Ray D’Arcy offers an intriguing glimpse into a dirty industry
Radio: When the RTÉ host talks to Pat and Aisling Ryan, it’s an intriguing glimpse into an unseen and unglamorous yet vital industry
Ardal O’Hanlon
Museum to tell the story of Monaghan Protestants who found themselves on ‘wrong’ side of Border
Monaghan County Museum is part of the €22 million peace campus in the town
Dylan Moran: ‘Everybody now is in a boiling froth of panic the whole time... we’ve completely regressed’
Navan native talks about stealing records, being a ‘rainbow goth’ and how a trio featuring Ardal O’Hanlon led him to his comedic calling
The funny thing about Irish comedy: Why it doesn’t hurt to be rich if you want to be a stand-up
A few big names can fill big venues, but most comedians scrape by. Now, at last, what they do is set to be recognised as worthy of Arts Council funding
Anne Friel on her late husband playwright Brian: ‘I was crazy about him. He was everything’
Rehearsals are underway for a new production of Dancing at Lughnasa at the Gate this summer, and a new book about the playwright was published this week
Fr Dougal Maguire meets the pope: Irish comedians granted an audience with Francis
Ardal O’Hanlon, Tommy Tiernan and Patrick Kielty among group of comedians to have audience with Pope Francis
Irish comedians Ardal O’Hanlon, Patrick Kielty and Tommy Tiernan to have audience with Pope Francis
Irish comic trio part of audience of more than 100 international artists meeting pontiff
TV guide: 12 of the best shows to watch this week
March 3rd-8th: From royal drama Mary & George to Imelda May on WB Yeats’s forgotten sisters
Declining numbers of priests and nuns is bad for the church. But a drop in lay people is worse
Recent RTÉ documentaries on the Last Priests and Last Nuns in Ireland showed signs we are ready to embrace the positive contributions of the Catholic Church
The Last Priests in Ireland: How moral guardians in Darth Vader cassocks suffocated the country
Television: The compelling argument at the film’s core is that Irish Catholicism wasn’t all that Irish to begin with
Brouhaha: Ardal O’Hanlon’s new novel is deliciously readable—and damned funny
Ardal O’Hanlon’s offbeat investigators excavate layers of history that blanket the Border
Derry Girls is comedy gold, but its last episode was no grand finale
Derry Girls finale review: Alas, the last episode overdoes it with a one hour special
Do the Irish really swear more than other nations? Who gives a f***
Ardal O’Hanlon’s charming documentary ‘Holy F***’ is based on a slightly rickety premise
95 things to look forward to: Matches, movies, plays, pints, pals
By Aisling Bea, Mary McAleese, Richard Ford, Marian Keyes, Tolü Makay, Blindboy and more
My Sporting Passion: Ardal O’Hanlon on how tennis changed his life
Comedian and actor is really looking forward to getting the chance to play tennis again
Ardal O’Hanlon on his grandfather’s Bloody Sunday role: ‘He was one of the good guys’
‘Thanks to people like him, people like me don’t have to make such difficult decisions’
‘French people are pretty relaxed. They don’t pander to scaremongering or hysteria’
Wild Geese: Paul Lynch works in air-traffic control and fundraising for Irish charities in Paris
Tara Lynne O’Neill: 'I knew Derry Girls was something special'
The actor best known as Ma Mary talks about hideous jumpers, being married to Tommy Tiernan on screen, and her new play about women footballers
Ardal O’Hanlon: On My Cultural Radar
The actor and comedian on Kevin Barry and why Shane Meadows’s The Virtues worked
Ardal O’Hanlon: ‘I was always this weird, watchful kind of kid’
The comedian on stand-up terror, growing up with a politician for a dad, and Father Ted
If you wanted ‘a bit of fun’ in 1950s Ireland, there was only one lubricant available
Ardal O’Hanlon’s charming history of showbands takes the fun side of Irish life seriously
Derry Girls: ‘We’re doing it for peace. A piece of fine Protestant ass’
As the comedy smash hit returns, the cast and creator look ahead to what's in store
Jordan’s triumph: The Butcher Boy review (1997)
From the archive: ‘The novel seemed unfilmable, but Jordan and McCabe’s collaboration on the screenplay has cracked it . . .’
Fr Ted fans flock to ‘Craggy Island’ on 20th anniversary of Dermot Morgan’s death
Events include Priest’s Dance Off, The Lovely Girls competition and Ted’s Got Talent
Careful now: Will we ever stop talking about Father Ted?
Twenty years and thousands of repeats later, Ireland still lives in Craggy Island’s shadow
Nerds, wonks and a failed finance minister: a visit to Kilkenomics
Discussions on Trump, Brexit, technology and media were some of the topics covered at this year’s economics festival in Kilkenny
What do Colin Farrell, Roy Keane and Panti Bliss have in common?
The Community Games are a uniquely Irish affair that has been running for 50 years
Twice Shy review: walking softly on a well-trodden road
This tale of a young Irish couple travelling to England for an abortion avoids rhetoric
The Irish movie set to spark a measured conversation about abortion
Young Irish film-maker Tom Ryan knew he was opening a can of worms with ‘Twice Shy’, which features a couple put to the test by an unplanned pregnancy
Property woes not behind us if the industry is still dominated by men
Gender imbalance in property industry there in black and white at SCSI event
Masters of all they survey plan a big night out
Tickets for black tie event for 1,350 sell out in record time
Mad Mary and Young Offenders take Galway Film Fleadh by storm
The two films are the pick of a crop that reveals the breadth of talent in Irish film
Television: Bob Geldof busts his baggage allowance in a poetry-political broadcast
Review: ‘A Fanatic Heart’, ‘Children of the Revolution’ and ‘The Night Manager’
Frank Kelly: Natural comedian and star of ‘Father Ted’
Frank Kelly: December 28th, 1938 - February 28th, 2016
Ballymagash to Craggy Island: Five great Frank Kelly creations
Comedian played a range of memorable and lovable characters on television and radio
Could there be such a thing as ‘too much good TV’?
US network executives say the industry is approaching ‘peak TV’ and have the stats to prove it
Irish comedians at the Fringe: Triumph, tragedy and chips
Every year, a gang of homegrown gag-meisters take their shows to the world’s biggest arts festival in Edinburgh. Here are some quips from this year's crop
The secret lives of the priests in Father Ted
What links the classic sitcom to The Smiths, Freddie Mercury, Star Wars, Trainspotting, Ballykissangel, Emmerdale and the cream of Irish journalism? Martin Doyle confesses all
Pre-school animation show nets worldwide distribution deal
Ireland’s Nelly and Nora to air on RTÉjr, CBeebies and broadcaster ZDF in Germany
We have lift-off: Irish cultural calendar 2015
A year of Yeats. The return of the Gathering. The zaniness of TedFest. The muckiness of the National Ploughing Championships. The musical magic of Electric Picnic. The spectacular scenery of Earagail Arts Festival. And much more. Consider yourself told
In Kilkenny to try and make the most of the recovery
Four-day Kilkenomics festival, which marries economics and comedy, brings together international practitioners of both
In Kilkenny to try and make the most of the recovery
Four-day Kilkenomics festival, which marries economics and comedy, brings together international practitioners of both
Television: High-flyer who crashed to earth – Tony O’Reilly’s airport-blockbuster life
Review: The sports star turned mogul popped up in so many places you’d swear he was Forrest Gump. Then it all went wrong
How will we burst this bubble in Irish economists?
The fact the State has its own Woodstock for economists shows just how obsessed Middle Ireland has become with fiscal matters
Are you sitting comfortably for the TV season ahead?
At the time of writing, nothing is confirmed except the couples dressed as giant animals
RTÉ unveils dramatic details for the TV year ahead
Broadcaster promises ‘fizzing’ Late Late Show and ‘explosive’ Love/Hate
Radio: Good grief, Moncrieff – surely you aren’t waffling?
The Newstalk presenter marries the trivial and the serious to bracing effect, but Miriam O’Callaghan’s witty remarks fall flat
‘Once’ takes two Laurence Olivier awards
West End adaptation of film scored by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova triumphs
Brian O’Driscoll plays well in the West End too
Real drama will be in the Green room as we actors click on iPlayer for the Paris matinee
Brian Cox: ‘The Irish have been so subjugated’
The actor, who was born in Dundee to an Irish family, stars in Conor McPherson’s ‘The Weir’ in London. He talks Irishness, displacement, drink and his support for Scottish independence
Ardal O’Hanlon: comedy was a reaction to my father’s political career
There are two distinct periods to O’Hanlon’s childhood – before and after his father’s career as a TD
Trial told McDowell addressed solicitor’s Christmas party
Trial of Thomas Byrne (47) hears he borrowed €11.4m from INBS in 15 months
25 years in the funny business
It’s a small, dark place, with no microphone and it’s not even in a basement – so what’s the secret to the Comedy Cellar’s success?
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