There has been much reportage over the last few days about government plans to introduce isp blocks through Ministerial order,or statutory instrument. Members and associates may be interested in current thinking on the issue. To that end there are some available links and discussions in articles and they will be collated here. The following is [...]

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Dear friends, Dear PEN members, A few days from now a large delegation – ten of us – will go to Mexico City . This will be a strong expression of solidarity for Mexican writers and journalists. It will also be unprecedented, with the entire Executive going – Hori Takeaki , Eric Lax and myself [...]

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Quite recently PEN International upgraded their website , with a new structure and media centre,   all the usual PEN  links for those who wish read on issues of advocacy and freedom of speech are carried on the new site. The whole encompasses a variety of interests for our Irish PEN members, who will be interested in [...]

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The Irish PEN 2012 Calendar of Events. Friday 10th February 2012: Irish PEN Award and Dinner. Eventbrite booking :  http://www.irishpendinner.eventbrite.com/ In 1998 Irish PEN set up an award to honour an Irish-born writer who has made an outstanding contribution to Irish Literature. This Award is for a significant body of work, written and produced over a number of years, [...]

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Irish PEN is very sorry to hear of the sudden death of Caroline Walsh, literary editor of The Irish Times. Caroline was a great friend of Irish PEN. She regularly attended our annual dinners and awards, and she gave mention to our various events through the years. Her mother, celebrated writer Mary Lavin, had been [...]

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