Music, poetry, dance, and visual art will feature in projects commissioned as part of the Government’s official Ireland 2016 Centenary programme.

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Five of the best things to do if you don’t have plans already.

An anthology of poets who were born in the province after 1960 is the first since the late Sean Dunne’s 1985 guide, says Colette Sheridan

It is too early, yet, to think about the literary meaning of the unexpected passing of poet Seamus Heaney nearly a year ago says Thomas McCarthy.

Ireland needs to undergo a "cultural rebirth", similar to the process Germany engaged in following the Second World War, if it is to become mentally healthy, according to one of the country’s leading psychiatrists.

Cork poet Louis de Paor tells Alan O’Riordan how he thinks some of the richness of our cultural heritage can get lost in translation

The new Irish passport includes verses in Ulster Scots as well as a map of the entire island for the first time.

The new Irish passport includes verses in Ulster Scots as well as a map of the entire island for the first time.

Dublin’s “informal poet laureate” Paula Meehan has been named Ireland Professor of Poetry.

The poetry imprint’s founder has just opened a bookshop and literary centre in Ennistymon, Co Clare, says Colette Sheridan

THE Nepalese boy looks shocked but he has a very big ice-cream.

TWENTY years of peace building have come to fruition with the queen’s visit, said former President Mary Robinson.

SHANE KELLY has graduated from a course at Trinity College Dublin which has changed his life.

A MOVING novel chronicling the life of an 11-year-old boy dying of leukaemia has been named among the best debut works of 2008.

Close historical links between Ireland and Scotland will be celebrated in a new Irish publication dubbed a ’21st Century Book of Kells’.

BOOKER prize winner Anne Enright last night added another literary award to her growing list of successes.

WRITER Seán Ó Tuama, a former professor of Irish literature at University College Cork, died peacefully yesterday morning. He was 80.