Iftas 2026: Top two films scoop 26 nominations as Steve Coogan goes up against Daniel Day-Lewis
Irish Film & Television Academy Awards nominations recognise Christy and Saipan as Blue Lights and The Walsh Sisters get drama nods
Irish Film & Television Academy Awards nominations recognise Christy and Saipan as Blue Lights and The Walsh Sisters get drama nods
The bass player of The Boomtown Rats on the band’s creative process in Ibiza, his annoyance at political leaders, and his biggest personal regret
Colin Farrell describes one of his 'worst days’ on set, both hungover and freshly intoxicated on Steven Spielberg’s 2002 sci-fi drama Minority Report
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.
Julia Roberts, Ayo Edebiri, Andrew Garfield and Colin Farrell feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of October 17th, 2025
Tesco Ireland boss has plans to spend €100m a year building new stores here
Ballad of a Small Player review: The Irish actor plays the most doomed addict since Nicolas Cage in Leaving Las Vegas
Brenda Fricker, Cillian Murphy, Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of September 19th, 2025
Kogonada’s messy phantasmagoria is a hinterland for no one: a musical without musical numbers, a romcom without comedy
Farrell wore a Tricolour pin with his suit while his son Henry opted for an all-black look
Forget eligibility and nomination rules and open your mind to these potential candidates
With The Weir, the star returns to the stage after a 10-year absence. It’s a play he loves for its portrayal of the Irish as a people
With one novel published and two more on the way, the author discusses the investigating duo he created, his brush with cinema success and the best writing advice he’s heard
Gaelic footballer Ellie Ward has a rare and painful genetic condition known as ‘butterfly skin’, but there is nothing delicate about her performances on the pitch
Sharon Horgan earns her second consecutive nomination for her black comdedy Bad Sisters
June 15th-20th: including Hell for Leather: The Story of Gaelic Football, Heston: My Life with Bipolar, and We Were Liars
Television: RTÉ documentary feels more like a dry academic exercise than something intended to bring history alive for viewers
TV highlights for June 8th-13th, including From that Small Island – the Story of the Irish and Fubar
New RTÉ TV series tells the story of the island over thousands of years in a way that both informs and challenges
From Borat to Banshees of Inisherin, here’s the best comedies from the last 25 years
Actor’s father Eamon Farrell played football with Shamrock Rovers in the 1960s
Eamon Farrell died on Wednesday, surrounded by family
Colin Farrell pays moving tribute to sons James and Henry ‘who have made my life so much more special than I ever truly thought possible’
Demi Moore, Timothée Chalamet, Zoe Saldaña and Kieran Culkin take the main acting prizes at the Screen Actors Guild awards
Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray and other stars of the US comedy were regular visitors when Jason Reitman was young. Now he’s made Saturday Night about its first episode
Disappointment as Kneecap misses out and no Irish actors are nominated for an award
Saoirse Ronan, Cillian Murphy and Paul Mescal have struggled this awards season. Only a miracle will see an Irish actor get an Oscar nod
Irish actors Nicola Coughlan, Colin Farrell and Andrew Scott received TV acting nominations
Blockbuster musical Wicked leads film with five nominations as Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown picks up four acting nods
Television: Star buried his natural charm and affability under layers of latex to become the most un-Farrell-like creature imaginable
Illustrious ceremony honouring best in film and television attracts stars including Nicole Kidman and Demi Moore
Adrien Brody and Brazilian actor Fernanda Torres win main acting awards at a lively Golden Globes ceremony in Los Angeles that delivered a few surprises
The Brutalist, Emilia Pérez and Shōgun triumph at the Golden Globes as Colin Farrell wins third award
Nicole Kidman stars in a kinky office romance, Reese Witherspoon and Will Ferrell play wedding planners, and Éanna Hardwicke and Steve Coogan replay Saipan
Two Irish films, TJ O’Grady-Peyton’s Room Taken and Portia A Buckley’s Clodagh, land spots in the shortlist for best live-action short
The glory days of streaming are over, but TV has never been more unpredictable
Colin Farrell and Andrew Scott compete against each other villainously in the race for best actor in a TV movie or limited series
Musical thriller Emilia Pérez and historical epic The Brutalist led the pack of films nominated, with Emilia Pérez earning 10 nods and The Brutalist gaining seven
After Irish actors and films had a blockbuster 2023, hope this year mainly rests on Paul Mescal in Gladiator II and Saoirse Ronan in The Outrun and Blitz
Actor flew Cara Darmody (14) to Chicago to address event organised by his charity foundation
The Daily Telegraph reviewer certainly has fun with his catastrophes, but the book has a more serious purpose
Support for 300 people living with epidermolysis bullosa ‘a major step forward’, says charity
With plum and dark sage tones as a reference, these new menswear collections offer practical and stylish options for layering this winter
The veteran runners volunteered to flank the Hollywood actor as an extra layer of security
Farrell (48) crossed the finish line in just over four hours, pushing his friend Emma Fogarty (40), who suffers from a rare skin condition
Emma Fogarty is Ireland’s longest-surviving person with epidermolysis buliosa, and will join actor in final kilometres
Television review: As a showcase for Colin Farrell, the series has its charms but The Penguin is hugely uneven and often extremely slow as a moribund script gets in the way
September 15th-20th: From the origin story of child prodigy Mozart to Colin Farrell as the Penguin
The Oscar nominee aims to raise €400,000 for Debra Ireland
Donald Clarke: Nobody likes a postcolonial moaner, but it’s odd that casually ridiculing the Irish can be regarded as only the most minor social misdemeanour
The intensely private star likes to stay out of the limelight, despite being the most successful Irish actress at the global box office
Television: A twist towards the end of the eight-part season will deepen your appreciation of the series or have you reaching for the off button in derision
Television: Netflix’s eight-part adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s 1955 novel is an excellent platform for the Irish actor
The Galway pub that contains the rebuilt set of JJ Devine’s from the movie is on the market
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