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As the oldest independent publisher in Ireland marks 80 years, we explore Merciers story, and work of Capt Seán Feehan in publishing books such as The Tailor & Ansty

Tom Creed’s new production of Brendan Behan’s play – the first at the theatre for almost 40 years – features a cast of all female and nonbinary actors

View from the Green Room: Eric Sweeney - a celebration concert and a fantastic event

When the writer Brendan Lynch strolled down Grafton Street a couple of years ago, the “old ghosts” of Patrick Kavanagh’s poem On Raglan Road haunted his every footstep and he decided to make them the subject of his latest literary assignment.

Jim Reilly was originally raised on Denmark Street, off the lower Shankill, before relocating to the Falls Road, Divis and Turf Lodge. When he was 14, his mother asked him what he wanted for his birthday. He asked for a drum kit and the neighbour had a mail order catalogue, so it was ordered up.

This short Irish film "Joyce's Dublin" takes a closer look at the places around Ireland's capital that had an impact on the literary legend's life. "Joyce's Dublin" is now available to stream for free via the Irish Film Institute's IFI Archive Player.

Irish artist and writer Christy Brown, born on this day in 1932, is remembered by many people as a character played by Daniel Day-Lewis in the movie "My Left Foot."

Christy Brown, the Irish artist and writer who was famously depicted in "My Left Foot," was born in Dublin on June 5, 1932.

That the past belongs to the personalities around one, rather than to oneself, is a dominant theme in Eoin O’Brien’s memoir A Life in Medicine: From Asclepius to Beckett

Allegedly, Brendan Behan's last words were “Sister, may all your sons be bishops.” Apocryphal or not, that story, unjustly, sums up the life of the writer. Irish writer Brendan Behan was born in Dublin on February 9, 1923 - here, a look at his life.