Ireland
At 30, this writer put bad boys and drink behind her. Then she sold 30 million books
Novelist Marian Keyes’ life is divided into two, but she says her painful youth still haunts her.
- by Johanna Thomas-Corr
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Norway, Ireland and Spain are formally recognising Palestine as a state
Israel responded angrily to the news, recalling Israel’s ambassadors and summoned the three countries’ envoys in Israel.
Live stream connecting Dublin and New York overhauled after lewd acts
An art installation will undergo changes after Dubliners flashed their backsides and showed images of the September 11 attacks up to the camera.
- by Rob Harris
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‘I’ve heard some strange theories’: Paul Murray on The Bee Sting’s climax
The Irish writer on his childhood fear of the devil, his superpower – and one of the enigmas of his latest novel.
- by Benjamin Law
PM whose identity personified modern Ireland resigns unexpectedly
Leo Varadkar, the gay son of an Irish nurse and a doctor born in India, became the country’s youngest-ever leader in 2017.
- by Megan Specia
The writing that shows the business of poetry for Seamus Heaney
The Nobel laureate for literature’s correspondence reveals much about how he worked and the difficulties of his situation as Ireland’s greatest modern poet.
- by Gregory Day
Nine must-do highlights of Dingle, Ireland
This windswept port town garnered attention as a Star Wars location, but beyond rugged landscapes there’s plenty to charm the visitor.
- by Marian McGuinness
Irish voters reject push to overhaul references to women, family in constitution
Voters in Ireland have delivered “two wallops” to proposals to remove language about women’s duties being in the home and broaden the definition of family beyond marriage from the country’s constitution.
- by Rob Harris
Nobel laureates, Pulitzer winners lead Sydney Writers’ Festival line up
More than 35 stars of the international literary scene will feature as part of the 2024 Sydney Writers’ Festival.
- by Helen Pitt
‘I was warned not to upset Nigella Lawson’: Colin Fassnidge’s brush with ‘royalty’
Within 10 minutes the two chefs were planning their night out together.
- by Robyn Doreian
Unrest in rural Ireland as locals declare there’s no room for asylum seekers
Protests have been rising across the country at resettlement programs as Ireland’s housing system creaks.
- by Michael Murphy