First Look: The Rings of Power unveils Ciarán Hinds’s new character in blockbuster Lord of the Rings series
Oscar-nominated Irish star of The Dry, Kin and Belfast plays a ‘Dark Wizard’ as hit Tolkien spin-off returns
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The Guide: Kilkenny Cat Laughs, Forbidden Fruit and more events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they end
June 1st-7th: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
The Dry review: This Irish sitcom sparkles once you get past the alcoholism cliches
Television: Series two is a huge improvement on the first iteration of this Dublin-set show starring Ciarán Hinds
In the Land of Saints and Sinners: Liam Neeson is a gruff, gunslinging hero in this Donegal western
Robert Lorenz’s thriller, set in 1974, features Kerry Condon, Ciarán Hinds, Niamh Cusack and Colm Meaney in a parade of wasted ideas and characters
Lights, camera, tax credit as Revenue pays out €104m for various films and TV productions
Payments made under Section 481 of the Tax Consolidation Act were for the first nine months of this year
Venice film festival 2023: Liam Neeson and Emma Stone movies lead Irish interest as line-up unveiled
A sparkling line-up of titles for the upcoming 80th edition of the festival has been announced
Untameable: This should be a bogwater-dull documentary. Instead it’s gripping
Television: The tone is elevated, as you would expect from a film about bogs from a text by Colm Tóibín, and focusing on Seamus Heaney
Ciarán Hinds: ‘A lot of my friends have the same talent as me, but never got the breaks’
The Belfast actor talks about that night at the Oscars, and his lifetime of non-stop working
Fra Fee: ‘I was completely terrified of coming out in Northern Ireland’
Cabaret star’s acting career has taken him from Tyrone to West End and LA
Oscars 2022: Will Smith slapping Chris Rock overshadows CODA’s best picture award
Kenneth Branagh takes best original screenplay for the autobiographical Belfast
Oscars 2022: Irish contingent among pre-ceremony Covid outbreaks
Belfast’s Kenneth Branagh and Ciarán Hinds have been isolating in New York after testing positive
Oscars 2022: Who should win, and who will win?
Ireland has its biggest haul of nominations since 2016, but has won few awards so far
Belfast’s waning Oscar prospects: The film could go home with not a single award
In ‘the curse of the early favourite’, Kenneth Branagh’s film has lots of nominations but few wins
Baftas 2022: Belfast edged out by The Power of the Dog
Kenneth Branagh’s film takes just one prize as Joanna Scanlan is ‘surprise’ best actress
Iftas 2022: An Cailín Ciúin beats Belfast in ‘watershed moment for Irish-language cinema’
Catherine Clinch (12) wins best actress while Moe Dunford wins best actor for Nightride
Belfast and An Cailín Ciúin lead nominations for Irish film and television awards
Winners to be announced at virtual and in-person events in March and April
Oscars 2022: Will any Irish nominees win? Will Lady Gaga’s snub break the internet?
Donald Clarke: Here are 10 key questions on this year's Oscars nominations
Oscars 2022: Kenneth Branagh, Jessie Buckley and Ciarán Hinds among nominees
Belfast up for best picture and Van Morrison nominated for best original song
Belfast film review: Kenneth Branagh’s memoir is black-and-white and rose-tinted all over
The film is aggresively apolitical but as romanticised reverie it could hardly be bettered
Catriona Balfe: ‘Monaghan in the ’80s, a guard’s daughter … you’re not particularly welcomed’
The Monaghan star on modelling, motherhood – and becoming Kenneth Branagh’s ma
Kin ends with a shameless rip-off of The Godfather
Clare Dunne is utterly convincing as a grieving mother turned avenging angel
Kin finale: Eight questions the last episode must resolve
After seven sometimes thrilling, sometimes plodding weeks, season one concludes tonight
Kin review: Let’s hope the finale is better than the uneventful penultimate episode
It’s hard not to feel that episode 7 could have been efficiently compacted into episode 8
Kin episode 6 review: The Michael Corleone of the Kinsellas emerges
Clare Dunne is the black sheep who rejects a life of crime, then becomes the brains of the outfit
Belfast review: Already an Oscars favourite, Kenneth Branagh’s film is irresistible
The gorgeous movie features Jamie Dornan, Caitríona Balfe, Judi Dench and Ciarán Hinds
Kin episode 5 review: Family bonds crack as an explosive finale beckons
Ciarán Hinds’s thuggish godfather targets the Kinsella children Anthony and Anna
Kin is slowly turning into RTÉ’s best drama in years
Episode four review: A tense confrontation shows the crime drama at its best
Kin episode 3 review: The slow-burner finally roars to life
Contains spoilers ... Part 3 of the crime drama delivers dark secrets and explosive set-pieces
Kin episode 2 review: It’s the Plodfather, Part II
The brooding drama so far lacks the cranked-up energy viewers might have expected
Kin starts like a gloomier Love/Hate – then goes off like a powder keg
Aidan Gillen, Ciarán Hinds and cast excel in this tale of a blood feud between Dublin gangs
Get you, wee man: There’s nothing wrong with my accent – and you shouldn’t need subtitles
The Belfast ‘brogue’ in Kenneth Branagh’s new film is stumping some US reviewers
RTÉ eyes ‘sense of normality’ as it promises drama and ‘fun’ in season ahead
Crime series Kin and game show Last Singer Standing among the schedule highlights
Iftas 2021: Normal People, Smother and Dating Amber top nominations
Sally Rooney adaption scoops 15 nominations. Nika McGuigan up for posthumous award
Last night I dreamt that Hugh Wallace visited my home. And loved it
Patrick Freyne: In Home of the Year, Dublin aesthetes judge folk from the cultureless provinces
The 50 best Irish films ever made, in order
Donald Clarke and Tara Brady's definitive list has more than a few surprises
Tech company led by NI entrepreneur secures $100m+ investment
Options Technologies employs over 100 people in Northern Ireland
The best classical music to see this week
Rachmaninov and Stravinsky among the highlights at Kilkenny Arts Festival
Kilkenny Arts Festival 2019: Rough Magic does Shakespeare, Nathalie Stutzmann does Bach
Festival unveils programme for this year’s festival, which runs from August 8th to 18th
Classical music: What to see at this summer’s festivals
Master classes, talks, public interviews and recitals in Cork, Kilkenny and Galway
Game of Thrones: The Irish actors, ranked
Irish actors play some of the best characters: earthy Ser Davos, tough Catelyn Stark, vile Joffrey
View from the UK: What does it mean to be a national theatre?
It’s not just in Ireland that questions of how a national theatre should reflect a country’s identity are being asked
Abbey Theatre uproar: 300 actors and directors complain to Minister
National theatre’s new policy sees pay ‘fall 25%’ and overall employment ‘dry up’
The Lyric Theatre at 50: a cultural bridge in a divided city
It opened its doors on the cusp of the Troubles, but Belfast’s Lyric has survived
First Man: Who better to play robotic Neil Armstrong than perennially blank Ryan Gosling?
Review: This terrific study of the 1969 Moon landing is all about the man inside the suit
Jeremy Irons on #MeToo: ‘I don't think censorship is a good idea’
The 69-year-old award winning actor on #MeToo, longevity, life without social media, and that now-infamous photocall with his ‘Red Sparrow’ co-star Jennifer Lawrence
Red Sparrow: Torture porn, violence and Jennifer Lawrence outfit changes
Review: Ciarán Hinds and Charlotte Rampling are overqualified for this insanely boring film
When did Wonder Woman's skirt get so short?
Justice League review: The film is full of meaningless CG goop. And a whole lot of stuff that makes no sense
Ruth Negga, Ciarán Hinds, Domhnall Gleeson get the Academy seal of approval
The Irish stars are among a raft of Academy inductees, which could diversify the Oscar nominations
Charlie Hunnam: The geezer who would be king
The King Arthur actor discusses why he won't be making a claim to be king of the Geordies any time soon, and how his bromance with Guy Ritchie set the pace for the ‘Lads of the Round Table’
Saying the unsayable at the Iftas: ‘Do you know who I am?’
Deep in the trenches of the red carpet press area at the Iftas, a ‘colleague’ nearly caused me to commit one of the great linguistic sins
TV review, My Mother and Other Strangers: heavy on nostalgia, low on subtlety
The show is obsessed with the inevitability of change though its approach seems trapped in the past
‘It’s as if Saoirse Ronan was born in the theatre’ - Ivo van Hove
Ahead of a visit to Galway, the Belgian director reveals his vision for theatre, his admiration for Ronan and why he insists that actors tell him they love him
‘Scary’ Saoirse Ronan ‘takes no prisoners’ on the stage, says Ciarán Hinds
Tony-nominated Gabriel Byrne attends Irish at Irish Arts Center fundraiser, while Paul Muldoon and Jim Norton call for a separate Arts Department
Saoirse Ronan makes a malevolent jump from screen to stage in The Crucible
Ronan’s theatre debut is with Ciarán Hinds and Ben Whishaw in a formidable production directed by Ivo van Hove
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