Game of Thrones

Always keen on a new challenge, the unassuming Kin, Wire and Queer as Folk star gets on his gumshoes for Barber, his new film

What I Do: Tommy Dunne has made props for Braveheart, Gladiator, Saving Private Ryan, Game of Thrones and more

Television: Consider our passion for the Seven Kingdoms thoroughly rebooted. This review contains spoilers

TV review: There’s no Jon Snow, Ned Stark or oversexed Lannister twins. But the dragons — and the skulduggery — are on screen from the outset

The Irish actor dons the distinct Targaryen mane in HBO’s much-anticipated House of the Dragon

Two years ago, the world was transfixed by the TV fantasy show. Now we see how shallow it was

Planned Broadway/West End show to feature a young Ned Stark and Jaime Lannister

Queen Daenerys actor pressured to shoot naked since show but is ‘lot more savvy’ now

Conleth Hill jokes ‘there’s no proof’ to Emilia Clarke’s claims he was behind blunder

The bestselling author talks science fiction, snobbery and the Dublin 2019 Worldcon

All tattoos and earthiness, she couldn’t be less like her Game of Thrones character

Donald Clarke: Women in Northern Ireland could conclude industry cares less for them

HBO show’s success has invigorated the region and allowed its best talent to flourish

As with The Lord of the Rings, Star Wars or the King James Bible, you could lose yourself in it

‘I never before set my alarm for 2am to watch a TV programme, and I never will again’

The series would not have gained the same attention if it had been uploaded all at once

If you thought it would be a universally satisfying final episode you haven’t been paying attention

Dublin-bound Jonathan Symmonds says creating the three dragons for the series was harder than learning to fly

Share your views, feelings and frustrations about the final episode of season 8

Eagle-eyed fans spot plastic bottle, two weeks after a coffee cup made a surprise appearance

Séamas O’Reilly and Ed Power argue the merits and demerits of the drama that has divided fans

Change.org petition demands HBO rewrite the final season ‘with competent writers’

Opinion: Daenerys Targaryen has lost the plot, and so has Game of Thrones

Review: Some of the show’s subtlest characters – and biggest overactors – spoke their last lines

A system that is rigged to produce only a few winners is utterly unsustainable

We asked you for them, and they are: Daenerys will ‘burn them all’. Tyrion will be king

Send us your theories, observations and predictions for the end of the series

We assess the chances of 12 contenders: Lannisters, Starks, Targaryens and more

Like most things in the final season of Game of Thrones the item was quickly spotted and its cameo was dissected and overanalysed

Review: The mood in Winterfell after the victory over the dead is sombre and suspicious

Battle of Winterfell episode contained numerous non-sequiturs and plotting problems

Review: The extraordinary extended battle between living and dead was a masterpiece

The Mother of Dragons joins Donald Trump and Phil Lynott in Waxworks Museum

Review: Forgiving and flirting in Winterfell – and ready to fight to the end, which may be imminent

One in every six out-of-state visitors came to NI in 2018 because of HBO’s hit TV show

The first episode of the final series of Game of Thrones concentrates on matters of survival

Will Jon discover his girlfriend is his aunt? Do we trust Tyrion? Has the Night King a weakness?

Irish actors play some of the best characters: earthy Ser Davos, tough Catelyn Stark, vile Joffrey

Ed Power tries not to combust with giddy joy at the new touring exhibition in Belfast

The eighth and final season is nigh, but first here’s a recap of season seven, with key episodes and four things to watch for