irish writing

Seán Hewitt: "When a lot of people fall in love, the line between what’s real and what’s not kind of blurs a bit"
  • Opinion
  • 24 May 25

Seán Hewitt: "When a lot of people fall in love, the line between what’s real and what’s not kind of blurs a bit"

Eoin McNamee: "That was a private dread, but if you spread it out, there was a kind of public dread of living along the border"
  • Opinion
  • 10 May 25

Eoin McNamee: "That was a private dread, but if you spread it out, there was a kind of public dread of living along the border"

The Best Books Of 2024
  • Opinion
  • 21 Dec 24

The Best Books Of 2024

Bea Fitzgerald - Mad Hatter Q&A: "I do not desire dates, I suffer them"
  • Culture
  • 24 Oct 24

Bea Fitzgerald - Mad Hatter Q&A: "I do not desire dates, I suffer them"

Roddy Doyle: "It’s getting away from the notion of the mother as a saint. The blessed virgin – Jesus, what a model..."
  • Culture
  • 26 Sep 24

Roddy Doyle: "It’s getting away from the notion of the mother as a saint. The blessed virgin – Jesus, what a model..."

Christine Anne Foley: "The fragile male ego isn’t able to accept that maybe some men have done wrong"
  • Opinion
  • 01 Aug 24

Christine Anne Foley: "The fragile male ego isn’t able to accept that maybe some men have done wrong"

Colin Barrett's <i>Wild Houses</i> longlisted for Booker Prize 2024
  • Opinion
  • 30 Jul 24

Colin Barrett's Wild Houses longlisted for Booker Prize 2024

Andrea Mara – Mad Hatter Q&A: Concept of hell? "Grocery shopping. I haven’t done it in 12 years and nothing could drag me back to it"
  • Opinion
  • 08 Jul 24

Andrea Mara – Mad Hatter Q&A: Concept of hell? "Grocery shopping. I haven’t done it in 12 years and nothing could drag me back to it"

Sally Rooney announced for special National Concert Hall event ahead of new novel <i>Intermezzo</i>
  • Culture
  • 22 May 24

Sally Rooney announced for special National Concert Hall event ahead of new novel Intermezzo

John Boyne – Mad Hatter Q&A: Biggest thrill? "A private lunch last year with Kate Bush"
  • Opinion
  • 18 Apr 24

John Boyne – Mad Hatter Q&A: Biggest thrill? "A private lunch last year with Kate Bush"

Booker Prize winner Paul Lynch: Revisiting his Mad Hatter Q&A with <i>Hot Press</i>
  • Opinion
  • 27 Nov 23

Booker Prize winner Paul Lynch: Revisiting his Mad Hatter Q&A with Hot Press

Caroline O’Donoghue: "The way Irish femaleness was constructed came out of a conservative culture where you were also expected to have sex"
  • Culture
  • 04 Sep 23

Caroline O’Donoghue: "The way Irish femaleness was constructed came out of a conservative culture where you were also expected to have sex"

The Edge to discuss "dark matter and guitar riffs" with Brian Cox at Dalkey Book Festival
  • Culture
  • 24 Apr 23

The Edge to discuss "dark matter and guitar riffs" with Brian Cox at Dalkey Book Festival

Pillow Queens to curate residency in New York's Irish Arts Center
  • Culture
  • 25 Aug 22

Pillow Queens to curate residency in New York's Irish Arts Center

Sally Rooney Wins Book Of The Year At British Book Awards
  • Culture
  • 14 May 19

Sally Rooney Wins Book Of The Year At British Book Awards

Christine Dwyer Hickey: On Writing, Patrick Kavanagh, And New Novel The Narrow Land
  • Culture
  • 05 Apr 19

Christine Dwyer Hickey: On Writing, Patrick Kavanagh, And New Novel The Narrow Land

Rob Doyle, Senator Lynn Ruane and More To Take Part in Red Line Book Festival
  • Lifestyle & Sports
  • 02 Oct 18

Rob Doyle, Senator Lynn Ruane and More To Take Part in Red Line Book Festival