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Sunday Miscellany: Open For You, by Paul Muldoon

A sequence of musical pairings

Custom of the Coast, exploring the life of Savita Halappanavar (Pic: Pic: Irish Times)

Opera based on the life of Savita Halappanavar for Kilkenny Fest

Kilkenny Arts Festival has announced the premiere of a new opera, Custom of the Coast, exploring the lives of Savita Halappanavar and Anne Bonny.

Opera • 26 Mar

Reviewed: Joy in Service on Rue Tagore by Paul Muldoon

Opening a new book by poet Paul Muldoon is like breaking through the floor of an unopened catacomb.

Poetry • 16 May 24

Will Forte, Siobhán Cullen and Robyn Cara in Bodkin

Culture 5 - your cultural highlights for the next seven days

Hear the Culture 5 every Friday on Aedín in the Afternoon on RTÉ lyric fm...

Bodkin • 09 May 24

Ode to joy - poet Paul Muldoon talks to RTÉ Arena

For RTÉ Arena, Sean Rocks was joined in studio by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Paul Muldoon to discuss and read from his new collection Joy in Service on Rue Tagore.

RTÉ Arena • 23 Apr 24

Paul McCartney at 80 - RTÉ Concert Orchestra's musical tribute

Music • 07 Aug 22

Muldoon's Picnic: Poet Paul Muldoon's travelling variety show

On Tour • 04 Aug 22

All-star literary line-up for Borris House Festival

Books • 17 Aug 21

Inside The Undoing: author Jean Hanff Korelitz talks to RTÉ Arena

The Undoing, a six-part series currently being broadcast on Sky Atlantic, is adapted from Jean Hanff Korelitz's novel - Jean and her husband, the poet Paul Muldoon, talk to RTÉ Arena

RTÉ Arena • 24 Nov 20

Washing Up: Paul Muldoon on Derek Mahon's final poetry collection

Washing Up, published by Gallery Press, is the new and final collection from poet Derek Mahon, who died earlier this year. Paul Muldoon discusses the collection and Mahon's work with RTÉ Arena...

RTÉ Arena • 09 Nov 20

Stanley Townsend stars in Incantata, based upon Paul Muldoon's poem

Incantata: Staging Paul Muldoon's moving meditation on grief

Director Sam Yates writes for Culture about Incantata, his acclaimed staging of poet Paul Muldoon's moving examination of grief and loss, starring Stanley Townsend, which opens at The Gate Theatre later this month.

Theatre • 04 Sep 19

Paul Muldoon is bringing his 'omnium-gatherum' of poetry, prose and music to venues across Ireland

Muldoon's Picnic - all-star poetry, prose and music on tour

After ten sold-out seasons at the Irish Arts Center in New York and a highly successful Irish tour in 2017, Muldoon's Picnic returns for six dates nationwide this August.

Poetry • 20 Jul 19

Listen: Poet Paul Muldoon takes the Mystery Train

The mighty Paul Muldoon joined John Kelly on a very special edition of Mystery Train on RTÉ lyric fm for a chat and a few of his favourite tunes - enjoy their fascinating conversation here.

Rté Lyric Fm • 02 Jul 19

Paul Muldoon and Poetry Programme host Olivia O'Leary

Poetry Programme preview - the mighty Muldoon speaks!

In the Poetry Programme at 7:30 pm on Sunday 31st March on RTÉ Radio 1 one of the most distinctive voices in Irish poetry, acclaimed poet Paul Muldoon, joins Olivia O'Leary.

Poetry • 29 Mar 19

Shelly McNamara, Ruth Negga, Martin Hayes, Minister Josepha Madigan and Yvonne Farrell at today's announcement.

Negga and Hayes among Cultural Ambassadors for Ireland

Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Josepha Madigan has announced the appointment of five new Cultural Ambassadors to 'assist in & enhance' the promotion of Ireland in the global arena under the Government's Global Ireland 2025 initiative.

Culture • 07 Jan 19

Watch: Paul Muldoon & Horslips rock Culture Night with RTÉ

One of the show-stoppers at this year's Culture Night celebrations with RTÉ at the National Museum at Collins Barracks was the collaboration between poet Paul Muldoon and legendary Irish rockers Horslips...

Culture Night • 26 Sep 18

Something For The Weekend: Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh's culture picks

Choice cultural picks from one of the most acclaimed and prolific Irish musicians of his generation.

Music • 07 Sep 17

Something for the Weekend: Paul Muldoon's Cultural Picks

Choice cultural picks from the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet ...

Something For The Weekend • 11 Aug 17

Something For The Weekend: Cáit O'Riordan's Cultural Picks

Choice cultural pics from one of the founder member of The Pogues, touring Ireland later this month as part of the all-star poetry and music jam Muldoon's Picnic.

Music • 04 Aug 17

RTÉ Player Recommends: A Nation's Voice soars

On Easter Sunday, 27 March 2016, more than 1000 singers joined the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra and conductor David Brophy as months of preparation, planning and rehearsals all over the country.

Player • 08 May 17

Paul Durcan is among the Irish poets represented in The Zoo of the New with his cheekily ribald poem, The Cabinet Table.

Reviewed: The Zoo of the New: Poems to Read Now

In this new chunky 482-page anthology, poets Nick Laird and Don Paterson have assembled poems old and new, literally arranged A to Z. So they kick off with Address to the Unco Guid, or the Rigidly Righteous by Robert Burns and conclude with Zito the Magic

Books • 27 Apr 17

Poet Paul Muldoon, the subject of this week's RTÉ Player recommendation.

RTÉ Player Recommends: Paul Muldoon - Altantic Man

Each week, the RTÉ Player team suggest a 'must-watch' from the Culture collection. This week, the focus is on Atlantic Man, a portrait of the celebrated poet Paul Muldoon,

Culture • 05 Jan 17

Paul Muldoon - Selected Poems 1968-2014

You have to be on your toes with Paul Muldoon and his recent poems make raidings in all sorts of places and his natural element is eclecticism. The journey with the Pulitzer prize-winning poet in these Selected Poems is both exhilarating and rewarding.

Reviews • 11 Oct 16

Poem Of The Week: Meeting the British, by Paul Muldoon

Listen to Paul Muldoon read the title poem from his classic 1987 collection ‘Meeting the British’, about an early instance of germ warfare against members of the Ottawa tribe of North America.

Culture • 11 Oct 16

Paul Muldoon