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Jimmy Deenihan TD, Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, will this evening attend an event in the National Concert Hall celebrating the life and work...

As Friday mornings go, it was busy. Those with young families out early buying the last of the books, lurid lunchboxes....

As Friday mornings go, it was busy. Those with young families out early buying the last of the books, lurid lunchboxes. Everybody here making calls, lists...

Our statements this evening are more than tinged with sadness. When Seamus Heaney died - so suddenly...

Jimmy Deenihan TD, Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, has expressed his deep sorrow at the death of Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney, and has offered his condolences...

It was with great sadness that I learned today of the death of Seamus Heaney and I wish to express my deepest condolences to his wife Marie and family....

Seamus Heaney’s death brings great sorrow to Ireland, to language and to literature. He is mourned - and deeply - wherever poetry and the world of the spirit are cherished and celebrated....