How Do I Love Thee? The Poetry Programme's Valentine special Uncork the red wine, open the chocolates, and settle down for half an hour of love poetry when the Poetry Programme marks St Valentine's Day ... Poetry Programme • 11 Feb
Watch: Joe Biden reads the poetry of Seamus Heaney President-elect Joe Biden, a long-time admirer of Seamus Heaney's poetry, reads from The Cure At Troy. Poetry • 18 Dec 20
Reviewed: On Seamus Heaney by RF Foster Roy Foster brings long-felt passion and measured scholarship to his welcome analysis of the poetry of Seamus Heaney Books • 23 Oct 20
Sunday Miscellany: My Séamus Heaney Story by Denise Blake via Sunday Miscellany - Encouragement from the audience calms the nerves of a new poet Sunday Miscellany • 04 Sep 20
Listen: Postscript - Ruth Negga reads Seamus Heaney Via RTÉ Arena, Ruth Negga reads Seamus Heaney's poem Postscript, from his collection The Spirit Level... RTÉ Arena • 31 Aug 20
Dublin, Easter 2020 - watch the haunting short documentary Director Luke McManus and cinematographer Alex Sapienza made a film on the streets of Dublin over the weekend, drawing inspiration from Luke Kelly and Seamus ... Irish Short Films • 15 Apr 20
Seamus Heaney remembered, by his son Mick To mark the broadcast of Seamus Heaney and the Music of What Happens, a new BBC documentary celebrating Heaney's life and poetry, Seamus's eldest son ... RTÉ Arena • 09 Dec 19
Watch: Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again For Poetry Day Ireland, we present Listen Now Again, a very special event marking what would have been the 80th birthday of Seamus Heaney, featuring ... Poetry Day Ireland • 02 May 19
Listen: Seamus Heaney celebrated - The Poetry Programme In this week's Poetry Programme on RTÉ Radio 1, Olivia O'Leary was joined by Kerry-based poet Paddy Bushe, and the programme remembered Seamus Heaney, who ... Poetry • 17 Apr 19
Seamus Heaney remembered - classics from the RTÉ Archives Seamus Heaney passed away five years ago this week, on August 30, 2013, at Dublin's Blackrock Clinic, following a brief illness. While the loss remains ... Poetry • 15 Apr 19
Seamus on the go - Heaney celebrated on public transport The National Library of Ireland (NLI) has launched a special two-week public transport campaign, which brings a selection of Seamus Heaney's poetry to commuters across ... Poetry • 11 Apr 19
Book Review: Writers - Their Lives and Works Over 80 biographies of great writers from around the world are smartly displayed in this coffee table format book. Six of the writers are Irish, ... Book Review • 30 Oct 18
Seamus Heaney's family on his life and legacy In August 2013, tributes poured in from all over the world for the late, great Seamus Heaney. The likes of Bill Clinton and Paul Simon ... Poetry • 05 Jul 18
Free books, kids! Word on the (Dublin) Street Laureate na nÓg PJ Lynch has chosen his 'Ten Books to Read Before You Are Twelve' list and 50 copies of these were distributed in ... Culture • 01 Nov 17
Enjoy a feast of Pocket Poems One of the triumphs of this year's Poetry Day Ireland programme was the inspired Pocket Poem initiative, distributing handy pocket-sized poems from an array of ... Culture • 03 May 17
Poetry out and about on #PoetryDayIRL To celebrate Poetry Day Ireland, there are poetry happenings taking place nationwide - find an event near you here. Culture • 27 Apr 17
Uncovering Ireland's most poetic landscapes Here we take a frolic through just a few of Ireland's most poetic landscapes, with a nod to the Irish poets who loved and love ... Poetry • 27 Apr 17
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 ... Books • 27 Apr 17
Reviewed: Fathers by Sam Miller Sam Miller's 250-page memoir of his father, the literary editor Karl Miller makes for captivating reading, writes Paddy Kehoe. Books • 04 Apr 17
Reviewed: 'The Deep Heart's Core' is poetry in motion 'The Deep Heart's Core' - whose subtitle is 'Irish Poets Revisit A Touchstone Poem' - is a work of unbounded riches, and the reader cannot ... Poetry • 06 Mar 17
On John Montague - treasures from the RTÉ archives A choice selection of programmes from the RTÉ archives capture poet John Montague in his own words across more than a quarter of a century ... Culture • 25 Dec 16
Fermata - Writings Inspired by Music Fermata anthologises Irish poems which hinge on listening experiences, sudden epiphanies and personal loss, poems that are dedicated to getting closer to music's elusive mystery ... Books • 16 Oct 16
Seamus Heaney celebrated with new HomePlace centre Seamus Heaney's family tell of their pride at new arts centre dedicated to late poet. Books • 30 Sep 16
Poem Of The Week: Digging, by Seamus Heaney Celebrating the launch of the Seamus Heaney Homeplace with a Heaney classic, read by the man himself. Culture • 27 Apr 17
