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Celebrating global voices in Irish literature

The Irish Writers Centre in collaboration with Dublin UNESCO City of Literature, supported by Dublin City Council, has released the latest installment of its series Dublin, One City, Many Stories

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The cartographers who found the shape of Ireland

Randal Plunkett, Baron of Dunsany, poses in the grounds of his seat Dunsany Castle, in Dunsany, northwest of Dublin, Ireland, on October 13, 2021. - Randal Plunkett, the 21st Baron of Dunsany, strides out of his Irish castle in a t-shirt bearing the name

Meet the reluctant aristocrat who returned his estate to nature

Danny Robins close-up looking directly into camera with a light blue background

Danny Robins: I guess you could call me a ghost hunter!

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Accidental villain: Churchill's enforcer in revolutionary Ireland

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New Writing: Aftershock by Liz McSkeane

WINDSOR, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 11: Salman Rushdie, writer, at the Cliveden Literary Festival 2025 at Cliveden House on October 11, 2025 in Windsor, England. (Photo by David Levenson/Getty Images)

Rushdie says effects of knife attack still very present

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How fiddler Tommie Potts recorded a Irish traditional masterpiece

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From Crown to Harp by David McCullagh - read an extract

Oddbody by Rose Keating - read an extract

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New Irish Writing: Beneath the Cedar Tree by Frank Shouldice

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Shortlist unveiled for the 2025 An Post Irish Book Awards

Dracula - listen to the classic RTÉ Players production

Dracula - listen to the classic RTÉ Players production

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New Irish Writing: Chaos Theory by Sylvia Leatham

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Keith Donald, pictured on the cover of his memoir Music & Mayhem

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Roisin O'Donnell (Pic: Ruth Medjber)

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Roddy Doyle reurns to his character Paula Spencer in his new book

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Book Of The Week: The Alternatives by Caoilinn Hughes

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Gerald Boland, as pictured on the cover of Stephen Kelly's new biography

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Oddbody by Rose Keating - read an extract

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The Language of Remembering by Patrick Holloway - read an extract

Let Me Go Mad In My Own Way by Elaine Feeney - read an extract

To Avenge A Dead Glacier by Shane Tivenan - read an extract

To Avenge A Dead Glacier by Shane Tivenan - read an extract

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Book Club - your one-stop bluffer's guide to RTÉ's new series

Book Club - your one-stop bluffer's guide to RTÉ's new series

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The Fraud - author Zadie Smith

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The Bee Sting - author Paul Murray

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The Country Girls - author Edna O'Brien

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