In this three-hour session, we will go from generating ideas, to outlining an essay, to covering the conventions and clichés of essay writing, and finally discussing publication opportunities in Ireland and abroad.

In this 90-minute session, YA writer and reviewer Claire Hennessy will explore the key things to consider when writing for teenagers today

Have you got lots of ideas but can’t get them down on paper? Is your writing happening in fits and starts and going nowhere? Have you written in the past or would love to start to write now?

The historic grounds of Swords Castle were transformed into a hub of energy and movement on Sunday, 8th June, as over 550 people gathered to take part in the Move at Swords Castle festival.

The Prior Warning Notice issued for Velvet Strand Portmarnock on June 14 has now been removed following test results of excellent water quality. Balbriggan result also excellent.

Is the choice of subject matter or ‘content’ crucial to the effectiveness of a poem? If so, how do we distil experience to find its poetic essence? And then, how do we develop what John Cage called the ‘field of possibilities’ that will make the poem happen in its most appropriate form?

Comedian Pierre Novellie will be in conversation with writer and performer Erin McGathy, to discuss his book Why Can’t I Just Enjoy Things?