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Watch: Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again

Poetry Day Ireland / 02 May

Listen: Seamus Heaney celebrated - The Poetry Programme

Poetry / 17 Apr

Seamus Heaney remembered - classics from the RTÉ Archives

Poetry / 15 Apr

Seamus on the go - Heaney celebrated on public transport

Poetry / 11 Apr

Seamus Heaney: generous space allocated to his biographical notes in Writers - Their Lives and Works

Book Review: Writers - Their Lives and Works

Book Review / 30 Oct 18

Seamus Heaney's family on his life and legacy

Poetry / 05 Jul 18

Word on the street from Laureate na nÓg, PJ Lynch: free books tomorrow in Dublin. .

Free books, kids! Word on the (Dublin) Street

Culture / 01 Nov 17

Seamus Heaney - his poem 'In Time' featured in the 'Pocket Poems' series.

Enjoy a feast of Pocket Poems

Culture / 03 May 17

Word! The Word Up Collective are celebrating Poetry Day Ireland in Dublin.

Poetry out and about on #PoetryDayIRL

Culture / 27 Apr 17

Trá an Dóilín, Carraroe, Connemara, Co Galway. Picture: Larry Morgan

Uncovering Ireland's most poetic landscapes

Poetry / 27 Apr 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

Books / 27 Apr 17

Sam Miller's Fathers: much to ponder on concerning families and relationships in this piquant memoir.

Reviewed: Fathers by Sam Miller

Books / 04 Apr 17

Brendan Kennelly is represented in this exciting new poetry anothology by an extract from his verse play, Antigone

Reviewed: 'The Deep Heart's Core' is poetry in motion

Poetry / 06 Mar 17

Detail from artist Colm Davidson's portrait of John Montague

On John Montague - treasures from the RTÉ archives

Culture / 25 Dec 16

Detail from Fermata's cover: Irish poetry inspired my melody and song.

Fermata - Writings Inspired by Music

Books / 16 Oct 16

Seamus Heaney celebrated with new HomePlace centre

Books / 30 Sep 16

Poem Of The Week: Digging, by Seamus Heaney

Culture / 27 Apr 17

Rembering Seamus Heaney's life and work with his widow Marie

Culture / 19 Sep 16

The late Seamus Heaney

New Séamus Heaney literary centre to open later this month

Culture / 16 Sep 16

David Holmes & BP Fallon record tribute to Wings guitarist

Culture / 14 Sep 16

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