The five-decade love story of a forgotten Irish literary power couple – The Irish Times
The name of Padraic Colum may still be familiar to some, as the author of much-loved poems such…
From Homer to Heaney: Ray Burke on Ireland’s enduring connection to The Odyssey – The Irish Times
“There is a stranger outside your house,” writes classicist Emily Wilson in the final paragraph of her 91-page…
We went inside the 179-year-old pharmacy made famous by James Joyce’s Ulysses
The Journal / YouTube WHEN SWENY’S PHARMACY first opened its doors in 1847, few could have predicted that…
Ireland: A journey to Europe’s wildest economy | Economy and Business
If a journalist came to Dublin to write an article about the recession, they’d have bad luck to…
Happy birthday, Mel Brooks: 100 gloriously tasteless years. Long may you remain above ground – The Irish Times
“Let’s swing, sing, shout, make noise!” Mel Brooks told The New York Times more than 50 years ago.…
‘My sister was, like, you don’t have to fit in – you’re weird, and it’s okay that you’re weird’ – The Irish Times
Very few debut albums in jazz have matched the creative heights and critical acclaim of WomanChild. Released in…
New arguments against abortion surface in a ‘retro’ Kieran Cuddihy Liveline show – The Irish Times
Heated arguments about abortion, earnest debates on Irish unity, paeans to footballers from Ireland performing heroics at the…
New arguments against abortion surface in a ‘retro’ Kieran Cuddihy Liveline show – The Irish Times
Heated arguments about abortion, earnest debates on Irish unity, paeans to footballers from Ireland performing heroics at the…
Bloomsday: Ringsend reclaims its Joycean heritage but, alas, no ‘superior tawny sherry’ – The Irish Times
Tunney’s pub is mentioned three times in Ulysses, as was the “superior tawny sherry” bought there for the…
In pictures: Dublin celebrates Bloomsday 2026 – The Irish Times
Celebrations for Bloomsday, the day immortalised by James Joyce in his masterpiece Ulysses, have been taking place across…
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Bloomsday: If I lived in Ireland I may never have started this slightly insane art project – The Irish Times
I hold the bubble wrap for my Hungarian husband, as he carefully packages my latest artworks to ship…