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Obit Val Kilmer
Val Kilmer obituary: Hollywood star revered for roles in Top Gun and Batman
The actor has died from pneumonia at the age of 65

Wed, 02 Apr, 2025

Paul Fraser on his Saipan film: 'Keane felt he got the Irish team to the World Cup'
Paul Fraser on his Saipan film: 'Keane felt he got the Irish team to the World Cup'
In advance of his visit to Limerick for a masterclass, Saipan writer Paul Fraser tells Esther McCarthy about taking on the tale of Roy Keane v Mick McCarthy 

Tue, 01 Apr, 2025

10 books for April: William Wall, Claire Gleeson, Dermot Whelan... 
10 books for April: William Wall, Claire Gleeson, Dermot Whelan... 
Here are some of the new books being published in April 

Tue, 01 Apr, 2025

10 TV highlights for April: The Last Of Us, Dying For Sex, Andor, Black Mirror... 
10 TV highlights for April: The Last Of Us, Dying For Sex, Andor, Black Mirror... 
There's a bumper crop of new TV and streaming shows in April 

Tue, 01 Apr, 2025

Paul Mescal and Barry Keoghan to star in Beatles movies
Paul Mescal and Barry Keoghan to star in Beatles movies
There will be four films, with an April 2028 release date

Tue, 01 Apr, 2025

Podcast Corner: Amy Poehler ropes in old pals for Good Hang show 
Podcast Corner: Amy Poehler ropes in old pals for Good Hang show 
Poehler's first guests on her podcast include Tina Fey and Rashida Jones 

Tue, 01 Apr, 2025

10 live events for April: Kamasi Washington, Sugababes, Paul Brady...  
10 live events for April: Kamasi Washington, Sugababes, Paul Brady...  
There are plenty gigs on offer around the country in April 

Tue, 01 Apr, 2025

Cork author William Wall: 'Bullying is one of the hardest problems for a school to solve'
Cork author William Wall: 'Bullying is one of the hardest problems for a school to solve'
The Whitegate writer tells Richard Fitzpatrick about his latest novel 

Mon, 31 Mar, 2025

Shane O’Driscoll on making art in West Cork and taking part in the Incognito charity sale
Shane O’Driscoll on making art in West Cork and taking part in the Incognito charity sale
 The Bandon-born artist has a piece in the annual €70 sale in aid of the Jack and Jill Children’s Foundation

Mon, 31 Mar, 2025

Culture That Made Me: Joan as Police Woman selects her touchstones 
Culture That Made Me: Joan as Police Woman selects her touchstones 
In advance of her Irish gigs, the American music star also known as Joan Wasser includes The Smiths, Sly Stone and the Mighty Boosh in her selections

Sun, 30 Mar, 2025

Tommy Tiernan Show recap: Martin O'Neill on football career and managing Ireland
Tommy Tiernan Show recap: Martin O'Neill on football career and managing Ireland
Tiernan’s guests on Saturday night included former football manager Martin O’Neill, astronomer and astrophysicist Jocelyn Bell Burnell and singer Marti Pellow.

Sun, 30 Mar, 2025

Late Late Show talking points: A presidential campaign, creamy buns and Sugababes
Late Late Show talking points: A presidential campaign, creamy buns and Sugababes
Guests included Frances Black, Aoife Scott, Maggie Molloy, and Kelly Cates 

Sat, 29 Mar, 2025

Beginner’s pluck: Sligo-based author Elaine Garvey
Beginner’s pluck: Sligo-based author Elaine Garvey
Elaine has published short stories in 'The Dublin Review' and the 'Winter Papers'

Sat, 29 Mar, 2025

Book review:  The real and imagined horrors of renting during a housing crisis
Book review:  The real and imagined horrors of renting during a housing crisis
Novel gives a detailed account of a difficult year in the protagonist’s life in which she matures from confused adolescent to a more grounded young woman

Sat, 29 Mar, 2025

Books are my business: Kenny’s Bookshop, Galway, head buyer Gráinne O’Brien
Books are my business: Kenny’s Bookshop, Galway, head buyer Gráinne O’Brien
'I love having my hands on books. I love to meet the authors, and I love to hear about their journey'

Sat, 29 Mar, 2025

Book review: Blood-soaked Victorian thrills
Book review: Blood-soaked Victorian thrills
This is a highly entertaining novel, but its graphic descriptions of nauseating smells, blood-soaked corpses, and the under-age prostitutes, are not for the faint-hearted

Sat, 29 Mar, 2025

Book review: A salty tale of rivalry and superstition
Book review: A salty tale of rivalry and superstition
Life in a fishing town is brilliantly evoked in 'The Boy from the Sea' and there’s compassion aplenty, even for characters who scarcely deserve it

Sat, 29 Mar, 2025

Book extract: ‘I am just an athlete, sitting here talking to a great man like you’
Book extract: ‘I am just an athlete, sitting here talking to a great man like you’
Jack Lynch was the first Western head of government to invite Muhammad Ali to make an official visit

Fri, 28 Mar, 2025

Film of the week: The End can get exhausting, but it’s also oddly gripping
Film of the week: The End can get exhausting, but it’s also oddly gripping
Filmed in Ireland, The End defies categorisation

Fri, 28 Mar, 2025

Backstage At Beatles Christmas Show
Book review: ‘One of the best — and sweetest — books of the year’
'A Love Story in Songs' is a real achievement. Superbly written, the author keenly respects the line between theorist and therapist, fan and journalist, and avoids any needless blurring

Fri, 28 Mar, 2025

Actors Adam Scott and Rob Lowe on why it's cheaper to film in Ireland than US
Actors Adam Scott and Rob Lowe on why it's cheaper to film in Ireland than US
The pair described Ireland as a “beautiful” place and discussed how Ireland and other countries offer substantial incentives

Fri, 28 Mar, 2025

2024 MTV Video Music Awards - Show
Chappell Roan among five headline acts announced for Electric Picnic
Electric Picnic takes place this year from August 29 to August 31 at Stradbally Estate

Fri, 28 Mar, 2025

TV review: They should have called this show ‘Now That’s What I Call Man-Splaining’
TV review: They should have called this show ‘Now That’s What I Call Man-Splaining’
Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined our Future is peppered with people who are smart rather than funny

Fri, 28 Mar, 2025

First Dates recap: Star Trek, dad jokes, and a painful eyebrow appointment
First Dates recap: Star Trek, dad jokes, and a painful eyebrow appointment
The final episode of this series of First Dates Ireland saw two couples hit it off at the restaurant on RTÉ2 on Thursday night. Here's what happened…

Thu, 27 Mar, 2025

Five For Your Radar: Killian Sundermann, Triskel, Mobland
Five For Your Radar: Killian Sundermann, Triskel, Mobland
Cork Podcast Festival also continues...

Thu, 27 Mar, 2025

Some Like It Hot: Irish film producer Ed Guiney picks his favourite screenplays 
Some Like It Hot: Irish film producer Ed Guiney picks his favourite screenplays 
In advance of the Storyhouse event in Dublin, Ed Guiney tells Esther McCarthy about eight great feats of screenwriting 

Thu, 27 Mar, 2025

Cork musician Eoin French (Talos) remembered by brother as 'incredibly inspiring' and unique individual
Cork musician Eoin French (Talos) remembered by brother as 'incredibly inspiring' and unique individual
The musician passed away last year after a short battle with cancer, and one of his songs is being used to raise awareness as part of Daffodil Day 

Thu, 27 Mar, 2025

Obituary: Eoin French was a beautiful person who made wonderful music as Talos 
Obituary: Eoin French was a beautiful person who made wonderful music as Talos 
Raised in a music-loving household in Kilcully, the Cork musician released three albums as Talos, and collaborated with well-known figures around the world

Thu, 27 Mar, 2025

Tom Dunne: Here's to Ireland's gig venues, and the people who make them work
Tom Dunne: Here's to Ireland's gig venues, and the people who make them work
A visit to the IMRO Live Music Venue Awards reminded me of the often-unsung heroes of places like Coughlan's in Cork and McGinley’s in Letterkenny who are so important

Thu, 27 Mar, 2025

Justin Hawkins of The Darkness: 'I love Cork! I had a birthday there' 
Justin Hawkins of The Darkness: 'I love Cork! I had a birthday there' 
As the Darkness release a new album, Justin Hawkins talks about his love of Ireland, and the benefits of having Taylor Swift singing along to one of their songs  

Wed, 26 Mar, 2025

Opera review: All aboard for a highly-enjoyable production of The Flying Dutchman
Opera review: All aboard for a highly-enjoyable production of The Flying Dutchman
There's plenty to recommend in Irish National Opera's production of Wagner's 1843 work 

Tue, 25 Mar, 2025

Sir Michael Morpurgo: I couldn???t write after heart surgery
Michael Morpurgo: 'Three arteries were blocked and they wouldn’t let me out of hospital'
Michael Morpurgo may have had a triple bypass recently, but it hasn't stopped him from publishing a new book on the wonders of spring 

Tue, 25 Mar, 2025

Denis Conway: 'I did part-time teaching to keep the wolf from the door'
Denis Conway: 'I did part-time teaching to keep the wolf from the door'
Cork actor Denis Conway is back in his native city to appear in Making History, a Brien Friel play he says is packed with relevance

Tue, 25 Mar, 2025

Irish author Paul Lynch among those shortlisted for €100k Dublin Literary Award
Irish author Paul Lynch among those shortlisted for €100k Dublin Literary Award
The award, which celebrates 30 years of excellence in world literature, is the world's most valuable annual prize for a single work of fiction published in English

Tue, 25 Mar, 2025

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Moments of my life: Donal Ryan on arm-wrestling, meeting his wife, and bad dinner parties
 In advance of his reading in Limerick, author Donal Ryan talks about some of the major moments in his life 

Mon, 24 Mar, 2025

Novelist Anne Enright awarded prestigious $175,000 Windham-Campbell Prize
Novelist Anne Enright awarded prestigious $175,000 Windham-Campbell Prize
Reacting to her win, Ms Enright said she was 'floored' to be awarded the prize

Mon, 24 Mar, 2025

Culture That Made Me: Folk-punk star Jinx Lennon on Dylan, Lou Reed and Tarry Flynn 
Culture That Made Me: Folk-punk star Jinx Lennon on Dylan, Lou Reed and Tarry Flynn 
In advance of his Cork gig, the quirky Dundalk singer reveals some of his touchstones 

Mon, 24 Mar, 2025

In pictures: Sean Ronayne and Eoghan Daltun at Cork Podcast Festival 
In pictures: Sean Ronayne and Eoghan Daltun at Cork Podcast Festival 
'Birdman' Ronayne and rewilding advocate Daltun spoke about their love of the natural world at Live at St Luke's 

Mon, 24 Mar, 2025

US rapper The Game postpones Dublin gig due to illness
US rapper The Game postpones Dublin gig due to illness
Tickets are valid for the new gig date but a refund is also available if the new date does not suit ticketholders 

Mon, 24 Mar, 2025

The Boys in the Boat UK special screening
George Clooney says he is ‘not doing romantic films anymore’
The Kentucky-born Oscar-winner reflected on his career and his new role on Broadway

Mon, 24 Mar, 2025

Kim Wilde: 'I did get caught out with a few bad habits, especially with alcohol'
Kim Wilde: 'I did get caught out with a few bad habits, especially with alcohol'
30  years on from her heyday, Kim Wilde is back on the road and has a new album, write Casey Cooper-Fiske and Naomi Clarke

Mon, 24 Mar, 2025

The Cure
'Gardaí clash with punk rockers': When the Cure caused a riot in Cork 
Paul McDermott looks back to that headline-grabbing incident near the Arcadia in the 1980s, and other connections with Ireland for Robert Smith and co 

Sun, 23 Mar, 2025

Happy cute child flying on the book on white background.
Children's books review: Overcoming adversity, historical thrills, and a cracking Easter read
With life lessons, farmyard fun, and Morse code, there’s much to delight young readers in these new books, writes Pet O’Connell

Sun, 23 Mar, 2025

Tommy Tiernan Show recap: Discovery of hair hurling balls shows that hurling was played in 15th-century Ireland
Tommy Tiernan Show recap: Discovery of hair hurling balls shows that hurling was played in 15th-century Ireland
Tommy Tiernan’s guests on Saturday night included singer-songwriter Gavin Friday, comedians and podcasters Killian Sundermann, Tony Cantwell and Shane Daniel Byrne, and cultural historian and museum curator Dr Siobhan Doyle.

Sun, 23 Mar, 2025

Late Late Show talking points, including Rosie O’Donnell on Trump and moving to Ireland
Late Late Show talking points, including Rosie O’Donnell on Trump and moving to Ireland
It was a double O'Donnell special on Friday night's Late Late Show, with Daniel and Rosie proving a crisp combo

Sat, 22 Mar, 2025

Beginner's pluck: Journalist and author Róisín Lanigan
Beginner's pluck: Journalist and author Róisín Lanigan
'I Want To Go Home But I’m Already There' is funny, engaging, and thought-provoking

Sat, 22 Mar, 2025

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