Dick Monroe explores new forms of writing by sharing an Irish-style limerick collection to celebrate St. Patrick's Day.

The speaker in this poem concedes that his love interest compels him to do her bidding, with the steadfastness of a stalker.

“A poem,” he said, “should be like a good pint — strong, honest, and without froth.” This is something he said in other contexts too. But let me tell you how this restless poet from Newcastle West ...

Thursday, April 23 marks UNESCO World Book Day, celebrated in Limerick with Books & Roses, presented jointly by Quay Books and the Limerick Writers’ Centre at 6.30pm. This event situates Limerick’s ...

Any genre can have sad books. But is there a specific genre for those emotional reads that make you tear up? We asked Amanda Hunt, better known as @thenextgenlibrarian on Instagram, to weigh in. In ...

DIY works, covering a wide breath of topics, historically provided space for marginalised voices and are surging in popularity again ...

I thought Pam was great,” Joan Armatrading says of her early lyric-writing partner, Pam Nestor. “She was totally different from me. Pam did all the things that I didn’t d ...

Ireland and much of the world turned green yesterday in celebration of the country’s patron saint, with half a million people thronging the streets of Dublin alone for this year’s St Patrick’s Day ...

In my mind's eye, for example, once the Irish learn more about Johnny Blood (aka John McNally), he could become a folk hero ...

Dáil register of members’ interest has drawn attention to Kerry junior minister’s huge property portfolio and State contract to accommodate Ukrainians ...

Mel Brooks admitted without begrudgement that the Irish have a congenial way with words, and, if he’s heard “On Raglan Road” set to the “Dawning of the Day,” he knows the Irish have a way with a ...

Twenty emerging young filmmakers from across Munster have been shortlisted for the Ireland’s Young Filmmaker of the Year Awards 2026 (IYFTY Awards), which will take place at the Mansion House in ...