Comedian Katherine Lynch talks about her great-uncle Patrick Kavanagh and the influence of his poem A Christmas Childhood on tonight's episode of RTÉ arts show The Works. Watch a clip here.
Lynch takes part in a discussion of the poems on the shortlist for RTÉ A Poem For Ireland, along with musician and Altan singer Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh, who talks about why the public might pick Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh's poem Filleadh ar an gCathair (Citybound) as their Poem For Ireland.
A special A Poem For Ireland edition of the RTÉ Guide goes on sale this Monday with a supplement featuring all ten poems on the RTÉ Poem For Ireland shortlist. The supplement includes A Poem For Ireland voting slip, which can be posted free of charge.
Also on tonight's edition of The Works, host John Kelly talks to trad group Kíla about writing music for the Oscar-nominated Irish film Song of the Sea.
Kelly visits Lifelogging: Do You Count?, a new exhibition in the Science Gallery in Dublin about how people have begun to use technology to log every facet of their lives.
Comedian Kevin Gildea gives his take on the films, actors and directors snubbed by the Oscars.
The Works airs tonight on RTÉ One at 8:30pm.
