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Watch: Paul Durcan remembered - Arena celebrates the great poet

Writers Colm Toibín, Paula Meehan, Dermot Bolger, join Sean Rocks on RTÉ Arena to celebrate the 80th birthday of poet Paul Durcan and the publication of the new book Paul Durcan: 80 at 80

RTÉ Arena • 17 May

Hide Away by Dermot Bolger - read an extract

Hidden behind the walls of Grangegorman Mental Hospital in 1941, different lives collide, all afflicted by the human cost of wars, betrayals and trauma.

Books • 13 Oct 24

Poet Greg Delanty has just published his new collection.

The Professor of Forgetting: Dermot Bolger on poet Greg Delanty

Author, playwright and poet Dermot Bolger celebrates the work of poet Greg Delanty, whose new collection The Professor of Forgetting is out now.

Poetry • 02 Nov 23

Sunday Miscellany: A Man Like Brad Pitt, by Dermot Bolger

On the affliction of prosopagnosia, or face blindness

Sunday Miscellany • 23 Jan 23

Other People's Lives - Dermot Bolger on his new poetry collection

Poetry • 06 May 22

Morning Coffee: Dermot Bolger on his new Drama On One play

RTÉ Drama On One • 08 Jan 22

Weekend Drive: Dermot Bolger reads Fairground Ponies

Rté Lyric Fm • 03 Sep 21

Watch: The smallest cul de sac in Drumcondra

Poetry • 10 Jul 21

Sunday Miscellany: Dermot Bolger on an Irish newspaper legend

"Who is that?" my son asked. "That," I replied, "is nobility, the uncrowned king of journalists. You're looking at Con Houlihan, but really you're looking at Aragorn."

Sunday Miscellany • 23 Jun 21

Sunday Miscellany: Dermot Bolger on Jack B Yeats

Via Sunday Miscellany on RTÉ Radio 1, Dermot Bolger on Jack B Yeats, the much-loved painter who "described everything twice"

Sunday Miscellany • 20 Jan 22

Listen: Dermot Bolger on conquering a childhood stammer

Via Sunday Miscellany, on RTÉ Radio 1: writer Dermot Bolger's tribute to the speech therapists who helped him overcome a stammer...

Sunday Miscellany • 02 Nov 20

Dermot Bolger: Bolger's unerring focus is on the cultures of shame and secrecy in the title story

Book Review: Secrets Never Told by Dermot Bolger

Dermot Bolger's new short story collection Secrets Never Told deals imaginatively with themes such as the fallibility of memory and the explosive ramifications of long-held, deeply-buried secrets

Dermot bolger • 30 Oct 20

Sunday Miscellany: Dermot Bolger on poetry, suburbia & The Pope

Pope John Paul's arrival in Ireland in 1979 coincided with the printing of a first book of poems but was Finglas ready for poetry?

Sunday Miscellany • 13 Oct 20

Illuminations: Night Walker by Dermot Bolger

Illuminations • 08 Oct 20

Secrets Never Told by Dermot Bolger - read an exclusive extract

Books • 22 Sep 20

The Forty-Four Year Wait - Dermot Bolger on his new collection

Dermot Bolger writes for Culture about the long road taken to the publication of his first short story collection, Secrets Never Told, and his first steps upon a life-long literary journey.

Dermot bolger • 21 Sep 20

Maura O'Connell, Eleanor McEvoy, Mary Black and Wallis Bird with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra

Dermot Bolger on the legacy of A Woman's Heart

To coincide with the RTÉ One broadcast of the iconic A Woman's Heart album performed by the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, Dermot Bolger celebrates an Irish classic.

A Woman's Heart • 17 Apr 20

Dermot Bolger's Last Orders At The Dockside (Pic: Shane Connaughton)

Last Orders at the Dockside - Dermot Bolger on his new play

The venerable Dermot Bolger writes for Culture about his latest play, Last Orders at the Dockside, which opens at the Abbey Theatre on as part of this year's Dublin Theatre Festival.

Dublin Theatre Festival • 25 Sep 19

Seán O'Shea of Kerry is tackled by Jonny Cooper of Dublin at this year's All-Ireland final

Playing with Words - a cultural journey through Irish sport

We are a nation obsessed with sport, it's at the centre of our existence, it's who we are as Irish people, and Playing with Words celebrates this fact and the influence sport has had on Irish culture.

RTÉ Radio 1 • 10 Sep 19

Presenter Aoife Nic Cormaic (far right) leads an all-star tribute to the late, great Séamus Ennis

Watch: The Rolling Wave celebrates Séamus Ennis at 100

The Rolling Wave on RTÉ Radio 1 has been marking the centenary of the birth of legendary musician, singer and folklore collector and broadcaster Séamus Ennis with a concert recorded at the Séamus Ennis Centre in Naul - watch some highlights.

RTÉ Radio 1 • 17 May 19

Dermot Bolger: Grace Keane was impressed by the author's portrait of a singular Mayo woman

Reviewed: An Ark of Light by Dermot Bolger

An Ark of Light is a superbly written and beautifully moving book that brought this reader to tears. Not tears of sorrow or even joy, but tears of undeniable appreciation for such a cherished depiction of human character.

Books • 06 Nov 18

An Ark Of Light by Dermot Bolger - read an exclusive extract

In Dermot Bolger's new novel An Ark Of Light, we follow the eventful life of Eva Fitzgerald, as she embarks on a remarkable journey of self-discovery. Read an extract here...

Books • 15 Sep 18

Something For The Weekend: Dermot Bolger's Cultural Picks

Poet, playwright and novelist Dermot Bolger's new novel, An Ark Of Light, is published this month by New Island.

Something For The Weekend • 07 Sep 18

Louise O'Neill - the Abbey's 2018 programme includes an adaptation of her novel Asking For It

Abbey Theatre raises curtain on ambitious 2018 programme

After winning kudos from audiences and critics alike for their inaugural programme in 2017, Directors of the Abbey Theatre Graham McLaren and Neil Murray have announced an ambitious and eclectic slate for the year ahead.

Theatre • 29 Nov 17

Roddy Doyle is appearing at this year's Dublin Book Festival

Dublin Book Festival 2017 - 5 must-see events

The Dublin Book Festival kicks off on Thursday, November 2nd, with seven days of choice literary shenanigans for all tastes, featuring a host of renowned Irish authors.

Books • 26 Oct 17