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Culture
22 Dec 25

My 2025: Mary-Claire Fitzpatrick - Villain of 2025? AI slop

Ben Elton: "I wouldn’t mind having a crack at <i>Blackadder</i> in an Irish context... I’d like the challenge"

Film And TV
18 Dec 25

Ben Elton: "I wouldn’t mind having a crack at Blackadder in an Irish context... I’d like the challenge"

Tom Davis - Mad hatter Q&A: <i>Favourite item of clothing?</i> My lucky Calvin's

Culture
14 Dec 25

Tom Davis - Mad hatter Q&A: Favourite item of clothing? My lucky Calvin's

Comedian Aoife Dunne announces additional <i>Good Grief</i> tour dates

Culture
04 Dec 25

Comedian Aoife Dunne announces additional Good Grief tour dates

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Commentary

The Year in Culture: That's Entertainment (And Politics)

Opinion
17 Dec 25

The Year in Culture: That's Entertainment (And Politics)

ACLAÍ Palestine's Ainle Ó Cairealláin: "It's about defying the isolation that the occupation want to push Palestine into"

Opinion
17 Dec 25

ACLAÍ Palestine's Ainle Ó Cairealláin: "It's about defying the isolation that the occupation want to push Palestine into"

Opinion
16 Dec 25

The Irish language's rising profile: More than the cúpla focal?

Domhnall Gleeson to be honored with an Oscar Wilde Award

Culture
10 Dec 25

Domhnall Gleeson to be honored with an Oscar Wilde Award

Friends of the Freedom Theatre in Ireland launches in Dublin in support of Palestinian arts centre

Culture
10 Dec 25

Friends of the Freedom Theatre in Ireland launches in Dublin in support of Palestinian arts centre

Rekindling the pagan spirit of midwinter – in a world where Christmas is more crass than class

Opinion
07 Dec 25

Rekindling the pagan spirit of midwinter – in a world where Christmas is more crass than class

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Interview

Éanna Hardwicke on <i>Saipan:</i> "This film is going to totally reignite the ‘Who’s fault was it?’ debate"

Film And TV
23 Dec 25

Éanna Hardwicke on Saipan: "This film is going to totally reignite the ‘Who’s fault was it?’ debate"

Culture
22 Dec 25

My 2025: Mary-Claire Fitzpatrick - Villain of 2025? AI slop

Jessie Buckley on <i>Hamnet:</i> "What Chloé did brought us out of our heads and into our bodies. It made the potential bigger"

Film And TV
20 Dec 25

Jessie Buckley on Hamnet: "What Chloé did brought us out of our heads and into our bodies. It made the potential bigger"

My 2025: Andrea Mara - <i>Best thing you saw online?</i> "The Troy Parrott goal"

Culture
20 Dec 25

My 2025: Andrea Mara - Best thing you saw online? "The Troy Parrott goal"

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Book News

Paul Mescal, Maggie O'Farrell and Chloé Zhao on <i>Hamnet</i>: "You can't really have love without grief or grief without love"

Film And TV
18 Dec 25

Paul Mescal, Maggie O'Farrell and Chloé Zhao on Hamnet: "You can't really have love without grief or grief without love"

Gerry McGovern's <i>99th Day: A Warning About Technology</i> available to pre-order now

Opinion
12 Dec 25

Gerry McGovern's 99th Day: A Warning About Technology available to pre-order now

An Post Irish Book of the Year announced

Culture
11 Dec 25

An Post Irish Book of the Year announced

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Book Interview

My 2025: Andrea Mara - <i>Best thing you saw online?</i> "The Troy Parrott goal"

Culture
20 Dec 25

My 2025: Andrea Mara - Best thing you saw online? "The Troy Parrott goal"

Miriam O’Callaghan: "I just hope people learn a little bit more about me – and think I’m an okay person at the end of it"

Opinion
07 Dec 25

Miriam O’Callaghan: "I just hope people learn a little bit more about me – and think I’m an okay person at the end of it"

Rose Keating on <i>Oddbody:</i> "I would start writing at around 8pm and then I’d stay up until 6am. I listened to music to keep me going"

Culture
25 Nov 25

Rose Keating on Oddbody: "I would start writing at around 8pm and then I’d stay up until 6am. I listened to music to keep me going"

Wayne Byrne on his new <i>Halloween Book</i>: "The original movie is perfect in every way"

Film And TV
15 Oct 25

Wayne Byrne on his new Halloween Book: "The original movie is perfect in every way"

Caragh Maxwell: “I leave facets of myself in everything I write. I’m a big proponent of ‘write what you know’"

Culture
06 Oct 25

Caragh Maxwell: “I leave facets of myself in everything I write. I’m a big proponent of ‘write what you know’"

Ragnar Jónasson on working with Ridley Scott: “He’s a legend and I’m a big fan, so to do a film he’d be associated with would be quite something"

Culture
04 Sep 25

Ragnar Jónasson on working with Ridley Scott: “He’s a legend and I’m a big fan, so to do a film he’d be associated with would be quite something"

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Book Review

Book Review: Joe Hill, <i>King Sorrow</i>

Opinion
08 Oct 25

Book Review: Joe Hill, King Sorrow

Book Review: <i>Living In The Present With John Prine</i>

Culture
08 Sep 25

Book Review: Living In The Present With John Prine

Sarah Crossan on porn: "if you disapprove, does that mean you’re a prude, a non-feminist, or anti women doing what they want with their bodies?"

Culture
02 Jul 24

Sarah Crossan on porn: "if you disapprove, does that mean you’re a prude, a non-feminist, or anti women doing what they want with their bodies?"

Book Review: Paul Tremblay, <i>Horror Movie</i>

Opinion
25 Jun 24

Book Review: Paul Tremblay, Horror Movie

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Film Review

Steve Coogan and Éanna Hardwicke go in all studs blazing in Saipan

Film And TV
05 Sep 25

Steve Coogan and Éanna Hardwicke go in all studs blazing in Saipan

FILM OF THE WEEK: <i>Weapons</i> - Reviewed by Roe mcDermott

Culture
08 Aug 25

FILM OF THE WEEK: Weapons - Reviewed by Roe mcDermott

Bono: Stories Of Surrender - Father, Son, And Holy Ghost

Culture
27 May 25

Bono: Stories Of Surrender - Father, Son, And Holy Ghost

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Film Interview

Éanna Hardwicke on <i>Saipan:</i> "This film is going to totally reignite the ‘Who’s fault was it?’ debate"

Film And TV
23 Dec 25

Éanna Hardwicke on Saipan: "This film is going to totally reignite the ‘Who’s fault was it?’ debate"

Jessie Buckley on <i>Hamnet:</i> "What Chloé did brought us out of our heads and into our bodies. It made the potential bigger"

Film And TV
20 Dec 25

Jessie Buckley on Hamnet: "What Chloé did brought us out of our heads and into our bodies. It made the potential bigger"

Film And TV
19 Dec 25

Oona Chaplin on Avatar: Fire And Ash – "It's an incredible gift to unite the world at a time when we are so divided"

Paul Mescal, Maggie O'Farrell and Chloé Zhao on <i>Hamnet</i>: "You can't really have love without grief or grief without love"

Film And TV
18 Dec 25

Paul Mescal, Maggie O'Farrell and Chloé Zhao on Hamnet: "You can't really have love without grief or grief without love"

Cillian Murphy on <i>Steve:</i> "A lot of these people who are carers, they just give and give until the well runs dry"

Film And TV
18 Oct 25

Cillian Murphy on Steve: "A lot of these people who are carers, they just give and give until the well runs dry"

Jim Sheridan on <i>Re-Creation:</i> "Ian didn’t upset me that much. He wasn’t somebody you really wanted to be around, though"

Film And TV
14 Oct 25

Jim Sheridan on Re-Creation: "Ian didn’t upset me that much. He wasn’t somebody you really wanted to be around, though"

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Previews-And-Trailers

IFI to screen David Keenan's Irish-language documentary <i>Focla ar Chanbhás</i> <i>(Words on Canvas)</i>

Culture
28 Oct 25

IFI to screen David Keenan's Irish-language documentary Focla ar Chanbhás (Words on Canvas)

Fundraiser launched to honour Seán Rocks and St. Francis Hospice after benefit performance of <i>The Weir</i> sells out "in record time"

Culture
28 Aug 25

Fundraiser launched to honour Seán Rocks and St. Francis Hospice after benefit performance of The Weir sells out "in record time"

Andrew Scott joins cast of Lena Dunham’s comedy series <i>Too Much</i>

Film And TV
11 Jun 25

Andrew Scott joins cast of Lena Dunham’s comedy series Too Much

<I>Bodkin</I>: The first thing Barack Obama said when I met him was “You know I’m Irish right?"

Film And TV
09 May 24

Bodkin: The first thing Barack Obama said when I met him was “You know I’m Irish right?"

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