‘It’s very fraught. I was super fond of Graham Linehan’: Jon Ronson on his book about men spiralling
The Castle was inspired by Ronson’s son finding himself in the home of an heir ‘trying to be Hugh Hefner at the worst moment in human history to be Hugh Hefner’
Blindboy unmasked: ‘The thing I’m most afraid of is having to work in an office... so now I work in an office’
The writer and podcaster on adapting his short stories for the Abbey stage, how his podcast is used as a kind of advanced Duolingo, and how the fairies will rise against AI
Fortycoats, ‘Felt Jesus’ and the time Aonghus McAnally said bum instead of bottom
Why do children get the likes of RTÉ’s Bellie and Whizz at Big School to help them self-regulate, when adults just get the news?
Paul Howard on his first non-Ross novel: ‘Humour can puncture pomposity. Which is why pompous people don’t like it’
As a child in Dublin the the Ross O’Carroll-Kelly author was ‘heavily incentivised’ to lose his English accent
This Jack Reacher could carry Tom Cruise around in a BabyBjörn. He should
Alan Ritchson moves down streets like an annoyed wall of beef in the new Prime Video series
The Leitrim woman on a mission to revive sean-nós dancing around Ireland
Dancer and choreographer Edwina Guckian on The Devil’s in the Dancehall, how angry her research into the show made her, and the liberation of dance
New Bohemians jersey designed by Massive Attack highlights Ireland-Cuba links
British band continues tradition of musicians collaborating with Dublin football club to draw attention to social or political issues
Martin and Roman Kemp explore what Ireland does best: Sarcasm, breakfast, wondering what’s in the will
Martin and Roman’s Irish Road Trip is often good fun but does not overburden British viewers with knowledge, while a new Netflix show asks: ‘What if Ricky Gervais was a cat?’
‘These are her people’: Friends and neighbours remember ‘Queen of the Liberties’ Brenda Fricker
The street-lined crowd claps as the funeral cortege passes. Inside the church the service is simple but beautiful
Patrick Freyne: Cagney, Lacey, Velma, Daphne – here are my favourite female TV detectives
FBI agent Alice Black in new Disney crime drama Furious is following in the footsteps of these crime-solving heroines
David Sedaris: ‘I don’t know how to buy a plane ticket. I don’t open any mail that doesn’t look like fan mail’
The US writer and humorist talks about the serious business of being funny on the page and at his live readings
Patrick Freyne: A jaded and horny vampire with nice hair? Count me in
Lestat just isn’t as sexy as some of the other sexy vampires I’ve encountered in my time
Glen Hansard was Ireland’s band leader, something Bono or Geldof couldn’t be
The Frames’ frontman was the still-yet-chaotic centre of an indie-folk storm, whose job was to hold it all together
How much am I like Anya Taylor-Joy? Put us in a casino and watch what happens
Apple TV’s Lucky is different from other action dramas in that the main character has a dog’s name
Fr Mike Schmitz show in Dublin: ‘It’s like going to see a celebrity and the celebrity we’re talking about is God’
Fr Schmitz, the social media star, digital evangelist and Catholic chaplain, attracts youth groups, culture warriors and apolitical people seeking some form of healing at the National Stadium