Derek Mahon: A Retrospective - A collection of essays that bring the poetry alive
The poet was always good, and the more Mahon the better, but it’s possible the best came first
Derek Mahon
Michael Longley: ‘Most men don’t like intelligent women. I just hang on their every word’
The poet met his wife, Edna, as a student at Trinity College Dublin. She has been the constant in a life that Longley reflects on in his new selected poems
When a ‘dungeon’ on Leeson Street cost £2 a week and swarmed with literary life
A new book explores Dublin’s literary past, an active part of living or working in the city
‘The sun rises’: Damian Lewis pays tribute to Helen McCrory with Derek Mahon poem
Actor uses tribute event to talk publicly for first time about wife, who died of cancer
The Irish Times view on the place of poetry: how to pay attention
The pandemic seem to have triggered a renewal of interest in poetry as a place in which to find our bearings and reset our perspectives
Sam the Trinity fox gives birth to five cubs on campus grounds
Lockdown ‘celebrity’ inspired one of Ireland’s best known poets
Miriam Lord: No room at the Leinster House inn for former TDs and senators
Christmas visits off the menu as Oireachtas restaurant only open to serving members
Twelve artists elected to Aosdána
Association honours new members in artforms such as writing, drama, dance and film
Poet and ‘intellect’ Derek Mahon laid to rest in Cork
Mourners ‘privileged to be here to celebrate the life of ... a conduit of sublime thought’
Retracing an 80-year-old journey along the river Shannon
Richard Hayward’s travel book gave a unique insight into rural Ireland of the 1930s
Cabin fever: Why the humble garden shed is having a moment
Lockdown has unlocked possibilities for turning the garden shed into a useful retreat
Derek Mahon wins this year’s Irish Times Poetry Now award
Belfast-born poet wins award for third time for his latest work Against the Clock
Miriam Lord’s week: Coveney poetically tightens British ties over dinner
Tánaiste welcomed Charles and Camilla to a Brexit-fuelled mutual admiration session
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