TV guide: the best new shows to watch, starting tonight – The Irish Times
Pick of the weekTrinity’s TreasuresFriday, RTÉ One, 8.30pm What would happen if you went back to visit your…
The Divine Comedy’s Neil Hannon on fame and farming: ‘I’m a grumpy old bastard now’ – The Irish Times
“This is how you do it,” Neil Hannon says. Standing in his driveway in Co Kildare, Hannon leans…
Séamas O’Reilly: ‘As I’ve grown older I’ve realised how formative the Troubles were’ – The Irish Times
Tell us about your debut novel, Prestige Drama. It’s a story set in modern-day Derry, where a classy,…
Marita Conlon-McKenna: ‘I write what I see and what I feel. I can sense things. I always have’ – The Irish Times
I remember hearing on the radio that three little skeletons were found under a hawthorn tree beside a…
A new Wild Atlantic Way? How nine ‘literary routes’ could form a map of Irish writing – The Irish Times
What the Wild Atlantic Way has done for the west coast a new set of cultural routes could,…
Richard Avedon’s Portraits of Aging Go On View at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
A man who was older and in a position of power once said to me, “I feel sad…
‘He never seemed old to me… he was quite adventurous’ – The Irish Times
I am on a phone call to playwright Seán O’Casey’s youngest and only surviving child. Shivaun O’Casey lives…
‘When you’re the eldest daughter, particularly in Ireland, it definitely defines you’ – The Irish Times
How agreeable are you? I’m very agreeable in the sense that I respect everybody’s opinion. Consensus is very…