Marie Heaney

Meet the bright young things of Irish writing

Young Irish fiction writers have made strides in recent years, and 2018 promises some fine debuts. Here six authors introduce their books

Get your own poem on Poetry Day Ireland

As part of today’s celebrations, Lewis Kenny will be writing personalised verse at Poetry Ireland’s HQ

Family of Seamus Heaney open centre dedicated to late poet

£4.25m Bellaghy facility a permanent exhibition about life and work of Nobel Laureate

Marie Heaney: ‘I had a very public grief’

Three years after her husband’s death, the writer is ‘beginning to feel like myself again’

A big day for Dubray: ‘A bookshop in Bray? This is never going to work!’

As Dubray Books holds a literary evening to celebrate its rise from a small shop opened in 1972 to become Ireland’s largest dedicated bookseller, MD Maria Dickenson tells its story

Versatile actor and writer who found peace in the west

Peter Jankowsky: May 9th, 1939 - September 18th, 2014

Higgins arrives in Brittany for Celtic festival

Tribute to Heaney and parade of Celtic nations will be hightlights of the event

Fashion designer and astute businesswoman

Pat Crowley - Born: May 17th, 1933; Died: December 16th, 2013

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