Nestled among the foliage of St Stephen’s Green stands a monument to the Nobel Prize-winning poet often referred to as “the Bard of Bengal”, whose work W.B. Yeats loved.
Temple Bar is at risk of losing its Icon Walk, due to persistent vandalism and damage. It needs better lighting, CCTV, and intervention to help it survive, say those who built it.
Roddy Doyle’s latest novel has the pitch-perfect dialogue and quiet moments of genius that mark his other works. However, it stumbles, and ultimately collapses, writes Sean Farrell.
“I became more interested about drugs and how they affect society rather than just making it all about going out on a Saturday night and getting ratted,” says Lewis Kenny. That transformation is the narrative arc of his debut play ObSession.
The Cock and Pussy Manifesto, which includes equal numbers of artworks devoted to female genitalia and male genitalia, runs until 23 September at Gallery X.
Many of the themes Elske Rahill tackled in her debut novel Between Dog and Wolf – relationships, fertility, sexuality, motherhood – are once again present in her new short-story collection In White Ink, writes Jan Carson.
