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Calling Waterford writers! Submissions to competition honouring late novelist now open

Writers are invited to submit short stories to a creative writing competition created in honour of a prominent Waterford novelist. The 25th annual creative writing award celebrates the rich literary life of the late Molly Keane, who lived in Ardmore ...

09 Apr 2023 at 09:00

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Arts Council apologises after mistakenly awarding over €3 MILLION in grants

The Arts Council of Ireland has apologised after mistakenly awarding a €25,000 grant to over 140 people. The embarrassing error was made yesterday (June 28), when letters were issued to 141 applicants informing them of their success in receiving ...

29 Jun 2023 at 15:43

Arts & Entertainment

Interview with Booker-nominated Sebastian Barry: 'There’s a huge amount of humour in it, in being alive'

With a fifth nomination for the prestigious Booker Prize under his belt, one may be forgiven for assuming author Sebastian Barry has an ego the size of a thousand moons. On the contrary, his humility and generosity of spirit is obvious within ...

03 Aug 2023 at 16:33

National News

Use of Irish writers’ work for AI training has ‘profound implications’ – union

A group of Irish writers has called on the government to protect their work from AI technologies. The government said it is working to implement an EU law on AI that is due to come into force later this year, while Meta said its AI model ...

17 Apr 2025 at 20:16

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