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Caroline Flack
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Buckle up for lashings of banter and ‘grafting’ as the show goes south for winter
Daniel O’Donnell at 60: ‘I could have made a lot more money if I was more ruthless’
The singer reflects on his career, marriage, business nous and family alcoholism
Sarah Harding, untameable to the end, left a vital last message
Girls Aloud was a manufactured entity. ‘Hardcore Harding’ was anything but
Love Island 2021: Five questions the final episode must answer
Will Kaz or Tyler win? Will the winner split the cash? And other hugely important questions
Emer McLysaght: I’m a smart and suspicious person, and I fall for Love Island every time
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Irish actor on her character choices, catching Covid-19 and why she avoids social media
‘It destroyed me’: Maria Bailey on ‘swing gate’ controversy
Ex-TD says her decision to issue proceedings against Dean Hotel was ‘a bad one’
Was Caroline Flack ‘hounded’ to death by tabloid media or us?
The internet has made the hounding business low cost, low risk and 24/7
Caroline Flack died by suicide after learning of prosecution, inquest finds
Coroner says fact that assault case was set to ‘play out in press’ was ‘incredibly difficult for her’
Tiernan McCann: Dealing with the trolls online ‘isn’t easy’
Defender says people have to be ‘very careful’ with what they post about players online
‘I knew she was loved’: Nick Grimshaw on Caroline Flack and mental health
DJ talks about health scare during Sport Relief challenge and dark side of celebrity
Jack Carty has the tools to cope with difficult times
On defeat in Japan: ‘I did use the Tackle Your Feelings app just as a mental check-in’
How coronavirus turned Big Brother into a house of horrors
Big Brother contestants from Germany to Brazil know little about the Covid-19 devastation – and some will be told on live TV
Empathy education: ‘It’s just as important as maths or Stem subjects’
Is time to make empathy classes mandatory in schools?
‘Things got weird’: How Dancing with the Stars coped with coronavirus
Let’s hope in 12 months all we have to fret about are dancing priests and Nicky Byrne’s quiff
Love Island: This pair are €60k richer. The rest of us feel much worse off
The dating show got ever harder to watch, and not only due to Caroline Flack’s death
The Irish Times view on online trolling: the goodness paradox
New technology both incentivises extreme opinion and magnifies human error
England coach Eddie Jones apologises after making ‘half-Asian’ comment
RFU spokesman confirmed Jones apologised to journalist after ‘off-the-cuff comment’
Love Island: Since Caroline Flack’s death it has become utterly unwatchable
The contestants don’t know of Flack’s suicide. The reality show is now utterly unreal
Letter from Caroline Flack describes inner turmoil as inquest opens
‘One day someone is going to lift that carpet up and all you are going to feel is shame and embarrassment’
Boris Johnson is a ‘real racist’: rapper Dave goes on attack at Brit awards
London rapper, who won album of the year for Psychodrama, also castigates media over Meghan Markle coverage
Kieran Donaghy calls for GAA to shut down fans’ forums
Former Kerry star says players suffering unnecessary abuse on negative platforms
Love Island tribute to Caroline Flack hides the truth
ITV tried to present Love Island as a force for good, but that is far from a true representation of the show and the culture that surrounds it
Caroline Flack’s death a wake-up call to ‘Twitter warriors’, friends say
‘Be kind, only you are responsible for how you treat others,’ says Laura Whitmore
Caroline Flack death: Public disquiet over media conduct grows
Love Island did not air on Sunday night; petition urges inquiry into role of media
TV presenter Caroline Flack dies at age of 40
Family of former Love Island host releases statement confirming her death
Winter Love Island: Laura Whitmore is the hostess with the most… time off
The January show is a bore by the shore, a too-tanned horse being flogged to death
New Love Island host Laura Whitmore sees profits top €1m
Love Island host is one of the country’s most successful broadcasters operating overseas
Irish presenter Laura Whitmore takes over as Love Island host
Caroline Flack stepped down from role at the ITV show after assault charge
Love Island: Laura Whitmore a favourite to take over as host
Caroline Flack stepped aside from the reality TV show following her assault charge
Caroline Flack charged with assault after ‘domestic incident’
TV presenter arrested in Islington after police call to house in early hours of morning
Is a family eating their farmyard pet really the most ‘transgressive’ idea on TV?
Claims that Meat the Family is more shocking than a reality show offering the chance to win cosmetic surgery shows our warped priorities
Love Island: How Greg O'Shea's win affects Brexit
Patrick Freyne: Irish victory in the dating show may prevent a hard Border
Limerick man Greg O’Shea wins Love Island with partner Amber Gill
Irish rugby player and model from Newcastle beat three other couples in the final
Love Island is like a highly sexed episode of the Teletubbies
Unlike the BBC’s 1900 Island, Love Islanders are tasked with making sweet, sweet love
No one needs a Love Island Christmas reunion
ITV has managed to turn an enjoyable, summer fling into a cold Christmas turkey
Six of the best TV shows to watch this weekend
Ozzie hard bods hook up in Love Island Australia, plus a second series of Cardinal
‘Love Island’ boosts Irish viewers’ affections for 3e
Summer romance for Virgin-owned channel as audience grows by 223% from last year
Eight of the best TV shows to watch this week
Hurling’s rich history in The Game, squabbling siblings and lots of Botox in Age Before Beauty – oh, and the ‘Love Island’ finale
Patrick Freyne: If only Love Island had a World Cup team
A simple people, the islanders national costume is as basic as their minds are pure
Caroline Flack: ‘Never play the victim. It comes with the job'
In the past 15 years, Caroline Flack has rarely been off our screens or out of the headlines. But she says it comes with the territory
Love Island: Farewell to the fantastical hunktopia
The sun set on LI2017 last night. It was the pinnacle of our televisual achievements
Old Moore was not telling porkies after all
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