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Irish doctors prescribe unusual remedy to combat difficulty of working during pandemic

A group of Irish medics have been prescribing themselves poetry, amid the stresses and strains of working at the front line of the Covid-19 pandemic. Dr Stephen Hatton first thought about starting a poetry society in the depths of winter 2020, as ...

23 Dec 2021 at 14:20

National News

Irish doctors prescribe poetry to combat difficulty of working during pandemic

23 Dec 2021 at 12:34

Midland Tribune

OPINION (AN COLÚN): A Birr woman who saw beyond the veil of life

TEN beautiful poems by the acclaimed poet Susan Langstaff Mitchell are now dotted around Birr, attractively mounted on panels in various locations including the library railings, Mill Island, Wilmer Road / Connaught Street and Chapel Lane. ...

29 Nov 2022 at 20:27

Tullamore Tribune

Offaly poet is recipient of Poetry Town Bursary

Poetry Ireland has announced the 24 awardees of the Poetry Town Bursary scheme, which marks the legacy of the all-island poetry initiative, and carries forward the enthusiasm generated during the nine-day festival in September. Anthony ...

11 Nov 2021 at 16:11

Local News

Offaly poet is recipient of Poetry Town Bursary

12 Nov 2021 at 16:49

Midland Tribune

Offaly poets celebrate Poetry Day Ireland with online offering

Today, Thursday April 28th, is Poetry Day Ireland and it's being marked by a number of Offaly Poets with an offering called "Through the Eye of the Telescope." Through the Eye of the Telescope is Offaly's response to Poetry ...

28 Apr 2022 at 13:47

Lifestyle

7 of the best children’s books explaining the royals

What better way to help your child understand who the royals are and what the coronation means than books for them no matter their age? Authors have been looking for ways to explain the responsibilities, roles and ...

26 Apr 2023 at 09:03

Arts & Entertainment

Electric Picnic reveals details of NEW area on grounds of popular festival

Electric Picnic has revealed details of a new area on the grounds of the popular festival. Imelda May and Wallis Bird are just two of the confirmed acts performing at Croí, the brand-new source of positive energy ...

05 Aug 2023 at 12:04

Northern Ireland

Seamus Heaney’s widow watches on as Joe Biden cites work of late Irish poet

An emotional Marie Heaney, widow of Seamus Heaney, watched on as Joe Biden cited one of the late Nobel laureate’s best-known works in his Oireachtas address. Heaney, who died in 2013, is one of the best-known ...

13 Apr 2023 at 19:47

National News

'It should be done everywhere' - Patients at Irish hospital receive poetry postcards

Patients and staff at a Waterford hospital have received postcards featuring poems as part of an annual wellbeing festival. The Well Festival of Arts and Wellbeing's 'Fancy a Lift?' series 2023 distributed ...

19 Feb 2023 at 16:52

Lifestyle

The Children’s Laureate on why reading and writing poetry is great for kids

Many parents read to their young children at bedtime – but it tends to be a story they share with them, rather than poetry. However, the Children’s Laureate, Joseph Coelho is urging mums and dads to not ...

05 Apr 2024 at 08:15

Arts & Entertainment

'So much kind support' - Irish poetry publisher close to fundraising goal for literary centre

Ireland's largest poetry publisher is close to achieving its fundraising goal to purchase a new property for their bookshop and literary centre. Salmon Poetry established The Salmon Bookshop and ...

20 Nov 2023 at 15:23

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