Seamus Heaney

Discussing soccer with historian Prof Ronan Fanning is not something I had ever contemplated. But there I found myself, outside the old UCD bar as we (...)

Matt Healy on the band’s new album, what will be ‘normal’ after Covid, and Greta Thunberg being a 'badass' There has always been a sense that Ma(...)

Throughout lockdown, large format artwork in the public realm has brightened up people’s days, from Emma Blake’s brilliant poppy work under her monike(...)

Only one Solemn Liturgy for Good Friday was supposed to be broadcast live on afternoon television. The proper one from Mullingar Cathedral. Although(...)

Many, many phrases have come into my mind lately as I struggle with the isolation incurred by the threat of Covid-19 – namely that “the cure is worse (...)

Will it be July or September? Whenever it is, it will be to a much changed world. In China, normality is creeping back. Shops are reopening. Pe(...)

‘My attitude is that the homework can feck off’ Jackie O’Neill, Shankill, Co Dublin My attitude is that the homework can feck off for at least the f(...)

As cinemas, music venues and theatres nationwide have closed their doors, more books than ever are being opened, even though libraries and bookshops t(...)

The Emergency has returned. This time with a companion: The Shock. Another Seamus Heaney moment in Government Buildings, although this time withou(...)

Is it just me or is it very hot in here? Might just take a little lie down. Perhaps it was unwise to discontinue self-isolating after visiting the (...)