Connemara school fears for its long-term future
Principal hopes remote working as a result of Covid might encourage families to relocate
Twelve artists elected to Aosdána
Association honours new members in artforms such as writing, drama, dance and film
David McWilliams: The State can finance everything for nothing – if it wants to
Whatever the obstacles to social change in modern Ireland, money is not one
Connemara’s tourism industry rides seasonal tide but fears uncertain future
Covid-19 has changed Connemara’s season, removing the people that are its lifeblood
My fellow Irish citizens! What are you doing next Monday?
Monaco is filthy rich and hasn’t much of an army. I think we could take it in a fight
Tim Robinson created a unique ecological chronicle of Ireland
Robinson has followed Mairéad, his wife and collaborator, into the list of Covid-19 fatalities
Acclaimed Connemara writer Tim Robinson dies at 85 from coronavirus
President Higgins pays tribute to author and artist who died two weeks after his wife Mairéad
Distinctive history of nature literature compiled in insightful anthology
Woven Shades of Green is a ‘a generous treasury of Irish nature poetry and prose’
Treasures from Kennys Bookshop and 40 pieces of silver
Roscrea sale offers lots from several large houses and Galway bookseller’s warehouse
Harry Arter sent off on Cardiff return but Fulham hold on for draw
Republic of Ireland international picked up two yellow cards in as many minutes
Home to lizards and lichens: the distinctive ecosystem of dry stone walls
As the climate changes the 400,000km of stone walls in the Irish countryside need care
Writer, broadcaster and academic Liam Mac Con Iomaire dies
Teacher, author, translator and co-founder of Sean Nós Cois Life
Violence among supporters is becoming more prevalent
Concerns are growing about a wider trend of violence at matches across the UK
Deserted Connemara island on sale for €1.25m
High Island is home to 7th-century monastic settlement and thousands of birds
Seven wonders of Ireland’s historical world
While we’re all familiar with high-profile places like Glendalough and Newgrange, there are 750 less well-known heritage sites around Ireland, all worth a visit. Here’s a taster of just a few of them
Walk for the Weekend: A Connemara island on the first day of spring
Luibin Garumna is a new trail that explores this less-visited Gaeltacht region
Irish migrant psyche captured in cinema
‘Song of Granite’ says as much about the experience of emigration as it does about sean-nós
Ireland still ‘values the imagination’, President tells festival
Clifden Arts Festival also pays tribute to artist and writer Tim Robinson
Connemara village writes its own positive obituary
Loch Con Aortha residents say they have given up hope of being saved as population plummets
Collops and fíbíns: The lost language of Ireland’s landscape
Take the boreen over the bawn, and beyond the esker to the cladach
Stars of the watery underworld in danger from farm pollution
Michael Viney: Rare plants and fauna are a feature of Ireland’s hard-water lakes
‘Cré na Cille’: do English versions hit the funny bone?
‘The Dirty Dust’ and ‘Graveyard Clay’ offer insight into Máirtín Ó Cadhain’s romp
Virat Kohli and India dig in to salvage first Test draw with England
Alastair Cook’s 30th Test century gives tourists platform to push for win in Rajkot
President attends launch of atlas of historic Galway towns
Michael D Higgins says words used about migrants similar to those used during Famine
A Walk for the Weekend: Enigmatic beauty of the Burren
A chance to go back in time and explore the Burren’s monastic sites
Another Life: From dinosaurs to sea lilies, the fossil windows into our natural history
Limestone formed when Ireland was still down near the equator, its deserts and dunes flooded by warm and shallow seas
Adopt an endangered Irish word and become a guardian of Gaeilge
Anglicising Irish words sapped them of meaning. Let’s reclaim our mother tongue so that it can cast its spell on us again
Cré na Cille: Ó Cadhain’s squabbling corpses revived in English
The challenge in translating the greatest Irish-language novel is capturing something close to Máirtín Ó Cadhain’s linguistic energy in English
Cartographer Tim Robinson honoured by NUI Galway
Robinson has won international acclaim for his detailed maps of Connemara, the Burren and the Aran Islands
The Tower of Silence in every bustling city
Nicolas Fève’s new book of photographs is a response to Tim Robinson’s work on Connemara. This is one of several new essays the writer has contributed to it
Believing that creativity is central to education
Former Danish culture minister speaks of alternative models as part of Burren College of Art 20th anniversary
Another Life: Playing the wandering fool beside the whispering Mayo surf
For the beach lover the boundary of land and ocean is more a state of mind than any line drawn in the sand
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