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Stephen Rea
Thomas Kilroy’s death feels like the end of an era for Irish theatre
The writer was often mentioned as part of a ‘god tier’ of Irish playwrights, alongside Tom Murphy and, especially, his close friend Brian Friel
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
Brian Friel’s Translations, in Ukrainian: ‘This is about everything that is happening in Ukraine’
Kyiv’s Lesya Ukrainka theatre company is visiting Dublin to stage its evocative production of the classic Irish play at the Abbey
Irish culture’s remarkable response to the political turmoil from 1891 to 1922
Irish art during the period both mirrored and shaped events in the political sphere
Nightride: One-last-job yarn set in Belfast splutters over the line
Moe Dunford impresses in a thriller that just manages to keep its real-time gimmick going
Imelda May joins Tourism Ireland bid to attract British visitors
Two-part Sky Arts series sees singer present Irish ‘literary travelogue’
Plea for Minister to stop deportation of man in direct provision for six years
Formerly ‘bubbly’ man now ‘a shadow of his former self’, campaigners tell Minister
Family and friends bid final farewell to Seamus Deane
Mourners hear of ‘a very indulgent father to all his children’ and ‘devoted Celtic fan’
The Visiting Hour: Stephen Rea, a nursing home, the pandemic
Review: Frank McGuinness’s short but meaningful new play has brought the Gate back to life
Dua Lipa, Stephen Rea and Emma Dabiri: This week’s unmissable online events
Plus Marian Keyes, Frank McGuinness, Mick Fleetwood and the National Symphony Orchestra
Filming a live play during Covid: ‘We were playing Russian roulette’
Producing David Ireland’s Sadie at Belfast’s Lyric Theatre for TV was nerve-racking
Neil Jordan: ‘I couldn’t make The Crying Game today’
The director on his new historical fiction novel, Harvey Weinstein and ageism in film
Wolfwalkers: Cartoon Saloon has made its best film yet
Review: A family entertainment set among the Cromwellian atrocities? Sounds risky
A line-by-line, death-by-death reminder of the evil of the Troubles
Unquiet Graves details the grim work of the loyalist Glennane Gang of the 1970s
Irish artists join international call for Israel to end siege of Gaza amid coronavirus
More than 200 artists back Amnesty International’s call for military embargo
The 50 best Irish films ever made, in order
Donald Clarke and Tara Brady's definitive list has more than a few surprises
Jesse Eisenberg’s Irish film: ‘It’s about the desperation of wanting to buy a house’
Far from unlikeable, the star of horror Vivarium is a refreshingly honest interviewee
Stephen Rea says people should quietly prepare for ‘inevitable’ united Ireland
Actor stage tribute to poet Ciaran Carson in Kilmainham Gaol as part of TradFest
Irish Water granted permission for €500m north Dublin sewage plant
Facility at Clonshaugh will be State’s second-largest sewage plant after Ringsend
Neil Jordan’s film production company returns to profit
Accumulated profits at Sunwind Enterprises, co-owned by Dubliner, increased to €2.8m
Miriam O’Callaghan runs close to caricature of herself
Review: By the end of a compelling interview, O’Callaghan positively embraces her self-parodying side
Cotton Fingers has its Irish debut: ‘Here is a young woman and her circumstances’
Amy Molloy stars in the Welsh play about an unwanted pregnancy in Northern Ireland
Hearing on plan for €500m north Dublin sewage plant to begin
Irish Water seeks permission for State’s second-largest sewage plant in
British intelligence tried to get UVF to ‘shoot up a school’, documentary claims
Former RUC officer tells film-maker military behind plot to attack Catholic school in Co Armagh
Leopardstown Christmas Festival sees high demand and drama on opening day
‘Unprecedented’ crowds enjoy unseasonal weather as Ellie Mac makes Grade One debut
Is that Ivan Yates or an ostrich with its head in the sand?
The Newstalk presenter is in jocular mood about wild animals being wiped out
Oscars 2019: My money’s on Lady Gaga and ‘A Star Is Born’
Donald Clarke: Toronto Film Festival has fired the Academy Awards starting pistol
Lóistín le Gaeilge, Grad prospects, Hozier, Cher, Black 47
News, views and opinions from Student Hub contributors and Irish Times writers
Black ’47: it’s not a spaghetti western it’s a potato western
Irish director Lance Daly has made his Famine film as a revenge tale in the vein of ‘Unforgiven’
Black ’47: Brain-twitching Great Irish Famine revenge thriller
Review: Lance Daly’s movie rattles along at the pace of a hungry dog pursuing a healthy rabbit
Filming Dolours Price: ‘Her name is Latin for sorrow. That describes her life’
Journalist Ed Moloney on his interview with the compelling, acidic late IRA woman
Molly Malone statue comes ‘alive, alive, oh’ in new project
The landmark will be given a voice as part of talking statues initiative for Dublin
Tears for fears: The Crying Game review (1992)
From the archives: ‘A tantalising and unconventional contemporary thriller which turns unexpectedly romantic’
The big film about the Big Fella: Michael Collins review (1996)
From the archive: ‘The most important film made in or about Ireland in the first century of film’
Building Enda Walsh’s world: ‘I like the danger of having a blank piece of paper’
Jamie Vartan’s set designs transport audiences – and that’s before the crows move in
Kilkenny Arts Festival: Brahms, Beethoven and Bertie on the menu
Opera version of the ‘Odyssey’ and an open-air Shakespeare production will run in August
A Troubles museum: the case for and against
A museum of the Troubles would contain films, testimonies, murals, flags, weapons and uniforms
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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Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices