A reminder that art isn’t just for show – it can make a difference

All of this, of course, reinforced the compelling message I had picked up in Stronge’s bar. That all of us can access meaning through art.

For the Maple poets, it was a weekly poetic communion. For the prisoners, it came as an ingenious and effective form of rehabilitation.

A SHORT break in an unfamiliar rural spot can be a tonic in more ways than one. Visiting a friend in East Galway and discovering the charms of Lough Derg’s shores provided welcome relief from city pressures. One tends to associate sophistication with cities. This writer was put right by a short stay with friends near Portumna last weekend.