Eavan Boland

As always, Kilkenny’s strong musical tradition is paramount

Opera version of the ‘Odyssey’ and an open-air Shakespeare production will run in August

Treated as mere consumers, we are forced into a cult of predictable values

No unpleasant surprises in an exam which asserts the importance of literature

Royal Irish Academy admits 28 new members

Kinsella’s oeuvre includes some of the finest longer meditative sequences by any contemporary Irish poet

‘On Christmas Eve there was always a sherry reception for the customers’

TV Review: Excellent documentary uncovers the impetus behind Boland’s poems

Josepha Madigan said the idealism of revolutionary generation was not fulfilled

Artists played a vital role in the State's formation and since independence have held it to account

Two days into the exam, Lauren Conway is getting into her study groove

‘A hugely important paper that celebrates literature as relevant, moving and thought-provoking’

The Irish media’s blanket coverage of the leaving cert is not replicated elsewhere

Since the foundation of the State, its relationship with the arts has been ambiguous

Senator David Norris declares himself “bored senseless” by Budget 2017 until talk turns to pay

The collective works in our series show how molten and defiant Irish artworks can be

The Dubliner grew up in the oral tradition of stories and singing – ‘a vivid, interesting and textured world’. However complex her poems may be, they never lose touch with the energy of a shout in the street

A round-up of upcoming events in the books world

Iowa deserves a more prominent place on the US cultural map thanks to two programmes for writers that ignore borders and backgrounds and help make impossible conversations happen

Literary works being showcased on system to celebrate WB Yeats’s 150th anniversary

First in new discussion series hosted by an Irish journalist in London will feature public interview with historian Roy Foster

One City One Book festival described as ‘world-leading example’ of how to promote literature

My earliest recollection is of women chattering above my cot. In adolescence, my greatest comfort was the soft, posh voices of female presenters on BBC Radio 3

At a grand dinner many years ago, Heaney made a nice gesture in honour of my father, who had recently died

Marie Heaney attends emotional tribute to late poet

Paul Simon and Eavan Boland among those to take part in East Village poetry reading

Pick is a departure and first time a novel has not been picked for the project

After a dip in work, carpenter Adam White discovered his gift for poetry – and now his first collection is up for a major prize