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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"

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"

Palestinian poet and activist Shahd Karaeen: "I've been quiet for many years. At least now I know I'm done with being quiet"
  • Opinion
  • 13 Oct 25

Palestinian poet and activist Shahd Karaeen: "I've been quiet for many years. At least now I know I'm done with being quiet"

<i>I Swear:</i> "I could see that it was a complex condition right from the start, and that’s what fascinated me"
  • Film And TV
  • 10 Oct 25

I Swear: "I could see that it was a complex condition right from the start, and that’s what fascinated me"

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’"

Kahlil Joseph on <i>BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions:</i> "At a certain point, you realise that the history is fucked"
  • Film And TV
  • 28 Sep 25

Kahlil Joseph on BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions: "At a certain point, you realise that the history is fucked"

Niamh McCormack on <i>House of Guinness:</i> "I pulled great inspiration from Sinéad, and am really sad that she’s no longer around to fight for the underdogs in our society"
  • Film And TV
  • 26 Sep 25

Niamh McCormack on House of Guinness: "I pulled great inspiration from Sinéad, and am really sad that she’s no longer around to fight for the underdogs in our society"

Olivia Spuds - Mad Hatter Q&A: <i>Favourite record?</i> "Britney’s <i>Blackout</i> album from 2007. It’s timeless"
  • Lifestyle & Sports
  • 23 Sep 25

Olivia Spuds - Mad Hatter Q&A: Favourite record? "Britney’s Blackout album from 2007. It’s timeless"

Donncha Gilmore on <i>Girls & Boys:</i> "Their relationship is in the middle of a very gendered world... I wanted to show how those pressures make intimacy more complicated"
  • Film And TV
  • 20 Sep 25

Donncha Gilmore on Girls & Boys: "Their relationship is in the middle of a very gendered world... I wanted to show how those pressures make intimacy more complicated"

Myles O’Reilly on <i>Against All Certainty:</i> “Until I actually sat in front of the President, I didn’t think it was going to happen. I thought it was all a dream..."
  • Culture
  • 15 Sep 25

Myles O’Reilly on Against All Certainty: “Until I actually sat in front of the President, I didn’t think it was going to happen. I thought it was all a dream..."

disndat: "Fiver pints, 8 spirits with a dash, €10 Spritzes, free live music and guaranteed great craic"
  • Culture
  • 09 Sep 25

disndat: "Fiver pints, 8 spirits with a dash, €10 Spritzes, free live music and guaranteed great craic"

DkIT Graduate Lauren Corlett: “I knew I needed something hands-on and creative”
  • Film And TV
  • 04 Sep 25

DkIT Graduate Lauren Corlett: “I knew I needed something hands-on and creative”

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"

Katie Boyle - Mad Hatter Q&A: <i>Dying words?</i> "Feed my cats!"
  • Culture
  • 03 Sep 25

Katie Boyle - Mad Hatter Q&A: Dying words? "Feed my cats!"

Irivine Welsh: "The big picture of societal addiction is so vast that it’s almost a ridiculous indulgence to talk about street drugs"
  • Opinion
  • 02 Sep 25

Irivine Welsh: "The big picture of societal addiction is so vast that it’s almost a ridiculous indulgence to talk about street drugs"

Aoife Dunne - Mad Hatter Q&A: "There are so many artists that have marked different epochs of my life – and this time of my life is well and truly being marked by the incredible CMAT"
  • Culture
  • 18 Aug 25

Aoife Dunne - Mad Hatter Q&A: "There are so many artists that have marked different epochs of my life – and this time of my life is well and truly being marked by the incredible CMAT"

Arthur Baker: "I’ve been asked about ‘Planet Rock’ probably more than anything I’ve ever done"
  • Culture
  • 13 Aug 25

Arthur Baker: "I’ve been asked about ‘Planet Rock’ probably more than anything I’ve ever done"

Tim MacGabhann: "I was never very good at maths, but I was good at a particular calculus – low effort, low energy expenditure, and a high yield of getting buckled"
  • Opinion
  • 11 Aug 25

Tim MacGabhann: "I was never very good at maths, but I was good at a particular calculus – low effort, low energy expenditure, and a high yield of getting buckled"

Connla Stokes - Mad Hatter Q&A: <i>Biggest fear?</i> "Being stuck in a karaoke bar for a night"
  • Opinion
  • 08 Jul 25

Connla Stokes - Mad Hatter Q&A: Biggest fear? "Being stuck in a karaoke bar for a night"

Yasmin Zaher: “When you come from a situation where your life is already unstable and risky, you’re going to search for a profession that can give you more stability"
  • Culture
  • 07 Jul 25

Yasmin Zaher: “When you come from a situation where your life is already unstable and risky, you’re going to search for a profession that can give you more stability"

Jeanine Cummins on her latest novel: “One of the great joys of writing this book was to imagine a different outcome for her, and for my dad, really”
  • Culture
  • 02 Jul 25

Jeanine Cummins on her latest novel: “One of the great joys of writing this book was to imagine a different outcome for her, and for my dad, really”

Keelin Moncrieff: "The online community wasn’t cutting it for me anymore"
  • Lifestyle & Sports
  • 30 Jun 25

Keelin Moncrieff: "The online community wasn’t cutting it for me anymore"

<i>M3GAN 2.0</i> director Gerard Johnstone: “It’s less, ‘Is AI dangerous?’ and more, ‘It’s here. Now what?’”
  • Film And TV
  • 27 Jun 25

M3GAN 2.0 director Gerard Johnstone: “It’s less, ‘Is AI dangerous?’ and more, ‘It’s here. Now what?’”

Vogue Williams - <i>Best of Ireland</i> Cover Story: "Where you're from becomes a part of you. It's where you feel your most calm and happiest"
  • Culture
  • 26 Jun 25

Vogue Williams - Best of Ireland Cover Story: "Where you're from becomes a part of you. It's where you feel your most calm and happiest"

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