The Wicklow studio has avoided fading to black, thanks to new opportunities in international TV-making

Home of late Guinness heir Garech Browne fetches less than €28m price tag

The actor has long blurted out dangerous opinions. Has he done it for the last time?

‘Whitey’ Bulger, like the Krays, Ned Kelly and the General, is idealised in film

The spy novelist is 87, but his star has never shone brighter, with a BBC adaptation of ‘The Little Drummer Girl’ about to start

Seen and heard: Nama to sell John Player site as Marlet to build 1,000 units in Tallaght

‘Excalibur’ director partners with producer Kieran Corrigan to unveil new initiative

Ethan Hawke doesn’t equate superhero movies with French auteurs. Is this heresy?

Guests share stories of the man who had made a ‘unique contribution to Irish culture’

Donald Clarke on the best portrayals of the city on film, from ‘The Informer’ to ‘Sing Street’

Portrait-painter Anthony Palliser on his friendship with Garech Browne, halcyon days at Luggala and his famous Irish subjects

With screenings on walls and buses, this year’s festival in Schull – its 10th – will include David Puttnam, Jim, Kirsten and Naomi Sheridan, Pat McCabe and Lenny Abrahamson

Review: Not a second is wasted in Lynne Ramsay’s revenge nightmare for the ages

Liam Neeson never expected to be beating up people on a train at the age of 65 – or still getting into trouble for opening his big Ballymena mouth

Jane Campion’s superb detective drama returns to BBC

Irish brands are making waves in the highly lucrative world of cosmetics

Is the Irish film industry conquering the world or living in La La Land?

Long wait yet to see what star might look like as an old man - judging by his youthful visage

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’

Radio review: Newstalk host airs pet peeves, while Miriam hears of liaisons in Luggala

Obituary: Walter Pfeiffer

Boorman’s new book recounts coming to Ireland, motorbiking and Sean Connery

Kim Haughton has photographed 100 people, one born every year since foundation of the State

The not-grumpy-at-all director on being nominated for a best picture Oscar for ‘The Crying Game’ and how a serious injury led him to writing his new novel, ‘Carnivalesque’

Bohemians rhapsodise about it and high society have always loved the magical estate in Wicklow

Beatles, Mick Jagger and Michael Jackson among famous guests who stayed at Luggala

‘Game of Thrones’ and ‘Vikings’ are already made in Ireland. New film studios, including one planned for Poolbeg, hope to capitalise on that TV-drama boom

‘He would carry words through the noise of domesticity to drop them safely onto the page’

The 10th annual Dublin Book Festival takes place this weekend, hosting workshops, walks, talks and readings by some of Ireland’s prominent writers. Here are some of the must-sees

The Ex-D’Unbelieavable has gotten used to being treated as a natural treasure

Eight-week shoot in capital for film about dictionary editor and eccentric contributor

Actor dismisses notion that arts spending would be better spent on hospital beds

Originators of plans for Ringsend project say U2 singer’s assistance proved invaluable

Ahead of receiving an industry award at the IFTAs, Liam Neeson on the journey that saw him play Michael Collins, a Jedi and God

When monks founded their settlement on Skellig Michael they were literally going to extremes

Humanist ceremony held in crowded Examination Hall at Trinity College Dublin

Paul McGuinness has turned to TV, joining forces with John Banville and Neil Jordan to make a crime series based on the French Riviera

What started as an idea to raise money from sketches Bono drew of his father has turned into a book featuring international stars in aid of the Irish Hospice Foundation, writes Kathy Gilfillan

Stars to contribute to project about fathers and sons to raise funds for the Irish Hospice Foundation

The artist’s latest projects centre on what he calls ‘folk fictions’