The Irish Times

‘I don’t like Jack Reacher that much’: Lee Child and fellow crime writers on their creations

John Connolly, Sarah Paretsky, Michael Connelly and more on a sometimes love/hate relationship

Tue Jun 30 2020 - 08:10

Jo Nesbo: ‘The details of a murder don’t really disturb me’

The Norwegian crime writer gets up close and personal with killing in his latest thriller

Sat Jul 13 2019 - 06:30

Rebecca Ferguson: ‘Here I was, legs wrapped around Tom Cruise’

Rebecca Ferguson on learning stunts on-set, and Michael Fassbender's incessant singing

Sat Oct 14 2017 - 05:00

Fassbender’s charisma fails to mask The Snowman’s big problem

Tomas Alfredson’s slice of Scandi noir is the kind of thriller that now belongs on TV

Fri Oct 13 2017 - 05:00

Why Ireland should follow Norway’s lead on electric cars

Oil-rich nation sets the standard for promoting eco-motoring in Europe

Wed May 03 2017 - 09:07

Opel Ampera-e: The answer to electric-car range anxiety

Norway’s drivers – second to Californians in their love of electric cars – have ordered 4,000 from Opel

Wed May 03 2017 - 05:25

‘Bridget Jones’s Baby’ pushes producers past the billion-dollar mark

Working Title becomes first British production company to take $1bn in the UK box office

Mon Oct 03 2016 - 12:55

Brought to Book: RTÉ’s Sinead Crowley on her debut novel and literary loves

I didn’t set out to write a book in a particular genre but there are a lot of ‘domestic noir’ books being written at the moment, psychological thrillers aimed primarily at women, and my book falls into that category

Mon May 12 2014 - 15:38

Jo Nesbo: ‘Fictional violence can have a beauty to it’

The first Harry Hole thrillers could be toe-curlingly savage. Ten novels later, Jo Nesbo is still putting his detective in dangerous places – and it’s starting to take its toll

Sat Oct 26 2013 - 01:00