For Beckett: Unbound 2024, the actor has teamed up with the composer Nick Roth to stage a festival of the writer’s work in Paris and Liverpool
Television: Niamh Algar is riveting in UTV’s hospital thriller, a kind of Line of Duty with stethoscopes
Actor Adrian Dunbar, Gerry Adams and Mary Lou McDonald among campaign supporters
In My Ireland the actor’s clearly enjoying himself. But otherwise this is like being waterboarded by that guy in Temple Bar who dresses as a moth-eaten leprechaun
Thousands of people walk in remembrance of the 50th anniversary of Derry massacre
Sally Rooney adaption scoops 15 nominations. Nika McGuigan up for posthumous award
The RS iV version of the police-force favourite has refinement issues but is worthy of investigation
Politicians, civic leaders and public figures on the Ireland they want to see in next 100 years
Kelly Macdonald’s new character is plunged straight into action in Line of Duty’s sixth series
Netflix almost annihilated the weekly TV episode. Then came Wandavision
First Dates Ireland, Home of the Year, Line of Duty return. Eve Hewson stars in Behind Her Eyes
Chef will demonstrate favourite recipes with celebrity guests to help Irish Youth Foundation
Jessie Buckley and Niamh Algar among nominees for Irish Film and TV Awards
Second season struggles to set heart pumping despite ever-watchable Adrian Dunbar
Broadcaster previews spring schedule amid ‘challenging’ environment for media industry
A rich, vibrant literary and political heritage exists beyond the DUP’s grip
Representatives of civic society seek dialogue on constitutional future of island of Ireland
Take a trip to Darklands, the OAP B&B, Trinity or the Rotunda over the year ahead
Funds business Val Issuer has served notice to quit to tenants in number of older properties
A bold move by Sinn Féin can transform the dynamics of power at Westminster
Winning entry will have its work made and shown on television
Is its maker Jed Mercurio spending too much time on his other show, Bodyguard?
Tánaiste welcomed Charles and Camilla to a Brexit-fuelled mutual admiration session
Senior Dáil figures to speak but unionists not invited because of their Brexit stance
It opened its doors on the cusp of the Troubles, but Belfast’s Lyric has survived
Company had 451,520 customers at the end of 2017, down from 454,684 a year earlier
TV Review: The excellent Carolina Main is just one of several reasons to watch ‘Blood’
Broadcaster targeting international audience with this new psychological thriller
‘Blood’, starring Adrian Dunbar and Carolina Main, has the makings of must-see TV
Virgin Media’s ‘Blood’ receives highest sum in BAI’s €6m Sound & Vision round
‘Pat Kenny’s Big Debate’ and archive series ‘Don’t Look Back in Anger’ on autumn schedule
New dramas are in production, but a crowded market makes it hard to score a hit
Over 600, including big cross-section from theatre and arts , attend humanist service
Molly Windsor beats Claire Foy to take leading actress while Sue Perkins highlights pay gap issue
For more of nature’s charms, tune in to A Wild Irish Year and a Chelsea Flower Show A-Z
Netflix’s muscles in on the traditional broadcasters as Black Mirror and The Crown take three nominations
The Scottish novelist on being a thorn in the literary establishment’s side
Director Neil Jordan and star Stephen Rea discuss the making of a masterpiece, 25 years on
Seán Doran and Liam Browne want people in the Border counties to celebrate their shared literary heritge
Ireland’s amateur drama season is an eccentric, ambitious concept, with 54 productions touring 37 festivals. And the stories are as good off the stage as on it
The event also featured video tributes to Waking the Feminists and the year in theatre
After a year of theatre, hundreds of shows and days of deliberation, here are the nominees for the 2015 Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards
Abandoned by their creator and alone in a random world, the characters in Conor McPherson’s new play have more questions than answers
The festival has shunned an obvious theme in favour of reaching a wider audience
Review: ‘Happy Valley’, ‘Line of Duty’ and ‘The Fall’ topped 2014’s list of unmissable, set-the-recorder-for series. Brendan O’Carroll’s comedy didn’t make it
Review: Twenty-five years after the first ‘Simply Delicious’, the chef and her brother cook up some festive family fare
Broadcaster promises ‘fizzing’ Late Late Show and ‘explosive’ Love/Hate
New season includes portrait of ex-Taoiseach and return of serial killer
Conversations turn Beckettian when this festival of all things tragicomic doesn’t turn out as planned. Could it be any other way?
Are you heading to Enniskillen for the Happy Days Festival celebrating the life and work of Samuel Beckett? Here are our highlights, theatrical and otherwise
Sean Doran wants to make Happy Days a ‘destination festival’, turning Enniskillen, where the playwright and novelist went to school, into a Mecca for his fans
‘Undercover Doctor: Cure Me, I’m Gay’, with Christian Jessen, misses its chance to challenge homophobia, but the cop drama ‘Line of Duty’, starring Adrian Dunbar and Keeley Hawes, doesn’t miss a trick
The BBC drama’s second run, which concluded last night, was filmed in Belfast
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices
