Aisling Bea

Bray native best known for role in the soap in the 1990s had been diagnosed with cancer

The comedian on making it in the US and Ireland’s ‘overlooked, undervalued’ women

A guide to surviving the inevitable rows and getting one up on your loved ones this Christmas

‘I’m doing a Manchester accent next year,’ says the actor, ‘so hold on to your Twitter knickers’

Emer McLysaght: We have an odd national obsession with how our celebrities speak

When are they on and what’s on offer? Key facts about 2021-2022 open days

A community-focused movement is turning discarded materials into covetable products

TV review: The Kildare comedian explores the irritations and melancholy of modern life

Michael Flatley becomes an impressively antlered elk in a new animated film based on the hit show

The presenter on Irishness, the excitement of live TV and the upside of lockdown

A generation of female superheroes in tartan skirts and gabardines

Bea took the breakthrough talent award while Harte claimed the editing: factual prize

But you probably won’t, since it’s on Netflix and these days the audience is captive

After Life’s second season and a new Mindy Kaling sitcom are among the latest arrivals

From fitness to MoMa, there are countless resources online to keep you occupied

Funniest programmes are of the hand-drawn variety like Rick and Morty

Fleabag, Game of Thrones and Catastrophe all ended – and somehow brought us all together

RTÉ risks being bypassed as business of TV drama realigns

El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie, Living With Yourself, The Laundromat and Big Mouth season 3

The director on Aisling Bea, the renewed relevance of Cabaret, and the joys of a Dyson fan

Review: The show doesn’t segue but jackknifes from one thing to another

It’s the perfect tonic for our times, tackling mental health, love and sibling relationships

From The Dublin Murders to The Crown, Red Rock to Ru Paul, here are this season’s best comedy, drama and reality series

Scowling in a draughty warehouse is still the key trait for a TV investment guru

Review: Áine’s attraction to the upper-crust Richard is the stuff of standard romcom fantasy

Life Lessons: ‘I’ve been guilty of gossiping and being jealous’

Web Log: Podcast that combines comedy with food makes for enjoyable listening

Sasha Hamrogue and Venetia Quick, ‘Grief Encounters’ podcasters, on life after death

The quips fly on and off camera during the filming of Finding Joy, RTÉ’s new comedy

Ozark returns, plus a new animated sitcom from The Simpsons’s creator Matt Groening

The Boyle star on his tough-guy role in ‘Get Shorty’ and his county’s referendum journey

Fans pay up to £3,500 to attend fundraiser alongside the great and good of city’s Irish

The model and knitwear designer lives in a big rented house with her husband, Web Summit's Paddy Cosgrave, their baby Cloud and five friends

Bloom, Cat Laughs, Forbidden Fruit, Vantastival, Women’s Mini Marathon and more

Zany or dark? Smart or dumb? Gently reassuring or wickedly disturbing? The festival has it all

Cynthia Nixon’s running for governor of New York, Facebook has a privacy scandal too many

The sort-of-Irish Oscar Wilde bash is now a key pre-Academy Awards event

Hotel resort has spent €3m on capital projects over last few years

Stand-up comedy, acting in ‘The Fall’, writing her own show and now team leader on ‘8 Out Of 10 Cats’ panel show – Kildare woman Aisling Bea has a lot on

Aisling Bea and Bram Stoker are rising fast, while Sterling is going the opposite direction