News & Events

National winners announced at tenth annual Poetry Aloud competition

2nd December 2016

The winners of the tenth annual Poetry Aloud competition, organised by the National Library of Ireland (NLI) and Poetry Ireland, were announced on Friday 2 December, at the final round of the competition, held at the National Library of Ireland.

Remembering Tommy Frank O’Connor.

25th October 2016

Noel King pays tribute to his friend and colleague Tommy Frank O’Connor.

Remembering Robert Dunbar

22nd July 2016

Jane O’Hanlon remembers Robert Dunbar, a remarkable champion of children’s books.

Writers in Schools 2015/16 Overview

2nd June 2016

With the school year coming to a close, we’ve been taking stock of what has been a very successful year for our Writers in Schools scheme

Winners of the 2016 Trócaire and Poetry Ireland Poetry Competition announced.

26th May 2016

The winners of this year’s Trócaire and Poetry Ireland competition were announced at a special awards ceremony in the National Library of Ireland on Thursday 26 May.

Listen to or read Tom French’s inspiring address at the ‘A Poem for Ireland’ schools competition.

23rd May 2016

Tom French made this inspiring and moving address to all of the young poets during the Grand Final of the ‘A Poem for Ireland’ poetry competition.