Robin Williams

If you imagine Varadkar as too corporate, Ryan Tubridy’s interview won’t change your mind

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: It’s portly my responsibility to deal with the triplets’ swearing

New film ‘Rosie’ focuses on ‘ordinary’ family staying in hotel accommodation

Review: Robin Williams: the death of the comic overshadows this poignant documentary like a stone

An intimate portrait of comedian Robin Williams, Monty Halls moves to the Galapagos while John Creedon visits Galway

Actor Pam Dawber says she had ‘the grossest things done’ to her but never took offence

Daniela Vega, a Chilean trans actor, is sensational in ‘A Fantastic Woman’ and is helping nudge trans issues into the mainstream

For years, Ashford Castle was in the doldrums – but a €75 million refit has put it back on the map, and it has been winning international acclaim and awards ever since

The comedian’s father killed himself when she was three. 30 years later, a box arrived

My eye was fused shut by a mosquito bite. It was the best day ever

We can’t trust ourselves to responsibly assess the popular culture we imbibed as children

The black beast of depression has stalked me all my life, following me no matter how far I try to run

The Kerry baritone brings energy and a touch of John Cleese to the role of Figaro in Rossini’s classic opera

Computers will never have human consciousness unless they have our foibles too, argues author Andrew Smart

With no cure for LBD, treatment centres on managing the variety of symptoms, says Muiris Houston

Actor had debilitating brain disease in the year leading up to suicide

This little big town has emerged from its introverted shell to offer a livelier mix of cultural offerings, plus an exploding food scene

Supporters’ patience beginning to wear out as storm clouds gather over Anfield

Comedian Marc Maron was an embittered recovering alcoholic before he found his way as a podcast interviewer of brutal honesty. Not even Obama refused the call

Music, poetry and magic are the main lessons to come out of these classics

In ‘Top Five’, his new film, the comedian plays a stand-up comic trying to cut it as a ‘serious’ actor – but he’s not giving up on comedy’s artistic merits yet

Brought to Book Q&A: Scottish author of the Jefferson Winter thriller series on the influence of Stephen King and Thomas Harris

Nobody – aside from criminals – benefits from drug prohibition

Company strikes deal with Google for tweets to show up in searches

Susan Schneider in bitter disagreement with actor’s children

If I could have a word with her now, that angsty girl with the bad haircut and the good intentions, what would I tell her?

The ‘Night at the Museum’ franchise limps into Bloomsbury: it should go no further

The satirical website has become a national phenomenon, and is now a full-time job for founder Colm Williamson. Its rise seems unstoppable: after all, if it can send a North Korean astronaut to the sun . . .

World Cup, Garth Brooks and the ice bucket challenge among top trending searches

Tests reveal actor was clear of alcohol and illegal drugs when he killed himself

America Letter: Kansas to see same-sex unions despite Westboro Baptist

The comedian says showbusiness is a ‘lonely life’

Stephen Kelly was in the depths of despair and suicidal but, following help, has recovered completely and turned his life around

Great coaches don’t pretend they always know what they are doing: they just do it

Comedian Billy Crystal delivers touching tribute to Robin Williams

Unusual degree of secrecy surrounded the filming of a music video for Summer Nights

Robin Williams: July 21st, 1951 - August 11th, 2014

If, like me, you were young and impressionable when you first saw the film, its importance, and that of Robin Williams, chart off the scale

The BBC series starring Maxine Peake and John Simm is a far cry from ‘Downton Abbey’. So how come it’s looking like good Sunday-night TV?

People are often quick to see depression as a byproduct of good comedy, but a more throughtful, more helpful conversation has followed Robin Williams’s death