THE Borris House Festival of Writing & Ideas runs from June 6-9th featuring over 60 events all in the grounds of Borris House, home to Andrew Kavanagh and his wife Tina and family and fabulous venue for the Carlow Farmers point-to-point.

Highlights this year include speakers Carl Bernstein, Naomi Wolf, Anne Enright, Martin Amis, Simon Schama, Panti Bliss and Dolly Alderton.