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OBITUARY: Literary Limerick mourns Mark Whelan Reporter:  '); LITERARY Limerick will mourn the death of Poet Mark Whelan of Vizes Court, off St. Joseph’s Street, and formerly of Colbert Park, Janesboro who passed away (peacefully) at University Hospital, Limerick on Tuesday January 19 2021. Mark was born in Limerick in 1960 and, with Paul Sweeney, was instrumental both in the establishment of Cuisle Limerick City International Poetry Festival, of which he was a committee member, and in the revival of The Stony Thursday Book literary journal, for which he was editor of four editions. His c...

We were not all "at it". Not everyone let babies die cruelly in mother and child "homes". Just as we were not all responsible for the reckless behaviour that later broke banks and cost Ireland billions. Blaming society in general is a means of avoiding accountability. It is wrong for the official report on mother and child "homes" to claim that responsibility for harsh treatment meted out to single mothers and babies "rests mainly with the fathers of the children and their own immediate families". To add simply that institutions of the State and church "supported", "contributed to" or "condon...

New Yorker writer Bill Barich is best known for his horse racing book Laughing in the Hills, published 25 years ago now. For his latest book, Barich has again written about horses, but this time added Ireland as a topic as well in A Fine Place to Daydream: Racehorses, Romance and the Irish. Barich fell in love, moved to Dublin and took quickly to the Irish love for the race track. As Barich explores Ireland, he also meets top trainers, horses and jockeys. A Fine Place to Daydream builds up to the English Cheltenham Festival in March — when Irish and British patriotism do battle on the tr...

Arts Over Borders' plans for celebrating Ireland's 'northern literary lands' beyond Brexit and Covid David Roy speaks to Arts Over Borders team Seán Doran and Liam Browne about the impact of Covid and Brexit on their annual festivals celebrating Samuel Beckett, Oscar Wilde and Brian Friel and how the ongoing pandemic and political debacle have affected their plan to highlight Ireland's 'northern literary lands' on the global stage Domhnall Gleeson and David Pearse performing Waiting for Godot at the Marble Arch Caves Global Geo Park on the Irish border. Picture by Matthe...

Multimedia Journalist Irish fiction continues to thrive and the year ahead offers a feast of novels and short story collections set for publication - we present a choice selection... Danielle McLaughlin - The Art of Falling (John Murray, February) A woman's marriage and career are threatened by an old indiscretion just as she receives the opportunity of a lifetime. Danielle's stories have appeared in The New Yorker, The Irish Times and The Stinging Fly, amongst numerous other magazines and anthologies. She has won many awards for her short fiction, collected in Dinosaurs on Other Pl...