Poetry
11 Parnell Square East: Ireland’s new home for poetry and heritage
Home to Poetry Ireland, the public will soon be able to visit the restored Georgian building for events, while the Seamus Heaney library will open in the autumn
New poetry: Leontia Flynn; Martina Dalton; Blake Morrison; and Joe Carrick-Varty
Declan Ryan reviews Selected Poems; Midnight at the Saltmarsh; Afterburn; and Before Violence
Jan Brierton: ‘Dublin is a small town with a big-town attitude. I didn’t always love it’
The ‘accidental’ poet and stylist on growing up in pre-Luas Tallaght, and writing her first verse during Covid
Rare copy of oldest poem in English language discovered by TCD researchers
Caedmon’s Hymn was written in the late seventh century in Old English by the English monk, author and scholar Bebe
‘Heaps of tresses’: What do poets really mean about Irish hair?
Debate about Irish people’s hair has endured for centuries
Growing up a communist in Troubles-era Belfast: We were treated more like ‘comrades’ than children
Poet Sinéad Morrissey’s elegiac memoir describes growing up in Troubles-era Belfast with communist parents
Gabriel Rosenstock obituary: Prolific poet, author and champion of the Irish language
Co Limerick-born writer who drew inspiration from the east was traditional in a very different way
The late Gabriel Rosenstock wrote Letters to the Editor for 50 years. Here are just a few
The Irish language poet, haikuist, translator and author wrote dozens of Letters to the Editor from 1974-2025
New poetry: John McCullough; Paddy Bushe; Raquel F Menéndez; Wendy Cope
Reviews of Crowd Voltage; Uncertain Passage; The Posthumous Book of Shahrazad; and the Collected Poems of Wendy Cope
Moonstruck: A geologist’s playground, an elite retreat or a staging post to a new frontier?
From megalithic art to science fiction, Earth’s sole natural satellite has compelled us, scared us and been the site of our fantasies
How flowers revolutionised the world through a riot of colour and scent
David George Haskell has a new book on the flowers that put the rain in rainforests and that challenge the teachings of Darwin
Seamus Heaney’s later years: Nicholas Allen explores his final poetry volumes
Allen examines ageing, illness and the enduring light of Heaney’s poetic world
Fog Bells: A flavour of the depth and richness of the poetry currently being written in Turkish
In March 1995, I ventured to Istanbul and immediately fell in love with the chaotic layers and depths of the city and its language
Seamus Heaney: from ancient Greece to home turf, Northern shades and the Nobel Prize
Nicholas Allen traces the terrains that inspired the poet’s late work
€11,000 Moth Poetry Prize 2026 shortlist revealed
Read the shortlisted poems: After Athenry by Ronald Carson; The Fall, 1989 by Elena Croitoru-Reed; Delinquent by Juleus Ghunta; and Shazaya by Adam Oliver
New poetry: A lifelong dedication to getting it right
New collections from Gerry Smyth, Cathy Galvin, Catherine Ann Cullen and Matthew Rice
Reviews in brief: This is the Mizen; May Morton: Phantom Poet; The Hidden Seasons
Hidden histories of the Mizen; a celebration of a forgotten poet; and observations of the natural world
Out of the Blue ... Pink: Pat Ingoldsby collection a beautiful monument to ‘pirate of poetry’
The former broadcaster was a close observer of the street life around him in his native city
New poetry: Alia Kobuszko; John F Deane; Ruth Carr; and Tom Paulin’s razor-sharp return
Dream Latitudes, Jonah and Me, Catching the Missing Beat and Namanlagh reviewed
New Selected Poems: 1978-2022 by Medbh McGuckian - Copious sunsetty pleasures
The Belfast poet cuts her words to fit, or suit, though her poems can also settle into the straightforwardness of a realist play
New poetry: Annemarie Ní Churreáin, Audrey Molloy, Cian Ferriter and Sarah Howe
Martina Evans on Hymn to All the Restless Girls, Fallen, Brink and Foretokens
Crow Baby by Lauren Nichola Colley: second place in Moth Nature Prize 2025
Mark Cocker chose Crow Baby ‘for its tender humour and playful use of language and image of an otherwise grief-laced experience’
Walking on the Beach with Mum by William Wyld: third place in Moth Nature Prize 2025
Judge Mark Cocker: ‘I loved this for its seeming and easily overlooked slightness, when set against the gravity of its theme’
Best poetry of 2025: Our critics share their top picks
Mícheál McCann, Declan Ryan and Martina Evans on their favourite poetry from this year
Tom Paulin wins PEN Heaney Prize for Namanlagh
Poet honoured for his 10th collection, his firs tin more than 10 years
Crosswords & Puzzles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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