Clare is a Kildare poet originally from Westmeath. She achieved first place in Poetry Ireland /Trócaire unpublished poet competition and the Jonathan Swift poetry awards. Clare has also featured on ...

Poetry should be celebrated every day of the year, but this World Poetry Day, we'd like to take a moment to introduce you to ...

Books newsletter: a preview of Saturday’s pages; Young Writer of the Year Award; Eoin McNamee and fallow journal launches; AE ...

We Irish are nothing if not poets. Here is a selection of the best Irish poems and songs that show off Ireland's spectacular way with words and fill us with pride in being Irish.

A whirl through the 19th-, 20th- and 21st-century histories of Ireland and Irish America, the musical is alternately funny ...

At a loss for words? Poetry expresses the feelings we struggle to convey. Open any poetry book for proof: You’ll find love poems for romantic moments, silly rhymes for kids and limericks for ...

Traditionally, an Irish stew (aka Guinness Stew) is made with lamb. Our version includes beef chuck, which is cheaper and more easily found. It might be less traditional, but is certainly equal in ...

In The Irish Times tomorrow, Torrey Peters talks to Naoise Dolan about her new novel, Stag Dance, and her hit debut Detransition Baby. Anthea Rowan writes about caring for her mother in the last ...

US President Donald Trump has hailed the impact of the Irish in America days ahead of Taoiseach (Irish prime minister) Micheál Martin's visit to the White House to celebrate St Patrick's Day.

Margaret McCarthy describes “In the Becoming” as a “full circle moment.” The volume subtitled “Poems on the Deirdre Story” can find its roots in her time as an undergraduate at the School of Visual ...

This interview was featured in the Books & Fiction newsletter, which delivers the stories behind the stories, along with our latest fiction. Sign up to receive it in your inbox. The protagonist of ...