Poetry
The individual would write poetry for use in the Dáil and Seanad and for State events
The poet’s debut collection, The Speculations of Country People, reckons with the legacy of Ireland’s mother and baby homes
Nursery is from Jean Tuomey’s debut collection, Swept Back. Enda Coyle-Greene’s most recent collection is Indigo, Electric, Baby
O’Connor liberated old Irish poetry from archaic language, false piety and Celtic sentimentality, bringing its startling originality to life once again
Jessica Traynor on new works by Paul Perry, Joe Carrick-Varty, Susannah Dickey and Deirdre Brennan
Things that Happen has been described as ‘the most ambitious and important long poem in modern Irish literature’
Plus an ‘immersive’ new book by Gail Simmons and a ‘fast-paced, pithy novel with bark-out-loud laughs’ by Fran Littlewood
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