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Laois Leaves Literacy Festival 2017 launched at Emo Court

The annual Leaves Festival of Writing and Music is just around the corner, celebrating the diversity and richness in today’s literary, music, theatre and film scene. Leaves aims to excite and engage with audiences young and old and this year the ...

09 Oct 2017 at 12:46

National News

'We need you' - Bono calls on the UK to start leading the world again

U2 frontman Bono has urged the UK to start leading the world again after claiming the Government has been overtaken by “free market fundamentalists”. The Irish singer praised successive UK governments for helping tackle world debt, fighting ...

17 Oct 2022 at 12:20

National News

Shortlists announced for the Irish-Language Book of the Year Publishing Awards

READERS will be “spoiled for choice” with the books shortlisted for the Irish-Language Book of the Year Publishing Awards. In conjunction with Foras na Gaeilge, the awards were announced live on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta by An tOireachtas. ...

15 Aug 2023 at 10:51

Arts & Entertainment

New Seamus Heaney Centre to open next year

Queen’s University Belfast has announced a £4.9 million new landmark venue for the Seamus Heaney Centre, which will open for staff, students and the public early next year. The reimagined space at the listed buildings in University Road ...

21 Aug 2023 at 15:39

Northern Ireland

Funeral of Belfast poet Michael Longley to take place

The funeral of acclaimed Belfast poet Michael Longley will take place later. Mr Longley died in hospital at the age of 85 on January 22. His funeral is to take place in All Souls Church in Belfast followed by a private committal at ...

01 Feb 2025 at 02:45

Arts & Entertainment

IN PICTURES: Laois crime fans blown away by Leaves Festival special

USE THE ARROWS ABOVE OR 'NEXT' BELOW TO BROWSE THROUGH THE GALLERY Laois was the place to be for crime literature fans during the Leaves Festival of Literature and Music in November. Photographer Michael Scully went along to St ...

16 Nov 2023 at 19:24

Northern Ireland

Poet Michael Longley touched souls with just a few words, funeral hears

Acclaimed Belfast poet Michael Longley managed to touch the souls of people with just a few words, his funeral has heard. President of Ireland Michael D Higgins was among mourners who joined Longley’s family at Saturday’s ...

01 Feb 2025 at 15:42

Northern Ireland

‘Deep sadness’ following death of Belfast poet Michael Longley

Deep sadness has been expressed following the death of Belfast poet Michael Longley. Mr Longley died at the age of 85 in hospital on Wednesday. He won a number of awards for his writing throughout his life including the ...

23 Jan 2025 at 14:22

Arts & Entertainment

Irish writers to join American horror legend at Cheltenham Literature Festival

Stanley Tucci, Stephen King and Bono are among the stars confirmed to appear at this year’s Cheltenham Literature Festival. First held in 1949, The Times and The Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival is the ...

11 Aug 2022 at 11:00

National News

Bono calls on the UK to ‘lead’ the world again

17 Oct 2022 at 11:16

Arts & Entertainment

Graham Norton announces new novel Frankie

Comedian and TV host Graham Norton has announced his new novel will be published in September. The new novel from the bestselling author will take us from a small-town in conservative Ireland in the ...

21 Mar 2024 at 15:24

Arts & Entertainment

'Bleak, enigmatic work' of Irish writer influenced new winner of Nobel Prize in literature

The latest winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature has cited Irish writer Samuel Beckett's "bleak, enigmatic work" as an influence on his minimalist style. Beckett was the 1969 Nobel literature ...

05 Oct 2023 at 16:56

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