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Minister of State with responsibility for Office of Public Works Patrick O'Donovan will visit Leitrim tomorrow morning as part of his visit to the constitu...

Gaza and director of Bobby Sands: 66 Days, is hanging out his own shingle to produce a slate of feature documentary and drama projects. Ireland-based Cyprus Avenue Films’ upcoming projects include Children of Beirut, from the team behind Gaza; That They May Face the Rising Sun, based on John McGahern’s novel in coproduction with South Wind Blows; and a feature documentary on BAFTA-winning musician Chris Watson, titled Chris Watson: A Journey in Sound, in coproduction with Harvest Films. The company is currently coproducing Murder in the Ballads with Belfast-based Fine Point Films fo...

℘℘℘ My Name Is Red. Worth 100,000 euros, the IMPAC award is considered the most generous literary prize in the world. The winning book, by the Turkish writer and author of six novels which have been translated into more than 20 languages, is described as “a thickly-plotted murder mystery and love story set in 16th century Istanbul and concerned with the fate of Islamic artists.” Pamuk beat out weighty competition from John McGahern’s That They May Face This Rising Sun, Jonathan Franzen’s The Corrections, and Ann Patchett’s Bel Canto, to win the award. The IMPAC award was fo...

TV Editor Tonight's telly includes a celebration of Bob Marley on the 40th anniversary of his death, star-studded awards ceremony The Brits, the return of intense docuseries Hospital, and the conclusion of Three Families . . . Pick of the Day Bob Marley: Making of a Legend, 9.00pm, Sky Arts Today is the 40th anniversary of reggae legend Bob Marley’s death, so Sky Arts are giving over two hours of dreadlocked documentary to the much-loved musician. First up, at 8pm, there’s Classic Albums: The Wailers - Catch a Fire, which looks at the making of the band’s fifth album, which brought the...

Diarmaid Ferriter: We should not minimise the censoring of Lee Dunne Like John McGahan he refused to link sexuality to shame about 2 hours ago Lee Dunne: Almost all of his 1970s novels were banned in Ireland. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien Your Web Browser may be out of date. If you are using Internet Explorer 9, 10 or 11 our Audio player will not work properly.   Irish author Lee Dunne, who died earlier this week, came to prominence after the publication of his book Goodbye to the Hill, published in 1965, an account of teenage sexual awakening in working class Dublin. It caused a stir wit...