Catherine Phil Maccarthy

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The steeple of Notre Dame collapses as smoke and flames engulf the cathedral in Paris, France. Photograph: Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt/AFP/Getty Images
Notre-Dame: Two poems celebrating the cathedral
  • Books
  • April 20, 2019, 06:00

A Sonnet for Paris This is beauty, arms open, reaching upwards. At first the mind refuses it, but the fire Is ravenous. It will have its sacrifice an(...)

Seahorse is a sharp and funny play about the anxiety of being a woman in modern Ireland.
International Women’s Day: 11 of the best events around Ireland

Women’s day is leaking. The international day, which has been around for more than 100 years, these days sees events and campaigns starting days befor(...)

Poet and former Irish Times managing editor Gerry Smyth with Julie O’Callaghan, who accepted the Irish Times Poetry Now award on behalf of her husband, Dennis O’Driscoll. Photograph: Cyril Byrne
Dennis O’Driscoll’s rich legacy recalled at prize ceremony

A poignant period for Irish poetry continued in Dún Laoghaire on Saturday as this year’s Dlr Irish Times Poetry Now award, won by Dennis O’Driscoll’s (...)

Poet and former Irish Times managing editor Gerry Smyth with Julie O’Callaghan, who accepted the Irish Times Poetry Now award on behalf of her husband, Dennis O’Driscoll. Photograph: Cyril Byrne
Dennis O’Driscoll’s rich legacy recalled at prize ceremony

A poignant period for Irish poetry continued in Dún Laoghaire on Saturday as this year’s Dlr Irish Times Poetry Now award, won by Dennis O’Driscoll’s (...)

Irish Times Poetry Now: shortlist of five

The shortlist has been announced for The Irish Times Poetry Now award, which celebrates the best collection of poems published by an Irish poet in 201(...)