Gort film Town of Strangers is a fascinating hybrid of fact and fiction

Treasa O’Brien’s film explores a Galway town transformed by immigration

Why is Michael Flatley’s spy movie getting so much flak?

Let the Riverdancer release his ‘vanity project’ Blackbird and silence the Twitter haters

Welcome to the Minajerie: This week’s big pop and rock gigs

Viv Albertine, Nick Harper, Bastille, Kelsey Lu and a 90s nu-metal/pop-punk double bill

Blame ‘Game of Thrones’ for the useless new Robin Hood movie

There are up to nine projects on the boil about the outlaw nobody cares about any more

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From fake news to hopes of faith news at Croke Park

Patrick Freyne: Pope Francis receives families, gets selfie with a child and gives a speech with a mother-in-law joke

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Pope Francis warns 80,000 at Croke Park of social media dangers

Pontiff met and talked to families who shared their stories and posed for selfies with children

Michael Flatley’s first film as writer, director and star

A poster for ‘Blackbird’ suggests the plot of ‘Casablanca’, with Flatley in the Bogart role

Hollywood style at Meath beachfront home for €1.25m

10,000sq ft property stood half built for nearly a decade, but now it’s complete to the highest spec

Cork’s most famous libertine about to make musical history

Story of Sir Henry Browne Hayes is tale of spectacular fall from grace, says musical director

Brenda Donohue gives a masterclass in inconsequential fluff

Radio review: Seán Moncrieff’s choice of subjects is as esoteric as ever

19th C murder case may not pass modern standards - pathologist

Assistant State Pathologist expresses reservations about forensic science used to convict Cork doctor

Radio review: Alison Curtis proves a little politeness can go a long way

The Today FM presenter is only slightly bland as she takes over from Anton Savage

Notorious Cork murder transformed into a new musical

Philip Cross was convicted of poisoning his wife in a case that shocked Victorian Ireland

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Songs for Amy