CORK poet Seán Ó Ríordáin was “one of the most important thinkers of the modern age” whose existentialist philosophies were on a par with those of Jean-Paul Sartre and Friedrich Nietzsche, writes Pet O’Connell.

Torrential downpours accompanied the burial of leading Irish poet Matthew Sweeney yesterday in his native Donegal.

Aosdána poet Matthew Sweeney had a gift for friendship and his mischievous smile and warm bear hugs led him to be much treasured by family, friends and his peers a ceremony celebrating his life at the Triskel Arts Centre in Cork city has heard.

Well-known, Cork-based poet Matthew Sweeney has died aged 66.

Cork poet Greg Delanty tells Colette Sheridan about his life in Vermont, and his fortunate position of being able to make a living from his poetry.

Cork poet Leanne O’Sullivan has always had personal themes in her work. So it isn’t surprising that her husband’s recovery from a life-threatening coma has made its way into her latest collection, writes Colette Sheridan.

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

Kerry County Council has honoured poet Brendan Kennelly, who has returned to live in his native ‘Bally’, or Ballylongford, a place “full of stories”, after an absence of more than half a century.

Eibhlís Carcione lives in Cork city, and will be reading at the at the Ó Bhéal Winter Warmer Festival this weekend in the Kino. She won Duais Fhoras na Gaeilge in 2012. 

Seamus Heaney HomePlace, the new arts and literary centre in Bellaghy, has been officially opened by the Heaney family this evening.

WB Yeats was born on this day in 1865.

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

Peerless punk poet John Cooper Clarke will be in Dublin and Cork over the next week. The first time he gigged in Ireland was back in "1979ish" at the Project Arts Centre. He was then at the height of his fame.

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