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Book Of The Week: David McCullagh on Ireland's Secret War

Books • 30 Apr

Druid's 2012 production of A Whistle in the Dark starred Niall Buggy and Eileen Walsh (Pic: Catherine-Ashmore)

The fantasy of manhood in the theatre of Tom Murphy

Books • 29 Apr

Inside Little Deer - how we opened an independent comic book shop

Comics • 25 Apr

John Kelly (Pic: John Minihan)

Poetry Programme: New poems from John Kelly and Audrey Molloy

the poetry programme • 28 Apr

Sunday Miscellany: Searching for poems on the Dart

Poetry • 28 Apr

I Am Lewy by Eoghan Ó Tuairisc - read an extract

Books • 26 Apr

Something For The Weekend: Wendy Erskine's Cultural Picks

Something For The Weekend • 27 Apr

Poet Gail McConnell, pictured in Trinity College Dublin

Gail McConnell wins Pollard International Poetry Prize

Poetry • 28 Apr

Poguemahone by Patrick McCabe - read an extract

Books • 25 Apr

Electronic music pioneer Wendy Carlos at work in her New York City recording studio, October 1979. (Pic: Getty)

Book Of The Week: This Woman's Work - Essays On Music

Book Of The Week • 22 Apr

A detail from the cover image for 'Collecting Music in the Aran Islands: A Century of History and Practice' by Deirdre Ní Chonghaile.

Book Of The Week: The many sides of music and song collecting

Books • 16 Apr

Gerald Dawe's journey through the past - The Poetry Programme

Books • 15 Apr

Our Big Day author Bob Johnston (Pic: Eoin Rafferty)

Bob's Big Day - from bookshop owner to children's author

Books • 17 Apr

Seven Steeples - author Sara Baume on her acclaimed new novel

Books • 07 Apr

Something For The Weekend: Jessica Traynor's Cultural Picks

Something For The Weekend • 18 Apr

RTÉ Arena on Jack Kerouac at 100

Books • 28 Mar

Poet Freda Laughton features in the latest installment of 'Sublimer Wishes'

The Lyric Feature - further tales of rediscovered female poets

The Lyric Feature • 14 Apr

Claire Keegan makes the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year shortlist (Pic: Ulf Andersen/Getty)

Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award shortlist announced

Books • 05 Apr

The great Pat Ingoldsby talks to Brendan

Poetry • 11 Apr

This Woman's Work - Sinead Gleeson's soundtrack to her new book

Books • 08 Apr

None of this is Serious by Catherine Prasifka - read an extract

Books • 10 Apr

Book Of The Week: How to Gut a Fish by Sheila Armstrong

Books • 09 Apr

Drawing of poet Ethna MacCarthy (1931) by Seamus O'Sullivan (Pic: Stephen Whitehorne. Used with permission of Andrew Woolfson)

The Poetry Programme - Irish women poets rediscovered

Poetry Programme • 11 Apr

Performance poet Stephen James Smith talks to RTÉ Arena

RTÉ Arena • 01 Apr

Duffy and Son by Damien Owens - read an extract

Books • 12 Apr