Nativist politics have not played a big role in recent Irish elections. Might that change?

Arja Kajermo uses fable and charming illustrations to bring a family’s struggles to life

Chris Connolly wins Emerging Fiction prize, Jane Clarke wins Emerging Poetry award and Éilís Ní Dhuibhne inducted into Hennessy Literary Awards Hall of Fame

Eight Irish writers’ monologues create a moving theatrical tapestry

Theatre project will mark Rising centenary with production in Kilmainham Gaol

Blonde Barbarella Helene Fischer is the undisputed golden girl of German language pop

The newly appointed Laureate for Irish Fiction considers the reach of Irish books abroad – and what gets lost in translation

The page founded by David Marcus, which launched the careers of many of our best known writers, has found a new home

First in new discussion series hosted by an Irish journalist in London will feature public interview with historian Roy Foster

Thirty-four authors have made the longlist for the inaugural Laureate for Irish Fiction

Hugo Hamilton’s nuanced first World War drama looks at the family fallout after the return of an injured sailor

Galway Oyster Festival, Dublin Theatre Festival and New Ross Piano Festival

Programme divides evenly between Irish and international work