Charlene McKenna: ‘Within three weeks, I turned 40, had my first baby and lost my father’
For the Irish actress this Christmas will be ‘incredibly bittersweet’ as she mourns the death of her dad and celebrates her much-fought-for daughter
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A Greyhound of a Girl: Terrific Irish ensemble enlivens charming tale that makes weighty themes feel feather-light
Animation of Roddy Doyle’s children’s book of same name leans into writer’s reliable ear for the vernacular
Clean Sweep, RTÉ’s new slow-burn psychological thriller, has a dirty little secret
Television: Charlene McKenna plays an ‘average’ Irish mother whose secrets come rushing back in the bloodiest fashion
Peaky Blinders final episode: Just when Cillian Murphy seemed free of this absurd show...
Contains spoilers: The soggy farewell season has unspooled like a series of baroque pop videos
Graham Norton’s Holding is a satisfying murder mystery – but it’s a crime against Cork accents
TV review: Did Charlene McKenna base her accent on Roy Keane’s Mick McCarthy tirade?
Charlene McKenna: ‘I spent lockdown in an Irish Rugby fleece covered in paint and dust’
The actor converted outbuilding on parent’s farm into a home and had a tiny 6-person wedding
Bloodlands: A thriller set in the so-called ‘new Northern Ireland’
Chris Brandon is the writer of a new series featuring James Nesbitt as a hard-bitten detective
Derry Girls: ‘I’m not enjoying this bomb. I’ve an appointment at Tropicana at 12’
Creator, writer and producer Lisa McGee explains what’s made ‘Derry Girls’ a success, the influence of Dolores O’Riordan, and what she has in store for series two
‘It was tough . . . but I’ve stepped into a time in Irish theatre that’s really alive’
The Gate: Twenty-one-year-old acting newcomer Paul Mescal has been cast in some of the country’s biggest theatrical productions
The Great Gatsby at the Gate: a magnificently entertaining, dizzying party
The audience joins in the decadence in the Gate Theatre’s thrillingly immersive production
'Once you step over the threshold, you enter Gatsby’s mansion'
Designed to include members of the audience, the Gate Theatre’s adaptation of F Scott Fitzgerald’s novel begins at the door
The best theatre shows to catch this week
If the nation does not come to the theatre, the theatre must go out to the nation
Aidan Turner: ‘It would be embarrassing if Poldark bombed’
As the Dubliner returns for a second series, he reflects on his career and the audition that went so badly he thought ‘I need to take advantage of these looks before they fade’
Two Northern Irish films on Oscar live-action longlist
A pornographer’s obsession in ‘SLR’ and facts of life in ‘Boogaloo and Graham’ make the cut
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