Dubliners Laura Hartin from Rathfarnham and Conrad Oppermann from Malahide, and Gabrielle Leleu from Sallins, Co Kildare, rehearse backstage.

Skills of young people tested in poetry recital, improvisation, drama, mime and storytelling

Commemorative stamp, celebrating Dublin’s designation as a Unesco city of literature

Postage stamp unveiled to mark Dublin as Unesco city of literature

Blaming the non-delivery of housing on anti-social behaviour was not acceptable since no other community was punished for the actions of a few, said Sinn Féin TD Dessie Ellis.  Photograph: Collins

Issue must be dealt with at national level because of ‘racism’, committee hears

 Zinaida Nourreddaie,   Pat Hannon,  Martin Critten and Peter O’Loughlin. Photograph: Don Moloney/Press 22

Anti-austerity protesters begin 200km trek from Limerick to Dublin

Life after Debt campaigner Séamus Sherlock, Co Limerick, has manned his log cabin outside his property for 265 days. Photograph: Valerie O’Sullivan

Séamus Sherlock has been on guard since receiving eviction order

British  minister for Europe, David Lidington said a referendum on the EU was vital “to settle this issue for a generation”. Photograph:  Flying Colours/Getty Images

London will work with Dublin on justice opt-outs

Charity campaigners on Kildare Street. Photograph: Eric Luke / THE IRISH TIMES

Services will close unless new private donors are found, charities warn

Australia’s famous rocky landmarks known as the Devil’s Marbles in the outback. Photograph: David Gray/Reuters

Hope for ‘tucked away’ provision in US bill for 10,500 visas for Irish citizens

 Migrant Workers in Ireland at a Migrant Rights Centre Ireland press conference in Dublin last March. Photograph: Alan Betson

Migrants face problems in proving they fit conditions to allow for benefits

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