Tom Paulin

Irish art during the period both mirrored and shaped events in the political sphere

The North has changed dramatically, and unionism, instead of celebrating the centenary of the foundation of the Northern Irish state it used to dominate, is in crisis

Mary Minihan recalls the challenges and thrills of her student days in England

John Kelly on a film-maker whom Seamus Heaney called ‘a one-man peace process’

£4.25m Bellaghy facility a permanent exhibition about life and work of Nobel Laureate

Heaney’s ‘Aeneid’ is Virgil via way of the North. Two of the late poet’s friends, Stephen Rea and Neil Martin, ponder his legacy as they prepare to stage his version

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Playwright completes his journey to beloved Glenties without fanfare or ‘folderol’

‘A punk before punk was a twinkle in its eye-linered eye,’ says poet Paul Muldoon. How do other fans and friends sum him up?

Award is part of the celebrations at this year’s Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards

Prof John McHale says backtracking would suggest ‘worrying weakening’ of commitment to new framework

Tom Paulin, Harry Clifton, Noel Monahan and Paul Perry all have new collections

Tony Parsons was an angry young gunslinger at ‘NME’, then had huge success with his novel ‘Man and Boy’. Now he’s a crime writer – and has just voted for Ukip. Why?

So says Happy Days festival director Seán Doran of Beckett. Doran’s aim is to break new ground, and with the celebration of the playwright in Enniskillen he has pulled that off