As the world that made Samuel Beckett who he was becomes magically apparent, the point of Dead Centre’s unusual approach begins to makes sense

Donald Clarke runs the rule over the likely winners ahead of this week’s festival trifecta

Film sex is fine. But sex featuring Irish actors, in films set in Ireland? That never really works

Canadian event is the most important cinema festival in North American calendar

At its most successful Irish cinema tells local stories that resonate abroad and at home

Selina Cartmell unveils a new season featuring collaborations with Colm Tóibín, Stanley Townsend, Garry Hynes, Anu and Dead Centre

Review: A startling drama from the director of This is England has a shadowy Irish storyline

The star of Shane Meadows’s The Virtues says she has a thirst for honest performances

Composer’s new album ‘Testament’ aims to meld disparate musical works

‘Cellar Door' director Viko Nikci on his new horror film, inspired by Magdalene laundries and Tuam babies scandal

Paddy Breathnach on making a film about a homeless family with Roddy Doyle

The Dubliner on the exhausting success of Room, anti-Semitism and his ghostly The Little Stranger

The 2018 Fleadh was defined by some first-class documentaries. Evidence that we can’t escape our violent past came with Keepers of the Flame, Unquiet Graves and I, Dolours

The screen fizzes with the talent of some of Ireland’s best actors. But it’s not enough

Dublin stage actor who has died aged 44 remembered as ‘an outstanding example of how to live’

Incredibles 2, Ocean’s 8, Jurassic World and Mamma Mia!: Here We Go Again

Hugh Lane’s contribution to cultural history is the focus of Thaddeus O’Sullivan’s new film

Fishamble bring Maz and Bricks, unlikely allies with different views on life, back into the street protests of contemporary Dublin

Emmet Kirwan and Dave Tynan are shooting a low-budget film in Dublin's crowded city centre

Halal Daddy review: This Sligo-set comedy sometimes displays a fearful contrivance

10 minutes with . . . Margot Slattery, country president, Sodexo Ireland

From St Stephen’s Green to Custom House Quay, there’s something for everyone in Dublin and around the country

Wilde had to be discreet with his double meanings - In Pan Pan’s arch and fractured riff on his life and work, they try to have him both ways

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

There are gems and junk aplenty on late-night radio, from challenging chats to tunes

The event also featured video tributes to Waking the Feminists and the year in theatre

Tackling malevolent cupcakes, mutant lesbians and “the man problem” at the Abbey

The three-day conference launches the theatre’s Waking the Nation programme

After a year of theatre, hundreds of shows and days of deliberation, here are the nominees for the 2015 Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards

While international outfits benefit from our crew and acting talent, homegrown TV drama has yet to translate to an international audience

Paddy Breathnach’s film portrays young gay man’s struggle to get by in present-day Cuba

Mammal, Land of the Enlightened, The Lobster, Viva, Love & Friendship and Sing Street feature

For its anniversary production, director Annie Ryan settled on a stark Ingmar Bergman drama that does nothing to change the impression of the company as being hard to pin down

After Williams recited his first poem on stage in 1995, his ascent was rapid

CEO of publishing and perfume house Roads, and Ryan dynasty heiress, Ryan has based her expanding operation in Dublin

Sean O’Casey’s classic play is given a fresh approach, but is that enough to shake off its shadow?

Video directed by Lenny Abrahamson stars Ireland’s ‘Mammy-in-chief’ and her son, Rory

Chairman Bill O’Herlihy says sector ‘can do better’ if it secures higher Government funding

Two crucial saves lay platform for damage to be done at the other end in nine-point win

A daringly modern telling of Shakespeare’s comedy of desire, disguise and deception makes the play seem more true to itself