Three-bedroom gate lodge at Newcastle House, Co Longford on market for €350,000

Glory be to the Ordnance Survey

Take time to walk some Westmeath country roads with a literary twist

Published: August 2nd, 1978 Photograph: Tom Lawlor

‘The Irish Times’ is publishing a poster of Irish women writers as a rebuke to the familiar men-only Irish Writers version. It’s a joke with a serious point

David Pearse steals the show amid a cast playing to the gallery with diverting, shameless slapstick

I didn’t set out to write a book in a particular genre but there are a lot of ‘domestic noir’ books being written at the moment, psychological thrillers aimed primarily at women, and my book falls into that category

By staying ahead of the technological curve, the Irish Traditional Music Archive has become a one-stop shop for anyone curious about our cultural heritage, as its director, Nicholas Carolan, explains

He had a long and distinguished career as an actor and a director