Kristof: So let’s go back to the Nativity. Of the four Gospels, two describe the virgin birth of Jesus and two don’t mention ...

Lucy Murphy, from St Mary's Secondary School in Ballina, has been recognised as a finalist in this year’s Poetry Aloud ...

Meán Scoil Mhuire, Longford students Kanyinsola Richard Akinyemi and Weronika Kostyra have been recognised as finalists in ...

As much a Dystopian novel as a book of non-fiction, Annie Jacobson's Nuclear War is a terrifyingly accurate portrait about ...

I had a column titled Poems by Heart. The column drew responses from many readers, which I will publish in due course. (Thank ...

Bel Mooney picks the best Poetry collections of this year, all of which would make perfect gifts this Christmas, ...