Michael Longley, one of Ireland’s leading poets, died on Wednesday night in Belfast’s Royal Victoria Hospital following a short illness.

Belfast-born writer Michael Longley has been remembered as “one of the greatest poets that Ireland has ever produced” following his death aged 85. Tributes have been paid to the poet, described as ...

Michael Longley will be recognised as one of the greatest poets that Ireland has ever produced, and it has long been my belief that his work is of the level that would be befitting of a Nobel Prize ...

Belfast-born poet Michael Longley dies aged 85, his family says.

Mr Longley died at the age of 85 in hospital on Wednesday. He won a number of awards for his writing throughout his life including the TS Eliot Prize, the Feltrinelli International Prize and the ...

ACCLAIMED IRISH POET Michael Longley died on Wednesday night in Belfast at the age of 85, following a short battle with illness.The poet was born in Belfast city in 1939 to English parents, but ...