Brian Leyden

The chief executive of Sligo County Council has warned that he may be forced to close two of the county’s three branch libraries. Ciarán Hayes said (...)

It’s a hot Sunday in June, and the photographer known as Nutan is doodling unselfconsciously on a piece of paper as we talk in the heat of his wild Bu(...)

You can hear the actors before you see them: five spirited thespians reunited after one of their most important projects in years. Between them, they(...)

Whitebeam Avenue lies just off Whitebeam Road, on the boundary of Ranelagh and Clonskeagh. Number 7 is a semi-detached property located on the quiet t(...)

To fully appreciate the architecture of 34 Monkstown Road, one must stand in the rear garden. This is because the roadside facade – which is now the (...)

In May 2014, 40 assorted artists and writers boarded a bus to visit the offices of the Leitrim Observer. The newspaper had been chosen to take part i(...)

Maurice Cullen remembers being in the Miner’s Bar in Arigna village one summer’s evening with a gang of other thirsty pit men when “a few yanks” drift(...)

The theme of this year’s one-day Douglas Hyde Conference is ‘The Unsaved Harvest: Rural Ireland’s Cultural Heritage’ and it takes place in Ballaghader(...)

The great Irish writer Dermot Healy was laid to rest yesterday in the company of poets and artists, musicians and singers, a president and, above all,(...)

Many tributes have been paid to writer Dermot Healy who died suddenly at his home in Ballyconnell, Co Sligo, on Sunday night. President Michael(...)