Walls Come Tumbling Down?
The Berlin Wall, Belfast’s Peace Walls and Jerusalem’s Separation Barrier, known in Arabic as the Wall of Apartheid, reflect a dramatic failure of politics, vision... Read More
Yes, Yes yes, For the Love of Joyce
Joyce managed to raise the banal, ordinary events of one day in Dublin, 16th June 1904, to the level of poetry. Devoting each episode in... Read More
Neil Jordan – A Life in Words and Pictures
Amnesiac, the illuminating memoir of Academy Award-winning film director, screenwriter and author Neil Jordan, provides an intimate insight into the author’s distinguished life and career.At... Read More
I Can’t Believe It’s Ireland with Paddy Cullivan
Imagine this. It’s 2032. The people have spoken on both sides of the border and Ireland is a brand new 32-county country. There’s a new... Read More
The World At War
Gaza is in ruins, and the risk of a wider conflict with Iran increases by the day, dragging in the entire region. In Ukraine, Russia... Read More
The Madonna Effect
Why do women (and sometimes men too) have an urge to do ‘something new, something different’ in later life? Is it easier to find... Read More
Peter Frankopan: The Earth Transformed
When we think about history, we rarely pay much attention to the most destructive floods, the worst winters, the most devastating droughts or the ways... Read More
Silencing of Palestine: Isabella Hammad
The tragedy and trauma of the Palestinian people is one of the greatest crimes of this century; and it is ongoing. We are honoured to... Read More
Jan Carson: Quickly, While They Still have Horses
Winner of the EU Prize for Literature in 2019 for her bestselling novel, The Raptures, Jan Carson is back in Dalkey with her latest publication,... Read More
The 1930s Again?
Are we experiencing a disconcerting re-run of the 1930s with economic uncertainty, the rise of nationalism and populism, a new arms race, and conflicts such... Read More