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New poetry: An indispensable mirror to death-dealing cultures of neglect and abuse
1+ hour, 4+ min ago (517+ words) Stephen de Búrca’s impressive first collection, Atlantic Fret (Gallery, €12.95), introduces a significant new voice in Irish poetry. This volume impactfully addresses the theme of pain and its long-term processing. The title poem – an accomplished elegy for the poet’s father – juxtaposes…...
Martyn Turner â The Irish Times
22+ hour, 58+ min ago (147+ words) Martyn Turner The Irish Times Saturday, July 25th, 2026 Law student (25) charged over explosives seized near Border Solicitor landlord agrees not to contact former tenant following High Court settlement Devil in the Family: The Fall of Ruby Franke â Your jaw will…...
Booker longlist speculation is foolish. But it’s also fun
23+ hour, 44+ min ago (525+ words) A scroll through Bookstagram confirms it. The longlist for the 2026 Booker Prize, which will be announced on Tuesday, is generating small mountains of speculation. The tea leaves, no longer in the to-be-read pile, have been translated into galleries and collages…...
Genieve Figgis and Michael Craig-Martin among Irish artists with international appeal
1+ day ago (709+ words) Does Irish art have a strong appeal to buyers who don’t have a connection to the island? This is a question that occupies the minds of both buyers and sellers of works by Irish artists, and it doesn’t have a…...
Jennifer O'Connell: Gay Byrne was the first big beast broadcaster. Claire Byrne was the last
21+ hour, 54+ min ago (829+ words) The Irish Times Gay Byrne was the first big beast broadcaster. Claire Byrne was the last Now weâre in the era of big beast bean counters It really doesnât have the same ring. But as this weekâs…...
Further delays to Abbey Theatre redevelopment while projected cost may now be €500m
23+ hour, 1+ min ago (378+ words) Redevelopment of the Abbey Theatre is mired in red tape and bureaucratic reviews more than eight years after a government-promised €80 million overhaul. Two governments and three taoisigh on from a 2018 pledge to replace the “deficient” building with a new theatre…...
Pure filth! Ireland’s banned films – and why the censor didn’t want you to see them
23+ hour, 27+ min ago (1812+ words) A generation of Irish cinemagoers has grown up with no memory of the bad old days when theocratic censors kept comically unthreatening material from the nation’s supposedly fragile eyes. Films banned included such unmitigated filth as Casablanca, Brief Encounter and…...
Wham! 10 Days in China: George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley deliver a seismic culture shock
23+ hour, 37+ min ago (1459+ words) In April 1985 the British pop duo Wham! – George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley – became the first western pop stars to tour the People’s Republic of China. Four decades later, the director Mike Christie revisits the duo’s historic stopovers at Beijing Workers…...
The Vivisectors by Missouri Williams: Strange, disturbing and sometimes very good
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (225+ words) Missouri Williams’s The Vivisectors opens not with a bang, but a whimper: the narrator’s mother has attempted to end her life and failed, managing only to become paralysed and dependent. Her vegetative state reflects a broader sense of regression and…...
The Irish Times view on The Odyssey: from epic poem to blockbuster
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (179+ words) The Irish Times So it is hardly a surprise that Nolan has chosen to bring one of the foundational archetypes of western culture to his very large screen. For three millenniums The Odyssey has inspired artists from Virgil to Dante....