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Unpublished works by renowned Irish writers to be sold in aid of National Print Museum

A limited-edition collection of unpublished works by some of Ireland's most prestigious writers has been commissioned to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the National Print Museum. Six internationally renowned, prizewinning writers including ...

29 Sept 2022 at 17:32

National News

President leads tributes after passing of Ireland's most famous travel writer

President Michael D. Higgins has paid tribute to a beloved Waterford travel writer following her passing aged 90. Dervla Murphy wrote over 25 books throughout her life documenting her travels across the world by bicycle. Born in Lismore, she ...

24 May 2022 at 14:15

National News

Irish novelist makes shortlist for £10,000 UK writing prize

An Irish writer is one of five people to make the shortlist of a £10,000 UK writing prize. Novelist Megan Nolan - originally from Co Waterford and now based in London - is nominated for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award. Her ...

04 Apr 2022 at 22:01

National News

Arts Council apologises after mistakenly awarding over €3 MILLION in grants

The Arts Council of Ireland has apologised after mistakenly awarding a €25,000 grant to over 140 people. The embarrassing error was made yesterday (June 28), when letters were issued to 141 applicants informing them of their success in ...

29 Jun 2023 at 15:43

National News

Hozier would consider striking over AI threat to music industry

Irish singer Hozier has said he would consider striking over the threat of artificial intelligence (AI) to the music industry. The 33-year-old said he would be willing to join similar action to the US actors and writers’ strikes, who ...

17 Aug 2023 at 09:03

Arts & Entertainment

Interview with Booker-nominated Sebastian Barry: 'There’s a huge amount of humour in it, in being alive'

With a fifth nomination for the prestigious Booker Prize under his belt, one may be forgiven for assuming author Sebastian Barry has an ego the size of a thousand moons. On the contrary, his humility and generosity of spirit is ...

03 Aug 2023 at 16:33

National News

Oppenheimer continues awards season run with Writers Guild Awards nomination

Oppenheimer has continued its successful awards season run as its secured a Writers Guild Awards nomination. British director Christopher Nolan’s epic biopic, which sees Irish star Cillian Murphy play J Robert Oppenheimer – ...

21 Feb 2024 at 22:05

Arts & Entertainment

Ryan Tubridy kicks off emotional first episode of podcast 'The Bookshelf' with guest David Walliams

Former Late Late Show host Ryan Tubridy told David Walliams about the difficult time he faced after losing his father in the first episode of Tubridy’s new podcast. Writer and actor David Walliams was the inaugural guest ...

16 Apr 2024 at 10:48

Features

Lockdown inspired Laois man to open a new chapter

“Lockdown taught us to slow down and follow our passions- so I decided it’s now or never.” So says Laois journalist and now writer Seán Dunne about his first children’s novel. In the first Covid-19 Lockdown, many people ...

06 Jul 2021 at 18:36

National News

Use of Irish writers’ work for AI training has ‘profound implications’ – union

A group of Irish writers has called on the government to protect their work from AI technologies. The government said it is working to implement an EU law on AI that is due to come into force later this year, while ...

17 Apr 2025 at 20:16

Arts & Entertainment

A hit: New book on Irish legends features well-known Laois towns

A new book has been published by a group of Laois writers, under the mentorship of writer and poet Eileen Casey. 'Beneath the Sky of Stars' is a collection of works that examines Laois through a lens of Irish ...

22 Aug 2024 at 19:23

Your Community

'The most important job I've done' - Laois resident's life and times in undertaking

Clonaslee resident and former London undertaker Julian Watson recently took on a new undertaking - a memoir documenting his time as a funeral director in England. The writer released his book less than two ...

06 Jul 2024 at 19:52

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