Sebastian Barry, Elaine Feeney, Paul Lynch and Paul Murray join nine other authors in the running for the literary award

The airline’s airport-transfer service has been quoting some eye-watering Irish prices

Ron Galella’s relentless pursuit of his subjects made him one of the United States’ best-known paparazzi

Iron Pig steels, made by Tim Rowe in west Cork, will make your bases pleasingly puffy

A sudden illness brings home the importance of community – and of the privilege of belonging

It’s not just for health reasons. We can live with the financial hit if it helps our communities

Dismissal of the Belarusian jury over a rules breach means the UK now has fewest points

Simon Garfield has written a punchy, entertaining overview of typography, from the Gutenberg Bible to Barack Obama’s campaign posters

In Strictly English, Simon Heffer expands, sometimes alarmingly, on the rules of writing that he expects fellow Daily Telegraph journalists to adhere to

Ireland gets its first Ikea on Thursday, when the Belfast store opens. It’s a great place to buy a kitchen in theory, but plenty can go wrong