After the sudden death of his father, Aaron is left completely numb. He runs. Runs from his grief, the mourning neighbours, the auntie in law’s and the Deirdre’s and Sharon’s of Dublin with their endless talk of mortgages and buying bleedin’ gaffs.
He chases the noise and chaos anything that might make him feel alive again. But what happens when feeling something means feeling everything?

Following a three month affair between two anonymous men, Boyfriends, charts the ups and downs and roundabouts of a modern situationship. As they swing through four million one hundred and ninety one thousand possibilities of what they might mean to one another, Boyfriends asks us to ponder on that age old question: what the f*ck is romance anyway?

Thit an domhan Gaelach as a chéile le linn saol Aogáin Uí Rathaille, agus bhí sé mar dhuine de phríomhthráchtaire ar an gcasadh cinniúnach seo i stair agus litríocht na hÉireann.

In Gile na Gile, composer and singer Lorcán Mac Mathúna has set his poems to stunning new music, which he will sing to accompaniment from musicians Martin Tourish and Éamonn Galldubh.

Writing about Cnámha Scoilte/Split Bones, critic Professor Cassandra Atherton says: ‘Julie Breathnach-Banwait engages with the uncanniness of place and the politics of memory in prose poetry with electrifying rhythms and beguiling cadence’. Her work explores family, landscape and history, taking the reader from the shores of Conamara to the deserts of Australia. Tonight she will read to live music from composer and concertina player Jack Talty, interwoven with sean-nós songs from Síle Denvir, and featuring on-screen visuals created by Donegal artist Kim Sharkey.

Oliver Cole, born in Kells, County Meath, is an acclaimed Irish singer-songwriter known for his evocative lyrics and distinctive sound. His latest album, Wingspan, released on October 3, 2025, has been described as a stream of consciousness approach to songwriting.

Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh was without doubt Ireland’s most gifted sports commentator. Across his sixty year career, from his 1949 radio debut to his last All-lreland final on television in 2010, he was a deeply loved companion for generations of GAA fans.

Bard na Páirce is a literary celebration of Mícheál’s life and work.

A jaw-dropping story set on the Coral Sea, Australia. An Irish backpacker blags his way onto a prawn trawler. There he discovers a rarely seen world of hard labour and harder fishermen, where drinking, fighting, storms and hungry sharks are part of everyday life.

Amhráin na Gealaí is a special performance of the songs of Phoebe Bridgers translated into Irish by poets Caitríona Ní Chléirchín and Dairena Ní Chinnéide, and performed by Belfast indie-pop artist Aoibha.