Patrick McGinley’s best-known novel is probably Bogmail , first published in 1978, and it’s (...)

‘Finally came clarification from the Met office in Glasnevin, explaining that it was bound by an international protocol whereby a “Single Official Voice” (SOV) – which, by the way, sounds like a fringe unionist party – issues weather  warnings in each jurisdiction.’

It was no surprise that, even as the main Northern flags row settled down, we should have a new politically-tinged controversy on this page in (...)

‘Flann O’Brien was reportedly tickled to discover that his hoax had got as far as the James Joyce Yearbook, though he had no idea how this had happened.’
An alleged hoax
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  • April 16, 2013, 06:00

In a recent Irishman’s Diary Frank McNally wrote about Brian O’Nolan’s (Flann O’Brien’s) role as secretary of the commission which produced a n(...)

Artist Micheál Ó Nualláin at his home on Belgrave Square, Monkstown, Co Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill

Why should it matter who lived in a house before you? If memories and atmospheres are as easy to clear out as carpets, curtains and light fitti(...)

Your move

Endgame The Factory Performance Space, Sligo *** Hamm’s great nightmare, shared with his servant, Clov, has become true: they’re begin(...)

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