YOU don’t expect to find a poem entitled ‘Didjeridu’ in an anthology of poetry in Irish with English translations.

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

Among the many newsletters I subscribe to — The New Taxidermy, The Modern Man’s Guide to Panache — is The New Yorker’s daily offering, which never fails to uplift, educate, and spell out the pressing concerns of the Manhattan middle class, writes Michael Moynihan.

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

Brian O’Driscoll is to be awarded the Freedom of the City of Dublin early next year.

Poems 1952-2012

Celtic Warrior: The Legend of Cú Chulainn

A homeless Dubliner who stabbed a 23-year-old to death has today been jailed for nine years.

A homeless man from Dublin who fatally stabbed a 23-year-old who called him a "junkie" and a "scumbag" has said that seeing the dead man's family in court has been sobering.

Liz Roche combines film and dance to explore the mind-body connection, writes Pádraic Killeen

A homeless Dubliner, who stabbed a 23-year-old to death last year, has been found guilty of manslaughter by reason of self-defence.

The jury in the trial of a homeless man charged with murder has been given three potential verdicts, depending on whether he acted in self-defence and, if so, the type of force used.

A murder trial jury has been told that the main issue of the case is whether a 34-year-old Dublin man acted in self-defence when he stabbed a 23-year-old to death last year.

The non-appearance of Sylvia Plath or Seamus Heaney was the talking point for most higher level Leaving Certificate English students last night.

Louis le Brocquy, who died yesterday aged 95, was so venerated a figure in the Irish arts world that it is often forgotten how controversial a figure he had sometimes been.

David Norris has failed in his bid to receive a presidential nomination from Carlow County Council.

A homeless man has today appeared in court charged with the murder of a man who was stabbed after an argument broke out in Tallaght in Dublin last weekend.

A Journey With Two Maps: Becoming a Woman Poet

WE HUMANS are a lot closer to nature, and nature a lot closer to us, than we generally realise. And therein lies our last best hope for patching up our suicidal quarrel with our own planet.

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

THE Bloody Sunday atrocity in Derry in 1972 has spawned more songs, films and poems than any other atrocity of the Troubles, a new book claims.

HUMAN rights campaigner and rock star Bob Geldof, was yesterday conferred with an honorary fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) in recognition of his contribution to charity and efforts in tackling world poverty.

Thomas Kinsella and Louis le Brocquy will be bestowed with the Honorary Freedom of the City of Dublin in a ceremony tonight.