The Brightening Air at the Old Vic review: Conor McPherson’s outstanding new play turns convention on its head
Theatre: Chris O’Dowd, Brian Gleeson, Seán McGinley and Derbhle Crotty star in the Irish writer’s new drama
Chris O’Dowd
Black Mirror review: Two standout episodes in a largely dreary and predictable new season
Television: Charlie Brooker’s future-shock science fiction may be surplus to requirements. Could any future be any more shocking than our present reality?
10 of the best new shows to watch in April: including Netflix medical drama and two AppleTV+ releases
Including Black Mirror, Andor, You, Dying for Sex and The Bondsman
Christina Hendricks is great in Chris O’Dowd’s Small Town, Big Story but it still disappoints
Theatrical Paddy-isms doubtless went down well with Sky executives in London as they bankrolled the project
Christina Hendricks on Small Town, Big Story: ‘It was just my weird cup of tea’
The former Mad Men star plays a Hollywood producer returning to Ireland in Chris O’Dowd’s new comedy
Chris O’Dowd: ‘In Hollywood we felt very disconnected, very far away’
The actor and comedian’s multi-faceted career has taken him from The IT Crowd in London to the bright lights of Hollywood, but he’s happy to be back on home turf with a new Sky series set in Ireland
Britney Spears meets Shakespeare: How & Juliet puts a pop twist on star-cross’d lovers
& Juliet creator David West Read’s TV credits include Schitt’s Creek but his passion for theatre propelled him to rewrite a Shakespeare classic featuring the music of one of pop’s top hit makers
TV in 2025: 25 of the best new and returning shows to watch out for in the 12 months ahead
Including The Traitors, The White Lotus, Zero Day, Your Friends & Neighbors, The Walsh Sisters and The Bear
‘We have been let down’: Chris O’Dowd joins hometown Palestine protest
Actor says small communities as ‘outraged and disgusted’ as those marching in cities
The Big Door Prize review: Chris O’Dowd could do a lot better than this snooze session
Television: Irish actor works hard but this dystopia-lite show, now in its second series, is simply flawed
If a script called for ‘befuddled Irishman’ who else would you hire but Chris O’Dowd?
Dusty is an Irish schoolteacher who has somehow ended up in small-town Louisiana – one of those amiably bedraggled types at which Chris O’Dowd excels
David O’Doherty, the anti-Tommy Tiernan, is funny by osmosis
TV review: Along for the Ride with David O’Doherty, a perfect vehicle for his quirky wit
Choosing a course based on your interests
Before you choose, you need to understand yourself, your interests and what drives you
The Starling: Please avoid this sentimental claptrap
Review: If you like grief porn and self-help gibberish, this one’s for you
The Irish Times Summer Nights festival: Everything you need to know
Chris O’Dowd, Maureen Dowd and Mary Lou McDonald among guests for online series
Irish Times Summer Nights festival: Final details revealed
Chris O’Dowd and Mary Lou McDonald among those appearing at this year’s event
What factors should influence your college choice
What should you keep in mind when choosing a course?
Actor Tom Hickey, star of The Riordans, has died
President Michael D Higgins leads tributes to ‘an artist of total commitment’
Netflix: 25 films to watch out for in 2021
Big names, Oscar contenders and everything from westerns to romcoms will hit the small screen this year
Iftas 2020: Martin Scorsese, Daisy Ridley, Michael D Higgins to appear at virtual ceremony
The Irish Film and Television Academy’s awards will be broadcast on Sunday night
‘We poured our hearts and souls into it’: Last orders as landmark pubs and restaurants sell up
Covid-19 has sounded the death knell for hostelries all around the country creating a buyer’s market for those prepared to invest
Irish man in Greece: ‘None of the Irish bars in Corfu are open’
DJ Frankie Beats is in Corfu where there are fewer people looking good on the dancefloor
Iftas: Normal People arrives too late for ‘virtual’ awards
Jessie Buckley and Niamh Algar among nominees for Irish Film and TV Awards
Imagine Gal Gadot hadn’t roped her friends into making this cringy video
Look, there’s Mark Ruffalo and Amy Adams. Even Chris O’Dowd. And a lot of celebrity warbling
RTÉ’s commercial arm increases pretax profits to €8.89m
Sales of Operation Transformation and Hardy Bucks contribute to 22% rise
Emmys 2019: Night of triumph for Fleabag and Game of Thrones
Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s comedy the surprise winner as Game of Thrones picks up most
State of the Union: Chris O'Dowd and Rosamund Pike in a male fantasy of hurt
Review: O’Dowd and Pike are entertaining despite some stagy material from writer Nick Hornby
Chris O’Dowd: ‘The idea that the British government won’t f*** us over is laughable’
The actor on Brexit and marital bust-ups in his Emmy-nominated new comedy
45 of the best TV shows to watch this autumn
From The Dublin Murders to The Crown, Red Rock to Ru Paul, here are this season’s best comedy, drama and reality series
A week among the stars (and the Irish) in Los Angeles
Make sure your trip to LA includes great food, cool bars and a Dodgers game
Emmy nominations 2019: Fiona Shaw and Chris O’Dowd among nominees
Irish actors up for three awards, as Game of Thrones breaks records with 32 nominations
Leo Varadkar is 40 today: here’s 40 pearls of wisdom he really should know
Lessons for Leo: never dye your hair, don’t become a Mamil but do invest in slip-on shoes
Saoirse Ronan: ‘I’d like to play Countess Markievicz, so I can use my own accent’
Having worked half her life, Saoirse Ronan is finding her early 20s scary and exciting
TCD hit by Brexit, Whitey Bulger, Student ‘wage theft’ in Australia
News, views and opinions from Student Hub contributors and Irish Times writers
Juliet, Naked review: An unexpected and enchanting rom-com delight
A frustrated Rose Byrne and menacing fan-boy Chris O’Dowd in seaside town so lovely we yearn to call it Richard-on-the-Curtis
What ever happened to Brendan Gleeson’s ‘Mr Mercedes’?
It’s one of several big-budget shows, some good, that got lost in the churn of too-much TV
Chris O’Dowd: From big Irish teddy bear to American hard man
The Boyle star on his tough-guy role in ‘Get Shorty’ and his county’s referendum journey
Get Shorty: Chris O’Dowd as a chewed-up, charming chancer
TV Review: In Chilli Palmer’s place we have Miles Daly, Irish enforcer for a Vegas loan shark
10 of the best TV shows to watch this week
Chris O’Dowd stars in ‘Get Shorty’, Dara O Briain returns in ‘Mock the Week’
Forty-two films to catch in the cinema this summer
Incredibles 2, Ocean’s 8, Jurassic World and Mamma Mia!: Here We Go Again
Chris O’Dowd having as much fun as possible in a very bad film
Playing a character called Mundy, O’Dowd is the best thing about ‘The Cloverfield Paradox’
Molly’s Game: Jessica Chastain does yellow-pack Scorsese
Aaron Sorkin’s debut film isn’t going to get as many Oscar nominations as predicted
The best new films and TV on Netflix and Amazon this summer
Here are our small-screen highlights from now unil the end of August
Sky reaches for the stars - and drops into Dublin
‘Send us your ideas,’ broadcaster’s content chief Zai Bennett tells Irish TV producers
Oscar nomination for Ruth Negga: ‘I became an actor to hide’
The quiet Irish actor may be on the cusp of mega-stardom but she hasn’t lost sight of her craft
Gaelic football makes its mark and the Gael’s heart soars
The new rule for next season should appeal to traditionalists and controversialists alike
Roscommon safe as boundary review recommends no change
Proposal to move 30 sq km of the south county into Co Westmeath rejected by review
All of Roscommon will remain Roscommon, insists Naughten
‘We will not be proceeding with this land grab,’ says Minister of plan for Athlone area
It’s raining men on the Late Late Show. Again.
With nine men and one woman on the show tonight, some are wondering if there really is something for everyone in the audience
Iftas: Extraordinary awards season comes to close
‘Room’, ‘Sing Street’ and ‘My Name is Emily’ lead nominations in excellent year for Irish film
Television: Bilingual rebellion in Irish teens’ big-time dreams
Review: ‘Eipic’, ‘Life Before the Rising’, ‘Bridget & Eamon’
Roscommon unites against Westmeath ‘invaders’
Government’s plan to revise border sparks opposition across the county and abroad
Snog anyone who might end up famous (and other useful tips for college)
To survive college, stay away from student politics, be sure to be gay for a while, and make sure to get good at lying about stuff you haven’t read
Crosswords & Puzzles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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