Kneecap

An unexpected boon of Ireland’s cultural success is that its less well-known locations are suddenly on the tourist trail

Baftas 2025: Rich Peppiatt’s raucous film about the Belfast trio has got into every category where it had even a reasonable chance

Kneecap gets seven nods as Saoirse Ronan is listed for best actress for performance in The Outrun

Irish nominations in this year’s British Academy of Film and Television awards

Irish Film and Television Academy awards: Say Nothing and Bad Sisters among other nominees

CMAT, Picture This, Niamh Regan, Jordan Adetunji, Cian Ducrot, Chubby Cat also nominated in 20th anniversary of prize

Plus: Who wears the balaclava in Kneecap?

The RTÉ Choice Music Prize Irish Album of the Year 2024 is set to be announced in March

Portia A Buckley’s Irish drama Clodagh is one of the 10 titles listed for best British short film

The cross-fertilisation between Ireland’s literary culture and its other artforms was particularly significant

President Michael D Higgins leads tributes to former president of Conradh na Gaeilge

The 10 highest-grossing titles were all sequels – but none is in our 50-best list in a year audiences turned out in numbers for ‘cultural cinema’

The actor’s performance in Small Things Like These seems perfectly positioned for an Academy Award nomination. So what’s gone wrong?

Fontaines DC top the 2024 Ticket critics’ choice lists, with Kneecap hot on their heels, but right across Irish music the profusion of excellence shows zero signs of stopping

Critics also favoured Ralph Fiennes in Conclave and Mikey Madison in Palme d’Or-winning Anora

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

Daily Mail article headlined ‘Anti-British Irish-language movie funded by UK public money wins Best British Film gong’ is the latest salvo in the war of words with Kneecap

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

Karla Sofía Gascón becomes the first trans woman to win best actress as Belfast’s Kneecap film loses out on two nominations

We continue our countdown of our favourite movies released in Ireland this year

I don’t really do envy, but I envied the sense of belonging all the native speakers had with their array of languages

Television: It takes a while to get going and is not without flaws, but this show is good enough to almost convince us our native tongue is in everyday use

Radio: Ciara Kelly hears differing takes on Trump victory while Kieran Cuddihy meets jubilant Maga fans in New York

The vibe is one of community and solidarity, framed by love of the Irish language and irreverent humour

October 26th to November 1st, 2024: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week

Journalist, who also produced Kneecap and RTÉ's Seán Quinn documentary, has written a book on a decade of delving into the 1994 Loughinisland massacre

In 2023, An Cailín Ciúin secured Ireland’s first ever nomination in this category. Could Kneecap make it twice in three years?

Children’s writer Máire Zepf talks about her books and TV work, and how Kneecap bringing ‘beautiful, real Belfast Irish’ to the big screen has been powerful

From the chaos of the Troubles, the movie constructs a story of hope and tenderness, proving there’s more to life than land

Dorn San Aer, a new festival in Donegal, celebrates the brilliant late broadcaster, music fanatic, political activist and champion of the Irish language

Ceiliúrann an féile nua i nDún na nGall, Dorn San Aer, an chraoltóir ceannródach, saineolaí ceoil, gníomhaí polaitiúil, agus réabhlóídí ar son na teanga nach maireann an bhliain seo chaite

The Revelation of Ireland 1995-2020 dissects Irish life over 25 years, with the benefit of hindsight and the opening up of archives

Almost all cinemas will be participating in the initiative. If you’re not sure what to go see - we have you sorted

It was the biggest edition of festival so far, with 75,000 people in Stradbally for the weekend. Here’s what we loved and hated

A 45-minute slot was always going to feel short for this trio in their pomp, as Mo Chara, Móglaí Bap and DJ Próvaí stalk the stage

When and where to catch Calvin Harris, Kodaline, Lankum, Kneecap, Blindboy and more

The co-founder of Conradh na Gaeilge said ‘you might as well be putting wooden legs on hens as trying to restore Irish through the school system’

Everything you need to know about Ireland’s largest music festival taking place from August 16th-18th

Heading to Stradbally? Whether you want to see Kylie or Kneecap, CMAT or Calvin Harris, here are when and where they’re playing

Plus: Kneecap film flummoxes and impresses US critics; the falling rate for Fair City photos; and Helen McEntee promises to drain the swamp