Satire had an important social function in medieval Ireland and poet Conchobhar Ruadh Mac Con Midhe knew how to use it ...

When words fail them, creative writers imagine entirely new ones. Author Patti Callahan Henry explains fake languages, ...

including Lilies from America, New and Selected Poems and Time Being (both from Shearsman Books) Today’s poem is from Tristia (Shearsman) the poet’s recently published new collection.

A “limither” was a man who could live only by begging, Kavanagh explained. It derived from “limiter”: a phrase used in the ...

But avid followers of Gaelic games will probably be most interested in his opinions around his belief that referees should be micc'd up for matches.

Heard about the Poolbeg chimneys? Or Supermac’s plan for Croke Park? Yes, it’s that day again and we’ve all been caught by ...

Emily Logan took her 80-year-old parent for a Chinese meal to celebrate. After the plates had been cleared away a waitress brought a flower to the table, and handed it to mum. There was even a ...

Ceòl, amaideas agus na beachdan agaibh air cuspairean a' là. Còmhla ris an Urr Calum I Macleòid Còmhla ris an Urr Calum Iain MacLeòid, Eaglais Fearann na Tòiseachd agus Ruigh Sholais.

I quoted the motion put forward in the Scottish Parliament on March 18 by Clare Adamson, SNP MSP for Motherwell and Wishaw, to the ...