Mary O’Malley has won the 2025 Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry. Her collection The Shark Nursery (Carcanet, 2024) was ...

Fail Again Fail Even Better – The Struggles of an Obscure Irish Poet, by Karl MacDermott, published by Troubador Publishing, ...

When you sit down to write a will, big things like properties, bank accounts and family heirlooms instantly come to mind, but ...

We're celebrating Irish Book Week (which runs 18th - 25th October) with a series of choice extracts from outstanding new ...

Cecelia Ahern, Donal Ryan, Oscar-winning actor Brenda Fricker, John Banville, RTÉ presenter Miriam O'Callaghan and former ...

Chosen by Irish food producers, Blas na hÉireann Producers’ Champions are passionate advocates who champion Irish food and ...

It is serendipitous that the current Uachtarán Chonradh na Gaeilge, Ciarán Mac Giolla Bhéin, is also a Belfast native, and ...

Season 4 of Jane Seymour's Harry Wild will go out with a bang with a massive finale. Check out the new trailer for the ...

He had previously broken the woman’s nose during an attack and in one of the messages he said: "I will do more than break ...

This month, I reached 80 years of age. I have been sending in letters to the Irish Independent for about 40 of those years, and fortunately some have been printed. Would one be overly optimistic, ...

An award-winning Irish author chronicled her writing process and read excerpts from her past and current work at a Georgetown University event Sept. 29. Sinéad Gleeson showcased the relevance of Irish ...

Influenced by the likes of The Pogues and Christy Moore as well as Oasis, Coldplay, Paul Brady and even Brian Wilson, Niall ...