Whether it’s a passion for knitting or shamanism that reels them in, how public figures spend their free-time is revelatory of their inner psyches, writes Rita de Brún.

Students in Cork are staging an exhibition exploring the modern-day relationship between writing and the letter, featuring some well-known faces, writes Eoin English

In an excerpt from his book on Cork in the 1980s, Michael Moynihan looks behind the scenes at the shenanigans that saved the city’s film festival.

From old classics to modern literary fiction and meditation, ten celebs tell Richard Fitzpatrick their favourite read of 2018.

It’s a pub with a counter almost as long as its history, a meeting place that has become as synonymous with the festive season as carol singing, traffic congestion, and mince pies.

A portrait of the late John Montague by artist Colin Davidson will be unveiled in UCC today.

SCHOOLDAYS may be the happiest period of children’s lives but they can be the most miserable time for parents.

Alannah Hopkin discusses the inspiration behind her new book of poems and songs about Cork City, On the Banks.

James Joyce, Seamus Heaney and Thomas McCarthy are among the poets assembled in a wonderful book of writings inspired by music, says Alan O’Riordan

Michael Moynihan looks back on the past month’s big GAA news...

From Rory Gallagher to Frank O’Connor, there’s an eclectic mix in a new anthology of Cork writings, says Colette Sheridan

IT IS almost exactly 50 years since Donogh O’Malley caused consternation among colleagues in government when he announced his free post-primary education scheme without having brought the matter to Cabinet.

President Michael D Higgins praised an arts project for drug users, saying it empowers people to explore “positive aspects” of themselves, to defeat the “negative”.

The Cork Film Festival is in its 60th year. Ahead of its launch next Friday, Marjorie Brennan pays tribute to the country’s longest-running film festival.

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

Cork poet Theo Dorgan believes the inorganic, hubristic merging of city and county councils will be a bureaucratic nightmare.

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

See what book Ted Walsh, Anne Enright, Peter Sheridan, Theo Dorgan and Gary Cooke think should be in your Christmas stocking.

To coincide with the Crawford’s new book showcasing its collection, Alan O’Riordan asked a number of art lovers to select their most cherished work from the Cork gallery

Theo Dorgan tells Alan O’Riordan about keeping busy on the incredible journey of life

The yellow cabs tick downtown in the rain,                                                            sparked electrons in the bright-lit veins.

Theo Dorgan’s new poetry collection, Nine Bright Shiners, utilises nautical metaphor to remember nine dead friends and loved-ones, says Thomas McCarthy.

I’ve spent much of my life raging against stupidity and injustice. 

A record number of buildings in Cork City will unlock their doors for the 10th anniversary of Cork  Heritage Open Day.

One of the most detailed digital images of Cork city’s iconic northern skyline is set to go on public display.

Bar owner Rita Moynihan died last week at the age of 83, leaving a rich legacy, according to Dan Buckley

An elite artists’ group has rejected public criticism over the amount of funding it receives from the taxpayer, claiming the Government would drive “JCBs full of money” to any private business that provided such a return on the “investment”.

More than three decades after winning her first Hennessy literary prize, writer Deirdre Madden has been inducted into the Hennessy Literary Awards Hall of Fame.

A ‘map’ tells the story of the city’s poems, songs and characters, says Richard Fitzpatrick.

What could best be described as a wave of molten outrage flowed down out of the northside of Cork last week with the news that the North Monastery primary school is to close.

IN 1970, fresh out of St Colman’s boarding school, I attended UCC.

The slopes of Cork city’s northside breed character.

At home his kids called him head-the-ball, their fondness for Seamus Heaney the father more than a match for their awe of him as artist.

Nobel poet laureate Seamus Heaney has been remembered as one of Ireland’s finest literary minds following his death after a short illness. The farmer’s son died in hospital in Dublin aged 74.

As news broke of the passing of poet and Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney yesterday, tributes were shared from around the world. Here are some of the many.

The future of the Green Party was thrown into disarray last night as its leader, Eamon Ryan, announced that he intends running for election in the European Parliament next year.

Francis Humphrys tells Nicki ffrench Davis about overseeing Bantry’s three summer festivals

The retirement of Ronan O’Gara ends a career that long ago edged from impressive to incredible.

Poet Theo Dorgan has finally written a novel. He tells Caroline O’Doherty what took him so long and why the country is going in the wrong direction

Two of Ireland’s top street artists have immortalised great Irish writers in graffiti on a theatre wall.