The best fiction of 2026 to look forward to: Books from Louise Kennedy, Donal Ryan, Sebastian Barry and more
A comprehensive round-up of fiction from Irish and international authors due out this year
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Colin Farrell: ‘I’m finding the 40s to be the most meaningful and beautiful chapter in my life’
You don’t so much interview Farrell as curate his conversation. A professional down to his neat fingertips, he gives you, in 20 minutes or so, enough material for a smallish book. It is 25 years since Farrell made the jump from Ireland to Los Angeles with Tigerland. His early roguish demeanour has matured into a more complex charisma.
In pictures: Portraits of Irish writers as you have never seen them before
Former New Yorker photographer Steve Pyke has compiled a striking book of portraits beginning with Neil Jordan in 1985 and including Marian Keyes, Edna O’Brien, Sebastian Barry
Donald Clarke: Why it matters who wins what at the Venice International Film Festival
Donald Clarke: Why it matters who wins what at the Venice International Film Festival
Sinn Féin may reject commemorating the Normans, but there are some suspiciously Saxon names in its ranks
Take a look at centuries of Irish revolutionaries and you’ll find links to Norman history
The Guide: Peter Kay, Camila Cabello, Galway Film Fleadh and other events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they end
July 5th-11th: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
Film director Neil Jordan and the Éamon de Valera connection
“Did de Valera have a hand in Collins’s death?” he asks. “Probably not, but he could have prevented it".
TV guide: the best new shows to watch, starting tonight
April 6th-11th: including Stephen Rea: The Fire in Me Now; Grace; Reunion; and Jack the Ripper: Written in Blood
Ralph Fiennes: ‘I don’t feel any need to slow down. Opportunities come my way – and I can’t say no’
The actor, who recently starred in the Oscar-winning Conclave, arrives to Uberto Pasolini’s The Return as a known property – but is still also a bit of a mystery
One of Stanley Kubrick’s greatest films was made free to watch on YouTube. It’s a sign of the trouble movie studios are in
Warner Bros’ experiment with Barry Lyndon and Michael Collins is a sign of its contortions as it tries to reshape itself to modern viewing habits
Julianne Moore: ‘When a friend really needs to unburden themselves, what are they asking you to do?’
The Oscar winner stars in The Room Next Door, a euthanasia drama that is Pedro Almodóvar’s first feature in English. It’s an ideal film for her to appear in
Neil Jordan: We lived in an Ireland that emanated from the brain of one paranoid individual
The Ireland of film-maker and author Neil Jordan’s youth was like ‘living in a fantastical universe that didn’t make any logical sense’
Legal firm kindly volunteers its services to Irish Government department ahead of Covid inquiry
Plus: Mayor of Limerick’s ‘erroneous’ planning arguments; Nigel Farage’s Irish teacher; and Neil Jordan’s strange Garret FitzGerald anecdote
The Guide: Kilkenny Cat Laughs, Forbidden Fruit and more events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they end
June 1st-7th: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
Crosswords & Puzzles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices