Traditional music, song and poetry were enjoyed by all at an “absolutely fantastic” community concert held in Gorey recently to mark this year’s May Bush Féile. Local performers Anne Mulhall, Helena ...

Decades before Christopher Kinahan Sr. fled to Dubai, he dabbled in prison poetry and prose alongside some of Ireland’s most ...

Paul Durcan, one of Ireland's most renowned contemporary poets, has died at the age of 80. He was born in Dublin in 1944 and spent much time in his parents' home county of Mayo. Paul Durcan began his ...

A Kerry writer returned to his hometown for the local launch of his new book of poetry and photographs on Saturday.

Rural Ireland has a rich history of songs, stories and poems that celebrate the local. In Jane Austen’s world, a townland was a whole world, ...

The work of a renowned Ballinskelligs writer is showcased in a new Irish language book ‘Glór ón Sceilg’ which will be launched at 8pm in Cahersiveen library on Thursday (May 8). Michael Kirby, or ...

Pharmaceutical imports to the US surged in March as drugmakers stocked up ahead of potential tariffs on their products, which have historically been exempt from such fees. Total imports of ...

In a year when the arts have been stormed by political forces, the literary arts remain strong and dry, writes Arrowsmith Press in announcing the publication this month of Thomas O'Grady's “Coming ...

Following its highly successful debut at Killarney House on March 6, the captivating poetry and photography collection For the Love of Kerry by local poet Paul Byrne is set to be officially launched ...

bringing together the richness of our heritage and art to bring new perspectives to the Irish Folklife Collection, and produce a vibrant new body of poems. “Throughout the project, the poets have ...

from the gods, he says, beckoning; go on, dive in. Anne Tannam is the author of four poetry collections, the latest of which, dismantle, was published by Salmon Poetry in 2024. She is poet in ...

Ireland's Central Statistics Office (CSO) published its report on Inbound Tourism for the month of March 2025 on Tuesday, April 29. Some 441,200 foreign visitors completed a trip to Ireland in ...