I went to the cinema to see Small Things Like These. By the time I emerged I had concluded the film was crap
The fact is the film was beautiful, earnest, poetic and sublime. But that’s not what I saw in the moment
The fact is the film was beautiful, earnest, poetic and sublime. But that’s not what I saw in the moment
Gladiator II proves another showcase for Mescal’s tough and tender masculinity, giving rein to his natural instinct as an actor
New Ross townhouse with shopfront has been in the Walsh family for more than a century
Cillian Murphy probably didn’t expect to be taken literally when he compared Ireland in the 1980s to the dark ages, but that is where we are now
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Tim Mielant’s memorable film is quietly emblematic of a changing Ireland
The Oscar winner reunites with Eileen Walsh, his Disco Pigs co-star, for Small Things Like These. For young Irish abroad, was its Ireland worth returning to?
Small Things Like These misses an essential truth about Catholic Ireland
Irish actor Kate Gilmore has taken on what might be her greatest challenge yet: performing alone on stage in Disco Pigs, creator Enda Walsh’s experimental new play at the Peacock Theatre in Dublin
The film adaptation of Claire Keegan’s novella comes to Irish cinemas this November
Dublin actor will take on an undisclosed role in Steven Knight’s Birmingham-based period drama
This animated film touches lightly on environmental themes, loss and history
Galway International Arts Festival 2024: The Tallaght playwright on new play Reunion, his changing preoccupations, and the stress of TV work
As the 25th year of the century approaches, never before has there been a period of comparable international visibility of Irish culture
Dublin artist Yvonne McGuinness lives on the fringes of a starry world, thanks to her marriage to Cillian Murphy, but says she feels more at ease in a mucky field than on a red carpet
Peaky Blinders film on Netflix will be ‘explosive’ and ‘no holds barred’, creator Steven Knight says
The guitarist and classically-trained composer has a number of orchestral projects planned for autumn at the historic Dublin venue
Television: Steven Knight, at his best, delivers a blockbuster fizzle to the small screen. But when he’s bad, he’s pretty awful
The closure of Corcadorca theatre company, in 2022, left a hole that the city’s remaining theatre community is battling to fill
With the return of Bridgerton, here’s a guide to costume drama
After the success of Fun Home, the head of the Dublin venue is staging the Irish premiere of Circle Mirror Transformation
Ireland’s Eurovision entrant gets top marks for using ancient alphabet correctly
Donald Clarke: Nobody likes a postcolonial moaner, but it’s odd that casually ridiculing the Irish can be regarded as only the most minor social misdemeanour
Lies We Tell claims most awards of the night, including best actress for Agnes O’Casey, as Paul Mescal wins best supporting actor for All of Us Strangers
Despite the pursuit of hard fact, the nature of reality is illuminated by Eastern thought as much as it is by atomic theory
His face remains unimpressed on the red carpet, in press interviews and meeting members of the British royal family
RTÉ Radio 1 presenter on filling Ronan Collins's slot, parenting with Paul Galvin and the music she can’t play
The New Yorker thinks it knows the Cork actor but, having met him twice – though we didn’t speak – I am best placed to speculate on his sleep preparations
Television: Netflix’s eight-part adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s 1955 novel is an excellent platform for the Irish actor
Television: Peaky Blinders creator always had strange ideas about Irish people, and the Irish characters in This Town are no different
Aoife Barry: How do we make sure that the stories Ireland tells about itself on screen are not reductive?
The Game of Thrones star on reuniting with the show’s creators for 3 Body Problem, working with Cillian Murphy and challenging the far right
National Shared Services Office’s wellness focus; Sherry FitzGerald founder’s planning woes; spicy Limerick mayoral race; and Domhnall Gleeson’s Ranelagh home
Forget national heroes, martyrs and rank celebs. These are the certifiable emblems of our small but great nation
Post box in Dublin also given gold treatment by An Post to mark success of Element pictures
Cillian Murphy, Barry Keoghan, Barry Ward and Andrew Scott nominated in best actor category
Silent Grace director Maeve Murphy is glad to celebrate the Irish women making and starring in movies
Cillian Murphy has spoken about the value of empathy in acting, and it is intrinsic to the study of English. But the evidence for giving classes on it is less than convincing
With his graceful demeanour amid incessant public attention and his deft handling of praise, the Oscar winner has the unmistakable air of Jimmy Barry Murphy, Cork’s original matinee idol
Call from Audiovisual Ireland comes in the wake of Irish success at Oscars ceremony in Los Angeles
The latest strong Irish showing amid the dazzle and glitz of this year’s Academy Awards was no flash in the pan
Students at St Anthony’s National School in Ballinlough shared in excitement of local man’s achievement
Amid the kerfuffle, it was somewhat lost that the second-biggest winner of the evening was Poor Things – a remarkable feat for an Irish production
Oppenheimer wins seven awards including best director and best film, while Irish-produced Poor Things takes home four statuettes including best actress for Emma Stone
Cillian Murphy wins best actor award at the Oscars after a remarkable night
Leading ladies such as Carey Mulligan and Jamie Lee Curtis favoured black and sculptural dresses that harked back to old-time Hollywood glamour
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Emma Stone wins best actress Oscar as Irish-produced Poor Things picks up four Academy Awards
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Programme on activating compassion is supported by Cillian Murphy and is found to boost levels of concern and understanding of others
March 10th-16th: From Is University Really Worth It? and The End of the World with Beanz to Italian-Spanish romance Un Amore
Politicians will stampede to be photographed with the actor if he wins the Oscar. But where are they when the industry is looking for support?
The Oscars 2024 front-runner values his family’s ‘normal, lovely life’ in Ireland – especially as the glare of awards season has been ‘such a baptism of fire’
In the News podcast with Irish Times film correspondent Donald Clarke
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Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
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