Like traditional Irish music, Iranian music can tell us so much about the relationship between people and place

Iris Murdoch, Edna O’Brien, Marian Keyes and Eimear McBride all appear on the list

Ireland’s heart now closed to those not deemed human enough for protection

Tracey Kennedy hopes her election will dispel notions that Cork GAA is a conservative organisation

Review: It’s a mish-mash of quantum physics, trippy adventure and glitter

I’ve had my accent mocked, small potatoes compared to what other immigrants face

Emer O’Toole: Explaining away fascism as economic discontent alienates feminists and race activists – Trump offers whites racial superiority and men masculine domination

Guth Gafa festival is using VR headsets to offer documentaries with a difference, taking viewers into battle, into wheelchairs and to the moon

On day of party tensions, US first lady makes deeply personal plea to unite behind Clinton

American claims seventh Wimbledon crown to reestablish her dominance

She has fought her way through prejudice to win 21 Grand Slam titles, and counting

Broadside: From breasts to quotas and from knickers to periods, we women have so much to be glad about

Arsenal for the annual battle between the weather and your long-suffering head.

Of the 100 best American films chosen by international critics, 98 were directed by men

A Liz Garbus documentary shows us Simone’s life as it was, including her manic depression, politicisation and demons

Analysis: Above all partisan taunts, questions over Sinn Féin’s abuse record are vitally important

Statement by Taoiseach on allegations of sexual abuse by members of Provisional republican movement

More than 30,000 brave gale force winds to attend Macnas Samhain parade

Galway city and Aran island of Inis Mór set ‘rage and roar’ back to Halloween roots

As part of my undertaking to try new things for a year, I agree to get hair extensions. Men are nicer and more patronising, whereas women are less friendly towards me

Website contains links to recordings of quotations spoken by authors including JFK and WB Yeats

Nigeria, with its tradition of exuberant storytelling, is central to the writer’s identity. He’s alarmed by the Boko Haram abductions there – part of a series of events that could, he says, trigger something terrible

Maya Angelou: April 4th, 1928 - May 28th, 2014

Landmark book ‘I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings’ was published in 1969

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