Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook manifesto – we read between the linesPatrick Freyne’s alternative reading of Mark Zuckerberg’s 5,700-word Facebook post – aka his MarknifestoFri Feb 17 2017 - 13:00
24: Legacy review: 'I knew it!' shouts Donald Trump. 'Get me Eric Carter on the phone'Missed the return of the ludicrous real-time, terrorist-chasing torture romp? Here is Patrick Freyne’s breathless minute-by-minute recapWed Feb 15 2017 - 22:43
In Trump's lair, everything is gold, except of course Steve Bannon’s sarcophagusPatrick Freyne enters the parallel universe of the US president via TV3’s bizarre TV special ‘Trump in His Own Words’Thu Feb 09 2017 - 11:05
Behind the scenes at Gogglebox: ‘It’s a terrible idea that really shouldn’t work’Patrick Freyne spends a day on the set of the hit fly-on-the-wall series, to see what makes it tickWed Feb 08 2017 - 05:00
John Boyne: ‘Irish writers are too insular’The prolific novelist tells Patrick Freyne about being gay in pre-marriage referendum Ireland – and how the success of ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’ changed his lifeSat Feb 04 2017 - 05:55
'He went to jail at 17 for driving without tax and picked up heroin'Drug deaths: Almost all the families at a commemoration in Dublin have lost loved ones to drugsSat Feb 04 2017 - 01:00
Room to Improve review: In Ireland we circle Ikea like it’s Lough Derg; this is our massWhen I hear 'a decade of Room to Improve' I picture devout families kneeling around the TVSun Jan 29 2017 - 22:35
Patrick Freyne: Tom Hardy’s mumbling Trustafarian hipster is the ultimate TabooTaboo’s a complicated man and nobody understands him but his woman, who’s also his sister. Herself is up to her old tricks. And Code Black is jumping the shark bitesWed Jan 25 2017 - 12:10
‘Trump is sexiest not sexist’ and other alternative alt-factsKellyanne Conway and Sean Spicer from Trump’s inner circle are full of “alternative facts”. Patrick Freyne lists a few moreMon Jan 23 2017 - 13:55
Presidential inaugurations: from top hats to fears of assassinationPatrick Freyne looks at how US presidents have been sworn in across the centuriesThu Jan 19 2017 - 23:00
Homeland review: necessary escapism as we succumb to the coming darknessHomeland has returned but thanks to a certain president-elect, reality is making its political fictions seem a bit quaintWed Jan 18 2017 - 09:02
Brendan Courtney: 'There was a big box of Kleenex, we all watched together bawling'Designer talks about documentary 'We Need to Talk About Dad' which highlighted 'anger' over Fair Deal schemeTue Jan 17 2017 - 13:00
When did businesspeople become such hippies?At Frankie Sheahan’s summit in Dublin, thousands of people in suits pay hundreds of euro to empower themselvesFri Jan 13 2017 - 13:00
Big Brother’s Jedward represent a new stage in celebrity evolutionAs they make a mockery of the other contestants in the Big Brother house, I find my heart swelling with national prideWed Jan 11 2017 - 14:10
Patrick Freyne: Will 2017 be the year television finally fulfils its destiny?From the end of childhood (and possibly RTÉ) to the terrible hatching of a glowing orange homunculus, television is going to be great in 2017Wed Dec 28 2016 - 06:20
The Brexit diaries: Patrick Freyne’s travels in 2016 BritainThe week the United Kingdom voted for Brexit in June 2016, our reporter travelled from Wales to London, talking to voters. Here are his ‘Brexit diaries’ articles in fullMon Dec 26 2016 - 06:00
'Irish people largely see history as a detective story, not a tribal religion'Culture review 2016: Misogyny, classism and racism were all still evident on our television screensSat Dec 24 2016 - 05:00
Patrick Freyne: The queen’s 90th birthday party was every bit as bizarre as you would expect2016 Revisited: Behold the queen’s televised birthday bash, held in an enclosed section of her favourite garden, Britain, and featuring all of her favourite subjectsTue Dec 20 2016 - 15:53
A day in a hospice: ‘Will I last until Christmas?’There are many kinds of patients at Our Lady’s Hospice. Some have their funerals all planned. Others are in ‘absolute denial’. And all want to make the most of their last daysSat Dec 17 2016 - 06:00
Patrick Freyne: The 19 biggest TV moments of 2016It was a year of extraordinary events, shock departures, even more shocking arrivals, and loads of stuff that just wasn’t funny - who says TV isn’t just like reality?Wed Dec 14 2016 - 14:59
Do you see danger everywhere? Well you should, says Docter Noel ZonePatrick Freyne nabs a rare interview with the famous dangerologist. His advice for a safe season? ‘Make sure your Christmas stocking isn’t an actual giant’s sock. They may come back to get it’Mon Dec 12 2016 - 06:00
Punched and kicked while pregnant: when violence is ‘part of the job’As workers at a child-detention centre prepare to strike, social care workers describe the attacks and trauma that are seen as ‘part of their job’Sat Dec 10 2016 - 06:00
There ain’t nothing like a dame called FreyneI am being turned into a panto dame by Sammy Sausages of the Tivoli TheatreThu Dec 08 2016 - 00:00
Patrick Freyne: Kids TV just ain’t what it used to be ... thank GodWorried by RTÉ’s cessation of children’s TV production, I look back at the kids shows that shaped the man I am today. Who, now, will scar our children for life?Wed Dec 07 2016 - 14:25
Patrick Freyne: The Late Late Toy Show is coming, there’s no need to be afraidAccept no substitutes, especially those made by TV3 – The Toy Show is the alpha and omega of Irish cultureFri Dec 02 2016 - 17:11
Al Porter: ‘After wild sex with a priest, I realised the priesthood was not for me’A stand-up who has seen the darkness talks frankly about depression, sexuality and classThu Dec 01 2016 - 11:00
The invisible people who live very public lives on our streetsRough sleepers deal with death, illness, violence and humiliation day in, day outSat Nov 26 2016 - 10:19
Patrick Freyne: The new true meaning of Christmas? I found it on the tellyIt’s that time of year again when TV ads pull out all the stops and sentimentally bludgeon us till we cry, rage and (hopefully) go shoppingWed Nov 23 2016 - 10:03
Late Late Toy Show video: Tubridy sings for the ‘RTÉ board’Patrick Freyne: This promo for the December 2nd show seems to be based on a recurring nightmare Ryan Tubridy hasFri Nov 18 2016 - 11:30
Maser the street artist: I did the Brown Thomas windows for the wedgeHaving earned his stripes with political murals, the street artist is taking to the garretFri Nov 18 2016 - 05:00
I’m a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! Finally, some sweet relief from realityIn the nick of time, Ant & Dec return to pointlessly torture celebs for our pleasure and distractionWed Nov 16 2016 - 15:31
Piecing my broken childhood together, one document at a timeShane Griffin grew up in residential units and in foster care. Now he’s investigating his own past by seeking access to dozens of official records about his emotional state, his behaviour, his relationships and his familySat Nov 12 2016 - 06:00
Roger Moore: ‘I was too smooth, before time rolled its evil tracks across my gob’The ex-007 talks movies, marriages and how Aidan Turner would look good as BondThu Nov 10 2016 - 06:00
Patrick Freyne: The unthinkable as it happened on TVA misogynistic racist liar has defeated all predictions to become president of the USWed Nov 09 2016 - 08:17
Ireland’s Fittest Family: tomorrow belongs to them - not to people like youThis week, RTÉ showed us the calibre of individuals who should rightfully be leading us... and gave us a portrait of Enda KennyWed Nov 02 2016 - 14:39
Patrick Freyne on the return of The Walking DeadSpoiler alert: Series seven has begun and we now know who Negan killed – but did he go too far? Has the series gone too far?Mon Oct 24 2016 - 21:59
Donald Trump is going for absolute broke - will America follow his lead?Watching Donald Trump debate Hillary Clinton is like watching the last 25 minutes of Fight Club - and not at all like that film about the rise of HitlerWed Oct 12 2016 - 11:04
Pat Kenny: ‘I’m not sensitive to criticism anymore’As he gets an IFTA lifetime achievement award, Pat Kenny talks about work, fame and being an underdog againSat Oct 08 2016 - 06:00
Westworld review: grapples with big ideas and shoots from the scientific hipThe robots in Sky Atlantic’s new sci-fi thriller want to bring the love, unlike the Baby Animals on BBC1, who are just bastardsThu Oct 06 2016 - 21:20
Patrick Freyne: Masculinity in crisis? It’s more of an opportunityHow to Be a Man: Now more than ever, who we are is not a matter of X or Y chromosomesFri Sept 30 2016 - 06:00
Most homoerotic experience in rural Ireland? 15 men naked in a GAA dressing roomHow to be a Man: Patrick Freyne talks to Ronan Brady, Roscommon GAA footballer turned acrobat star of recent Dublin Fringe production, RiotFri Sept 30 2016 - 06:00
Now that the end is nigh, it’s finally time to review Donald TrumpThe final season of ‘America’ began on Monday night, and the sense of apocalyptic dread was palpable right from the offThu Sept 29 2016 - 17:21
Fr Peter McVerry: The priesthood should not be reserved only for malesHow to be a Man: Patrick Freyne talks to the social justice campaigner about gender equality, masculinity and the masks we wearThu Sept 29 2016 - 06:00
What type of man are you? Take our quizHow to be a Man: Quizmaster Patrick Freyne has the answers to all your problems...Wed Sept 28 2016 - 16:20
Stephen Donnelly: I am a very proud feminist ... to me it's a no-brainerHow to be a Man: Patrick Freyne talks to the Independent TD about gender diversity, parenting, digging potatoes and feminismWed Sept 28 2016 - 06:00
Matt Cooper: I hated that you proved yourself as a man by your ability to be violentHow to be a Man: Patrick Freyne talks to the Today FM broadcaster about fighting, housework, crying and his new puppyTue Sept 27 2016 - 06:00
Al Porter: ‘The most manly thing I’ve done lately? Sleeping with a woman’How to be a Man: Patrick Freyne talks to comedian Al Porter about being the son of a sergeant, growing up gay and what it means to be ‘manly’Mon Sept 26 2016 - 06:00
Fintan O’Toole: 'The worst masculine trait is violence … men hit people more than women do'How to be a Man: Patrick Freyne talks to The Irish Times columnist about boyhood, feminism and balancing family and work lifeSun Sept 25 2016 - 06:00
Bressie: ‘Sobbing uncontrollably is liberating ... and so is admitting you are vulnerable’How to be a Man: Patrick Freyne talked to Niall Breslin (Bressie) about masculinity, crying and the pressureSat Sept 24 2016 - 06:15
How friendship keeps the championship ploughing onDancing in the mud and high fives at the entrance are part of last-day high spiritsFri Sept 23 2016 - 01:00
