Noel O Grady

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James Joyce: no escaping him, even in Japan. Photograph: Hulton Archive/Getty
Found in Translation – Frank McNally on echoes of James Joyce in Japan and a rediscovered ‘Ulysses in Irish’

There is no escaping James Joyce, even in Japan. Last weekend there, I learn, not long after the Irish rugby team laboured to victory over Russia, ano(...)

Jordan White and Hamsavani Rajeswaren both from Belfast during an NUJ vigil for Lyra McKee at the Garden of Remembrance, Parnell Square, Dublin.Photo: Gareth Chaney/Collins
Hundreds gather in ‘anger’ at vigil for Lyra McKee

A vigil in Dublin city centre was held in “anger” at the murder of Lyra McKee and in “celebration” of a feminist, activist and journalist. Ms McKee w(...)

Fashion and homewares shop Liberties in Westport, Co Mayo
Shoptalk: Westport, Co Mayo

In Westport, “Yeer welcome” is a warm greeting given in most shops in a soft Mayo burr, but for a masterclass in the authentic céad mile fáilte, he(...)

The theme of this year’s one-day Douglas Hyde Conference is ‘The Unsaved Harvest: Rural Ireland’s Cultural Heritage’. File. Photograph: Frank Miller/ The Irish Times
Douglas Hyde Conference to focus on Ireland’s rural heritage

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(...)