The Saw Doctors song, released 30 years ago, went on to conquer all before it

For the creator of the Tom Gates character, reader’s imagination is as important as her own in the books

Julian Gough and William Wall join Haruki Murakami as nominees for ‘worst sexual description’ of 2018

What happens when a city becomes too expensive to sustain its creative community? David Kitt’s remarks about Dublin’s high rents have struck a chord with fellow creatives

Delicious, daring and downright useful ideas for making the best of our summer days

Among the nominees are Ryan Tubridy, Cecelia Ahern, John Banville, Molly McCloskey, Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen

The search continues for Irish brands Irish people could not imagine the world without

Radio Review: The hosts bring real needle to their Odd Couple routine over cyclist issue

They’ve attained success, adoring fans and sell-out shows across Europe, but few in Ireland want to know. Meet the exiles

Writing about money is like writing about sex: it has to be about something else as well, writes Martina Evans. The best poems here do that ‘something else’ over and over again

The Irish novel may be at a crossroads, says Bert Wright, but Irish fiction is as vibrant and multifarious now as fiction has ever been in any culture in literary history

Morrissey is far from the first performer to turn to prose, or writer who can play. Paul Muldoon, Julian Gough, Ferdia MacAnna, Billy Roche and Brendan Graham explore the transition and we profile a host of others

Review: After a summer of blockbusters, this compact collection is a reminder that there is often more satisfaction in a selection of starters than in a traditional three-course meal