I always felt John O’Donohue was christened wrongly. I think he should have been given the Russian name Alexa. It means defender of people.

If January were a state of being, it would be solitude. So, for a moment, imagine if you were offered the keys to a ...

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Encouraged by Olive, John had begun writing fiction, and his first book, a children’s novel, ‘The Summer of Lily and Esme’ ...

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Lawyers representing the family of John O’Keefe in the wrongful death lawsuit they are pursuing against Karen Read are asking a judge to force Read to give more information to support her claims that ...

John Cunningham, a prolific Broadway, film and TV actor who appeared onscreen in Dead Poets Society, died Tuesday, January 6, ...

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Poets have their own worldview, their own way of looking at things, So when it is about welcoming the new year, they weave words that are pure magic, .

Patricia Gibney is the bestselling author of the DI Lottie Parker series. She lives in the Irish midlands with her children, and her latest book Three Widows is out on January 29.

Francis grew up surrounded by the words of Yeats, Kavanagh, Heaney and Muldoon, hence the rhythm behind the words working ...