‘My sister was, like, you don’t have to fit in – you’re weird, and it’s okay that you’re weird’
The triple Grammy winner Cécile McLorin Salvant makes music that’s restlessly experimental and entirely her own
James Joyce
Author of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Ulysses and Finnegans Wake
New arguments against abortion surface in a ‘retro’ Kieran Cuddihy Liveline show
Radio: When the Liveline host revisits reliably contentious subjects, he’s not just indulging in nostalgia
Bloomsday: Ringsend reclaims its Joycean heritage but, alas, no ‘superior tawny sherry’
More than most places in Dublin, Ringsend is pivotal to Ulysses, as the focal point of the first date between James Joyce and Nora Barnacle
In pictures: Dublin celebrates Bloomsday 2026
People have been marking the literary occasion with Edwardian dress and re-enactments from James Joyce’s Ulysses in the capital
Stories from Dubliners review: Back for Bloomsday, Joyce’s stories get a dollop of comic energy
Jim Roche and Liam Hourican of Volta Theatre Company stage their adaptations of Two Gallants, A Little Cloud and Counterparts
On Bloomsday, if you take just one message from Ulysses then it should be this one
James Joyce didn’t trade in false hope, but he reminds us how political optimism, even if foolish, is never wasted
Bloomsday: If I lived in Ireland I may never have started this slightly insane art project
Irish artist Natalie Forrester’s is painting each page of Ulysses, and has just reached a Guinness milestone
Beery Men and Peatsmoke: For Bloomsday, an Irish perfumer in Paris creates the smells of Ulysses
Meabh Mc Curtin is bringing to life 14 scents from Joyce’s novel, from Molly Bloom’s perfume to the ointments of Sweny’s Pharmacy
‘Indecent’ Ulysses: The British ban and how it was lifted
James Joyce reportedly said he wanted his books to keep the critics busy for 300 years. His most famous one kept the British post office and customs busy until 1936
Frank McNally: Ulysses updated, with apologies to James Joyce
On Bloomsday, how would Joyce rewrite his masterpiece for a Dublin of Deliveroo, Instagram, Lidl and Tinder?
Before reaching for your phone in the morning, breathe yourself into the present moment
There are some simple steps you can take to develop an enduring wellbeing and drown out the external noise
The controversial origins of a Dún Laoghaire hospital, 150 years old this week
Parish priest Canon McCabe was the driving force behind the creation of St Michael’s Hospital, which officially opened in Kingstown on June 12th, 1876
Deadly Buzz – Frank McNally on a belated ‘inquest’ for James Joyce’s Paddy Dignam
We know Dignam died of a Monday. But Monday is not an official cause of death, even in Ireland
Land review: Breathtaking epic marks Maggie O’Farrell as a daring chronicler of 19th century Ireland
Hamnet author’s 10th novel urgently and passionately maps historical change driven by famine, emigration, language loss, secularisation and much more
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