Northern poet, Paul Muldoon, tells Richard Fitzpatrick about the power of words

The Arts Council has shown that investment in the arts yields significant returns. So why is it being cut, asks Alan O’Riordan

EU migrant workers coming to Ireland promote diversity and enrich the country’s culture, it was claimed today.

Eminent playwright Brian Friel joked as he received the Aosdana’s highest honour today that it was like being read the last rites.

“RISIBLE” is how artist Colm Murphy describes the exclusion of his late father, the sculptor, Seamus Murphy’s legacy from the Cork 2005 European Capital of Culture programme.