'Heart-cloven and split-minded’, Elizabeth Bowen’s upbringing gave her a special Anglo-Irish insight into culture and society — one which still resonates today, writes Patricia Laurence

On the 40th anniversary of Éamon de Valera’s death, his biographer Ryle Dwyer examines the changing perceptions of the long fellow including why he was called a spy.

The savaging of O’Brien Press funding by the Arts Council is evidence that the creative role of publishers is not understood.

Liberator: The life and death of Daniel O’Connell 1830-1847

UNIVERSITY College Cork (UCC) has acquired the exclusive custody of correspondence papers of the celebrated Irish writer Seán O’Faoláin.