I Useta Love Her: How the song that rhymed Mass and ass became an Irish anthem

The Saw Doctors song, released 30 years ago, went on to conquer all before it

Liz Pichon: Probably the most famous author you have never heard of

For the creator of the Tom Gates character, reader’s imagination is as important as her own in the books

The Melancholy Thug: A Trip to the Sewers of Paris review – Crafty and deep

Two Irish authors shortlisted for Bad Sex in Fiction award

Julian Gough and William Wall join Haruki Murakami as nominees for ‘worst sexual description’ of 2018

‘If Joyce and Beckett were around now they’d be priced out of their gaffs by an Airbnb’

What happens when a city becomes too expensive to sustain its creative community? David Kitt’s remarks about Dublin’s high rents have struck a chord with fellow creatives

51 ways to survive the Irish summer

Delicious, daring and downright useful ideas for making the best of our summer days

Shortlists announced for the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards 2017

Among the nominees are Ryan Tubridy, Cecelia Ahern, John Banville, Molly McCloskey, Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen

Which Irish brands do we love the most?

The search continues for Irish brands Irish people could not imagine the world without

Wheels come off Newstalk as Paul Williams drives Shane Coleman to distraction

Radio Review: The hosts bring real needle to their Odd Couple routine over cyclist issue

Better off abroad? Irish acts look to the continent

They’ve attained success, adoring fans and sell-out shows across Europe, but few in Ireland want to know. Meet the exiles

Poetry Bus Magazine: bang on the money

Writing about money is like writing about sex: it has to be about something else as well, writes Martina Evans. The best poems here do that ‘something else’ over and over again

Irish fiction in the digital age: doom and gloom or boom and bloom?

The Irish novel may be at a crossroads, says Bert Wright, but Irish fiction is as vibrant and multifarious now as fiction has ever been in any culture in literary history

Move over, Morrissey: the musicians who moonlight as writers, and vice versa

Morrissey is far from the first performer to turn to prose, or writer who can play. Paul Muldoon, Julian Gough, Ferdia MacAnna, Billy Roche and Brendan Graham explore the transition and we profile a host of others

Six of the best: Davy Byrnes Stories 2014

Review: After a summer of blockbusters, this compact collection is a reminder that there is often more satisfaction in a selection of starters than in a traditional three-course meal