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Ruth Negga withdraws from Dublin Theatre Festival play at the Gaiety
Actor was scheduled to star in The Goat Exchange production of Radio Bette in September
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Television: With all the learning and accomplishments of Irish institutions RTÉ has – presumably for budgetary reasons – limited its scope here to Trinity College
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In person and on screen the late actor radiated an earthy integrity that cannot be faked
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People who haven’t seen Cristian Mungiu’s Fjord are already trading spittle-flecked invective on social media. It will generate furious debate all the way up to awards season
Cannes 2026: Which Irish stars will be there and what will win the Palme D’Or?
Distinguished line-up of auteurs grace festival as documentary on Traveller family flies green flag
Glenroe, Bosco, Mrs Brown’s Boys: The best and worst Irish TV shows ever made
Put your feet up as we bring you the best of Irish television – and then take a deep breath as we run through the worst
Matt Cooper’s acerbic presidential election remark pays off
Radio: The Today FM host is dependably thorough when he interviews Catherine Connolly and, at last, Heather Humphreys
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.
Jessie Buckley is unbeatable at the Oscars. Unless this happens
Academy Award nerds are already engraving the Hamnet star’s name on the best-actress trophy. All that stands in her way are pesky other actors
Emmys 2025: Colin Farrell, Sharon Horgan, Ruth Negga and more show off red carpet looks
Farrell wore a Tricolour pin with his suit while his son Henry opted for an all-black look
Emmys 2025: Sharon Horgan, Colin Farrell, Ruth Negga earn nominations for top TV award
Sharon Horgan earns her second consecutive nomination for her black comdedy Bad Sisters
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