Today is Poetry Day 2016, when we recognise the contribution of the poetic arts to our history and culture. This year, in keeping with the centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising, the theme is Revolution. To celebrate Headstuff are sharing…

Today is Poetry Day 2016, when we recognise the contribution of the poetic arts to our history and culture. This year, in keeping with the centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising, the theme is Revolution. To celebrate Headstuff are sharing…

Today is Poetry Day 2016, when we recognise the contribution of the poetic arts to our history and culture. This year, in keeping with the centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising, the theme is Revolution. To celebrate Headstuff are sharing…

We've all heard of Padraig Pearse, James Connolly, Eamon De Valera, Constance "Biz" Markievicz, and Michael Collins. Some of us have even heard of Eamon "I" Ceannt "Even" thanks to @aoiph's excellent twitter joke. But the 1916 Rising was…

Great literature, it has been said, is that which can be revisited at any point in one’s life, continuing to challenge, offer new perspectives, and enlighten the growing reader. Apart from a certain ramble around the streets of  early…

''Am I the only one who finds solace in the old days of romance and the warm comfort it offered, compared to the cold, hard face of today's hook-up generation?''So asks the Irish Independent's Niamh Horan in an article which, to put it…

It is called the Maker Revolution and its heart is the 3D printer. 3D printing is being hailed as the biggest change in the manufacturing process since the Industrial revolution almost 300 years ago. Not only are 3D printers changing how…

Back in February, in a year when the centenary of the Easter Rising loomed large, Ireland went to the polls to elect its 32nd government. The sins of both parties leading up to and during the recession were still fresh in the minds of…

To celebrate the Vernal Equinox, the beginning of Spring, we're taking a short break from our Revolution NOW series to bring you something a little different. Monday was World Poetry Day, and poet and creative writing teacher, Nessa…

Happy World Poetry Day! Don't get me wrong. Seamus is The Man. He's a giant. But he's also the default setting when it comes to discussing Irish poetry on the world stage. Seamus and W.B. Yeats. Today, on World Poetry Day, I'd like to…