Paul Muldoon proposed as parliamentary poet laureate

The Oireachtas said this week the idea was still under consideration. It is due to be discussed at the next meeting of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission, the cross-party body that runs the Oireachtas.

“[He] is a world-renowned poet who gave the eulogy at the funeral of Seamus Heaney, was a student of Heaney’s and is currently in residence at Queen’s University Belfast,” Ms Kelly wrote in May. “He will spend time in Dublin over the next two years as part of his role as Ireland Chair of Poetry.

“The work of poets has often helped us describe moments in civic life on this island in ways us mere mortals cannot. In imagining how to govern our new fledging State, our forebears drew on our ancient heritage, conceiving of a taoiseach, a tánaiste, a Dáil. I think we should continue to draw on our rich past in order to chart our way into our challenging future.”

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