Culture

Eavan Boland. By Irish Echo Staff President Michael D. Higgins has led tributes to internationally acclaimed Irish poet, Eavan Boland, who died sud...

“Slí na mBeaglaoich Ciarraí” is must-see viewing on TG4. By Daniel Neely It’s not like you needed any more reminding of how severely the Covid-19 p...

Recipes / By Margaret M. Johnson Imported asparagus are available all year round, but there is nothing to beat those locally grown in its short spr...

[The article is one a short series called History by the Book. The featured work here is David T. Gleeson's "The Gray and the Green." For others in...

Jayne Pomplas's releases of February and March are digital-only releases exclusive to Bandcamp. By Daniel Neely This week my focus will be on not o...

Keep calm, carry on and bake! By Margaret M. Johnson Work from home. Shelter in place. Self-quarantine. Social distance. The new normal appears to ...

PHOTOS BY JIM RODGERS By Jim Rodgers In this extract from a yet to be published novel, “Tierney’s Plate,” investigative reporter Phineus Tierney re...

Maura Mulligan at Charlie Byrne’s bookstore in Galway City. By Maura Mulligan On Saturday, just before she went shopping with her husband and daugh...

"The Dimming of the Day" is an album from Uaine, a new band made up of well-known musicians By Daniel Neely It’s a difficult time right now, but as...

New Ireland manager Stephen Kenny, left, his assistant Keith Andrews, and Jim Crawford, who has stepped in as manager of the Under 21 squad, were p...

The Shelbourne Hotel. Recipes | By Margaret M. Johnson The Shelbourne Hotel on St. Stephen’s Green has been the social center of Dublin since it op...

A sign helping with social distancing in St. Stephen’s Green in central Dublin on March 24. ROLLING NEWS/LEAH FARRELL By Colleen Taylor “In the tim...