Home Front: short of space at home but don’t want to move? A garden house is an increasingly popular option

‘The Radio’ was one of five books shortlisted by the judges

Home is where you start out into the world from; you are never truly completely there, and you never leave

Charity event aids the RNLI and the Irish Underwater Search and Recovery Unit

Ceremony in Inniskeen celebrates ‘Stony Grey Soil’ poet 50 years after his death

Nine of poet’s best-loved works recited to mark his 50th death anniversary

New Aosdána Saoi described as the ‘great playwright of the emigrant’

Letter to Taoiseach signed by academics and artists urges Government to act ‘without delay’

Patrick Pye, a religious artist who has fading sight, deemed ineligible for stipend

Dublin-born poet wins €2,000 prize for his collection ‘On A Turning Wing’

Michael D Higgins among those to attend funeral of Irish poet who died aged 88

Publisher Dermot Bolger reflects on encouragement visible from teenage years

‘He would carry words through the noise of domesticity to drop them safely onto the page’

Leading figure in Irish contemporary literature published more than 30 books

Writers, poets, friends and fans reflect on Leonard Cohen’s words, music and work

The Flying Enterprise in Cork city says English ‘most sensible’ language to speak at work

The Drop Everything cultural biennial will soon take over Inisheer with art, music, and a specially built sauna

A poem about O’Farrell and her role in the surrender

A centenary poem as Gaeilge (translated into English underneath)

Poet’s collection ‘Geis’ was described as ‘intense and intelligent’ by this year’s judges

Gathering looks at reception of the 1916 Rising everywhere from Iceland to China

1916/2016: a miscellany

Four women and one man will vie for this year’s €2,000 best Irish collection prize

If your new year’s resolutions include undertaking any creative projects, the first thing you’ll need is a retreat from the world

Poets find fruitful focus in writing about their domestic pets, says Maureen Kennelly

Nine projects picked by Arts Council include music, dance, film and sound installations

Musician Cormac Breatnach’s brother was wrongly convicted of the 1976 Sallins Mail Train Robbery at the behest of a cohort within the Garda. Now he hopes a new theatre show will cast light on the injustice

Cork-born poet takes €2,000 prize for ‘Nine Bright Shiners’ collection

Michael D Higgins praises poet for his body of work and role in the Belfast Agreement

The Hennessy Hall of Fame poet looks back on her childhood and the path that led her to ‘stand up for the word’

The five shortlisted writers for the award being given on March 21st have strong track records

Some 85,000 overseas visitors expected to honour life and work of the poet

Former Arts Council drama officer encouraged women ‘to aim higher and go further’

New poetry trail in Letterfrack acknowledges history of former industrial school

Visual Arts: Gallo sets out to offer an alternative way of looking at art history

Clifden and Music For Galway programmes also published

An Irishman’s Diary about suffragism and the white feather campaign

The fearless beauty of his poetry shone out of every aspect of the National Concert Hall celebration

President recalls family links with Leeside at a ceremony attended by several hundred