Planning permission granted for new library to serve Crumlin and Drimnagh
Councillor criticises ‘nonsense’ online claims over adjoining site earmarked for social housing
Gabriel Byrne
Four Letters of Love review: Every interior in this preposterous film suggests an Irish theme pub in 1990s Basingstoke
Pierce Brosnan, Helena Bonham Carter and Gabriel Byrne team up with antique spinning-wheels, nuns and vowels from all 32 counties
Rev Philip McKinley: ‘My children call me silly, old and rusty. I’m only 44′
The Church of Ireland cleric talks about faith, his favourite place in Ireland, and the rugby playing brother who has ‘overshadowed’ him
25 films to check out in summer 2025: From Liam Neeson in Naked Gun to Scarlett Johansson in Jurassic World: Rebirth
Amid a summer of remakes and sequels, there are some smaller gems to seek out
Peter Sarsgaard: ‘I was around all these professional actors – Jeremy Irons, Gabriel Byrne... They all acted pretty crazy’
The September 5 star broke through with films such as Boys Don’t Cry. His new movie is a taut account of the attack on the 1972 Munich Olympics
Blue Road - The Edna O’Brien Story review: Was Ireland this dire? It really was
Sinéad O’Shea’s documentary is remarkable, though, for its consideration of an extraordinary life
Edna O’Brien: ‘She could be so queenly and dominating, but then totally wounded by criticism’
With the release of her Edna O’Brien documentary imminent, documentary maker Sinéad O’Shea talks about the late writer’s remarkable and often difficult life
Niall Williams: ‘I am here to write the books I’m supposed to write, not the books an Irish Times reviewer would like’
A critical savaging for his first play scarred the author of Time of the Child. You can’t try to please people, he says. You have to do your own thing
Teri Hayden obituary: trailblazing agent who guided the careers of some of Ireland’s most successful actors
She intuited that Irish theatre, TV and film was about to expand - though there was little evidence for this at the time
National Lottery plans to move its HQ to new location
Funeral for legendary actors’ agent; CRH chief’s home renovations troubles; Phil Hogan joins Irish lobbying register; a financial blow for the IRFU, and a tough job at RTÉ
Landmark’s Anne Clarke: ‘Every producer, if they’re honest, is a control freak’
From giving modern classics their first Irish productions to nurturing new work from key Irish names, Landmark has had an outsize impact over the past 20 years
Dance First: Finely acted Samuel Beckett biopic undermined by lit-flick cliches
Film review: Gabriel Byrne and Fionn O’Shea play the writer to great effect but the pedestrian writing bogs proceedings
Fionn O’Shea on being cast as Samuel Beckett: ‘There was a moment of elation followed by crippling anxiety’
In the film Dance First, the young Irish actor joins Gabriel Byrne as the older Beckett and Aidan Gillen as James Joyce
The actor’s mews: Former home of Gabriel Byrne on Herbert Lane for €1.65m
With four bedrooms and two lovely outside spaces, this is a very special city-centre home
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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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