The Reverend Psychopath: Suffer Little Children, Terror, Tears and Tragedy: The Mount Cashells and the Notorious Divorce Case of 1876, and Under the Metal Man: Sligo in Yeats
Molly Aitken’s Bright I Burn tells the story of the fierce and ambitious Alice Kyteler, and how ‘creative writing is a way of revoicing the past’
The charismatic poet whose intimacy and boldness continues to inspire was born 95 years ago
Donors can secure 80% of the value of accepted works as a credit against outstanding and future tax bills
The creation of an ambitious Irish national literature for the future poses pressing questions on many fronts
Presenting runners with a tribute to Yeats featuring a line he almost certainly never said is an embarrassing travesty for a city that prides itself on its literary heritage
Joe Biden did the right thing getting America out of there. But he did it badly
Restoration of 1964 Corman adaptation confirms continuing relevance of film and source
Sales in London and Dublin include 11 paintings, some bought directly from Yeats
Scientist Paul Byrne has succeeded in his bid to given the large lava plain an Irish name
President says Irish people must ‘remember generously’ during the decade of centenaries
Kenny and Burton say Labour and Fine Gael will go to people on their own manifestos
Goodwill garnered over bailout exit and recovery impaired by unexpected events
Michael D Higgins concentrates on ethical issues in first major address in Paris
Recently discovered diplomatic archives allude to secret procedure
The Nobel laureate’s early enthusiasm for a brave old world of glorious Celtic warriors ended in postwar disillusion and disgust
As even the hostile critic FR Leavis conceded, in Yeats’s poetry ‘there is no element of a man’s experience in the twentieth century that, of its nature, it excludes’
US vice-president says Irish recognised truth that everyone is entitled to respect in vote
Prince Charles spends second day of Irish visit in Sligo visiting ‘Yeats country’
School debating is no substitute for Socratic inquiry, argues author and campaigner Peter Worley
A show garden for the upcoming Bloom festival is a tribute to WB Yeats
Noreen Rice: February 19th, 1936 - March 19th, 2015
The news from Dublin to Kerry; Belfast to Cork; Sligo to Waterford
Irish mammies can be hard to spoil – many of them would prefer to look after you. Here are some ideas to ensure your mum doesn’t make her own Mother’s Day dinner
Kavanagh, Yeats and Heaney among contenders in A Poem for Ireland project
Willie John McBride: ‘He was just one of the great men of this world, I am just proud I had him as a friend’
Legal wrangle over estate ends with Supreme Court ruling over right of way
Yeats had a late creative surge – including ‘one of the greatest ever death-bed utterances’ – before he died surrounded by his muses in France 75 years ago
‘I had far more nerves today than 50 years ago’ – retired Lieutenant Colonel John Dunne
Educators are fond of the poet’s remark but can’t agree about whether he wrote it
No coherent proposal for reform has been put forward
Our Going Coastal series continues with a stroll along a part of Co Clare with serious literary credentials, in a landscape that has its own natural poetry
America Letter: The film director’s views on the Irish form part of a new book
Irish poet’s 90-minute performance the highlight of month-long Marché de la Poésie festival
Just months after his release from prison in South Africa, Nelson Mandela visited Ireland in July 1990. The following is the full text of his address to Dáil Éireann
Pre-sale viewings in Dublin this weekend
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices
