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There was no ‘society’ separate from the church’s power to inflict damnation

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In this article the paper says novels by Sally Rooney and Colm Tóibín will transport you here

Dalkey villa with design in every detail for €3.5 million

Former home of writer Ernest Gébler cleverly transformed for relaxed contemporary living

Fintan O’Toole: The newly visible dads, and an ordinary and wonderful kind of love

Fatherhood is a kind of makey-up thing, but it has come into its own in lockdown

‘I am deeply interested in Ireland’s complex past’

‘I have a ritual of making tea, lighting a candle and then I am gone into my fictional world’

Write now: Nine writers share advice on how to get started

Tips for budding authors and poets, from beating writer’s block to finding an agent

Edna O’Brien and Brendan Gleeson sign up for Abbey’s Dear Ireland project

Theatre asks writers to create monologues for 50 performers, to premiere online this month

St Patrick’s Day in Uganda the last hurrah before ‘merry-making’ banned

Kampala Letter: Coronavirus concerns dominate celebration of Irish connections

Don’t judge a book by its coverage

Donald Clarke: BBC’s ‘novels that shaped our world’ list is terrible in a very particular way

What can we do about surly urban teens? A dose of generic muck savagery will sort them

Raised by the Village teaches us we should all be socialists in order to raise teenagers

David McWilliams: What the world’s megacities can teach Dublin

Dubai’s foreign labour record is appalling, but it could teach us a thing or two about urban vision

The Irish Times view on the creative process: No (age) limits

Edna O’Brien, Margaret Atwood show artistic imagination does not abide by aging

Campaigners urge new Luggala owner to keep public access to land

Keep Ireland Open makes complaint to Wicklow Co Council over erection of new fencing at estate

Roger Doyle: Aosdána’s newest Saoi is a champion of Irish composers

Previous saoithe have included Samuel Beckett, Seamus Heaney and Brian Friel, and Doyle believes that Ireland’s composers are up there with our literary greats

Vast Luggala estate in Wicklow sold at discount to overseas buyer

Home of late Guinness heir Garech Browne fetches less than €28m price tag

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