The Irish Times

Lighting the way: In search of the Ulster soul

Enlightenment Festival sees two installations light up Belfast’s Linen Hall Library

Tue Jan 25 2022 - 05:00

Police investigating claim Noah Donohoe abducted and murdered, inquest hears

14-year-old was found dead in storm drain in north Belfast six days after he went missing

Wed Jun 30 2021 - 17:55

Pop culture in Ireland was always divided between North and South

Shaping cultural identity formed part of the reason Raidió Teilifís Éireann was established

Sat Jun 15 2019 - 05:00

Gerry Adams gets permission to appeal convictions from 1970s

Sinn Féin TD claims two convictions relating to attempts to escape from prison were unlawful

Fri Nov 23 2018 - 15:01

‘It’s really important’: casting women in roles traditionally played by men

Taking on Homer’s Odyssey in its first translation by a woman is all about facing up to uncomfortable truths, says actor Maxine Peake

Wed Aug 08 2018 - 05:00

What’s the secret behind Derry’s mare in the square?

Trojan Horse explores Brian Friel’s love of Homer and the ways in which the classics influenced his plays

Thu Aug 24 2017 - 05:00

Forget the Wild Atlantic Way: here are the Northern Literary Lands

Seán Doran and Liam Browne want people in the Border counties to celebrate their shared literary heritge

Thu Jul 27 2017 - 05:00

Fishermen fear UK limits will push EU boats into Irish waters

Skippers in Howth worry about prospect of further restrictions by British government

Mon Jul 03 2017 - 13:39

Family of Seamus Heaney open centre dedicated to late poet

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

Thu Sept 29 2016 - 19:13

Centre celebrates Heaney’s life, from rural beginnings to world acclaim

Family will open HomePlace dedicated to late poet next week in Bellaghy, Co Derry

Sat Sept 24 2016 - 01:00

€5m centre dedicated to Seamus Heaney to open in September

Initiative in Bellaghy celebrates Nobel laureate in town where he spent formative years

Tue May 17 2016 - 21:27

Happy Days on bleak sets and Beckett gets schooled

Enniskillen – home of the Beckett festival – offers settings that match the desolate emotional atmosphere of his work

Thu Jul 30 2015 - 06:30

Brian Friel to be honoured at cross-Border festival

Lughnasa International Friel Festival to take place in Donegal, Derry and Belfast

Mon Jul 20 2015 - 01:00

Winner of first Feis Ceoil conducting competition shows them who’s boss

The real question now is whether Elaine Kelly will get the opportunities to build her experience and repertoire

Wed Aug 13 2014 - 01:00

Passing the time at Enniskillen’s Happy Days festival

Conversations turn Beckettian when this festival of all things tragicomic doesn’t turn out as planned. Could it be any other way?

Mon Aug 04 2014 - 16:00

Samuel Beckett’s old school ties

Sean Doran wants to make Happy Days a ‘destination festival’, turning Enniskillen, where the playwright and novelist went to school, into a Mecca for his fans

Sat Jun 28 2014 - 01:00

Five days in Beckett Town: the best and the boldest of the Happy Days festival

A huge number of productions and premieres were stuffed into the Enniskillen festival, many of them performed in intriguing locations

Wed Aug 28 2013 - 01:00

Beckett is back: ‘It’s entirely unfair that he is seen as alien or grim’

So says Happy Days festival director Seán Doran of Beckett. Doran’s aim is to break new ground, and with the celebration of the playwright in Enniskillen he has pulled that off

Mon Aug 19 2013 - 01:00