Like some crazed monarch, Ant and Dec could probably cover up a live-on-air killing if they wishedFrom PJ and and Duncan to the dual-headed light-entertainment hydra Ant-and-Dec, they have complete control of your television scheduleThu Mar 26 2015 - 11:00
Hollywood bites after seeing Irish director's proof-of-concept trailerIrish film-maker Ruairí Robinson’s latest project 'The Leviathan' has been picked up by X-Men writer and producer Simon Kinberg and Chappie director Neill BlomkampWed Mar 25 2015 - 10:27
I like tricorn hats as much as the next guy, but enough with the angry clown-peopleThe Mr Darcification of period drama notwithstanding, ‘Poldark’ is more enjoyable than ‘Banished’, which is no fun at allWed Mar 11 2015 - 15:00
Mr Underwood goes to Washington and paints the White House a bloody shade of redBefore reading this, please note that there will be spoilers and you need to picture me turning to the camera: I’ve binged on all of ’House of Cards’ so you don’t have toThu Mar 05 2015 - 06:00
‘The Late Late Show’ is madness itself but it cannot change because nobody knows why or how it worksLast week, someone left both Chris de Burgh and a guitar on the couch... then came God and the Devil on a haunted trainThu Feb 26 2015 - 13:35
My Cork: a lost paradise of Datsun Sunnys and winding streetsWe left the real capital when I was six, so for years I used to be from Cork. Then I discovered that I’m always from the citySat Feb 21 2015 - 01:00
Put the knife down, Meryl: your guide to watching the OscarsCup of hotdog water? Check. Cruel jibes to aim at actors who are wearing their clothes all wrong? Check. Existential angst for the dead actors montage? Check. Okay, you’re all setFri Feb 20 2015 - 06:00
Falling for the fierce cuteness of the animal kingdom, from hummingbirds to koalasWhoever came up with this programme is basically an evil genius, writes Patrick FreyneThu Feb 19 2015 - 12:25
Patrick Freyne on ‘Taking New York’In the hope of finding sweet telly glory, watching hunks frolic is the price we must be willing to payFri Feb 13 2015 - 06:00
Fifty Shades: Women on fun night joined by uncomfortable men‘It’s soft porn. There was chick-lit and Mills and Boon but ladies maybe require a bit more now’Fri Feb 13 2015 - 01:00
Who is God?For Stephen Fry, God is ‘monstrous’ and ‘a maniac’. But what do people in Ireland think? We asked some of themSat Feb 07 2015 - 06:00
Josie Long: ‘Everyone expects me to talk about politics’She is known for political comedy, but in her new show she opens up about family and her broken heartFri Feb 06 2015 - 13:40
Why are we here? Is there a god? What is the meaning of ‘The Meaning of Life’?The meaning of life according to some celebrity is etched on Gay Byrne’s Big FaceWed Feb 04 2015 - 16:16
My Cork: John Spillane‘The city always seemed magical, mythical and fantastic to me’Sat Jan 31 2015 - 01:00
So Walter O’Brien is one of the five smartest people alive. Who are the other four?RTE's new drama ‘Scorpion’, based on a 'real-life' Irish computer whiz Walter O’Brien, is not actualy about a magic crime-fighting robot-wizardFri Jan 30 2015 - 10:58
David Chase: ‘Most American movies are cartoons or stories where toys are the central characters’David Chase revolutionised TV with ‘The Sopranos’ but at heart, he’s always wanted to be a filmmaker, he tells Patrick FreyneThu Jan 29 2015 - 11:45
So Wright, it can’t be wrong: Patrick Freyne on RTÉ’s ‘Clubland’The Wright Venue – ‘a nightclub that sprang into existence when an enchanted copy of the Sindo’s Life Magazine was hit by lightning’ – featured in the first episode RTÉ’s new Reality Bites seriesThu Jan 22 2015 - 12:35
Finbar Furey: ‘I’m winding down the clock’Furey is back on the road after a period of grieving for his brother, and an injury that could have put him out of business as a piper. Catch him while you canMon Jan 19 2015 - 01:00
Don’t buy stuff. Do stuffThe futurist James Wallman, author of ‘Stuffocation’, says that, having accumulated too many possessions in the 20th century, people now prefer ‘doing stuff’ to ‘having stuff’. Rich experiences should make us happier, but are they simply a new way to keep up with the Joneses?Sat Jan 17 2015 - 01:00
Patrick Freyne on The VoiceKian Egan is one of five Lego-men transformed into a boyband by an evil wizard – and he resents BressieFri Jan 16 2015 - 06:00
Patrick Freyne: ‘The Musketeers’ return with a new series of adventuresThe story of a bunch of counter-revolutionary monarchists who strive to keep a Tony Blair lookalike in power as king of France.Fri Jan 09 2015 - 06:00
Charles Haughey drama: ‘This is a story about power’While being true to much of the Haughey story, there were some things RTÉ couldn’t stretch toSat Jan 03 2015 - 06:00
Gallery: Patrick Freyne wishes you a heroic 2015Fancy getting a new habit for the new year? Check out these comic book heroes of a different stripeThu Jan 01 2015 - 06:30
Patrick Freyne’s cultural highs and lows of 2014Guardians of the Galaxy made me laugh, starring, as it did, a wise-cracking racoon.Sat Dec 27 2014 - 01:00
1886: The last Christmas Day edition of The Irish TimesIn those days the news never stopped - and neither did the adverts, apparentlyFri Dec 26 2014 - 14:30
Doctor conference with a difference: rappers, undertaker-poets and medical start-ups confer in DublinDotmed offers up the changing face of medicine at its annual ‘creative medical conference’ in Smock AlleyTue Dec 16 2014 - 10:00
Brendan Gleeson and sons: ‘There’s no such thing as a normal family’Brendan Gleeson and sons Domhnall and Brian have established a recent acting dynasty. So what will happen when they finally share a stage together for the first time?Tue Dec 16 2014 - 06:00
Citizens need voice between electionsThe man behind the ‘people’s conversation’ initiative believes that some national soul-searching can help us create a better countrySat Dec 13 2014 - 06:00
Are you a solutionist or a zero-growth economist?10 terms every modern social reformer should knowSat Dec 13 2014 - 06:00
ITV’s spin-off reality show captures the essence of Joey EssexI have to say, I could listen to Joey Essex guessing what a ‘glacier’ is all dayFri Dec 12 2014 - 08:00
Forget the new Star Wars – instead catch Luke, Leia and Han in the long-lost ‘Holiday Special’Last week the long-awaited trailer for Star Wars Episode VII was released. True fans, however, know that it’s really Star Wars Episode VIII.Fri Dec 05 2014 - 07:00
Late Late Toy Show kids steal the show from TubridyToy Show show begins with a dementedly frenetic, child-infested dance-numberSat Nov 29 2014 - 16:25
A mouthful of pig testicles washed down with tearsWelcome, once again, to the jungle, where Ant & Dec steal the sanity of celebritiesFri Nov 28 2014 - 08:00
Water world: meet the protestersWho are the people fighting the water charges, running the protests and taking to the streets to object to the installation of meters?Sat Nov 22 2014 - 01:00
Using the slaughter of the first World War to make us buy groceries? Bah, humbugThe Sainsbury’s ad strives to make us associate the tragedy of a generation with self-service checkouts and shopping trollies and Christmassy feelingsFri Nov 21 2014 - 11:30
Patrick Freyne on Made in Chelsea, Life is Toff and How Rich Are You?The rich are the ideal subjects for fly-on-the-wall, scripted-reality television series. They’ve been ignoring the help for millennia, so it’s no bother to them to ignore a camera crew.Fri Nov 14 2014 - 02:00
Alan Cumming: ‘Something was not quite right about my father’When the actor was told by his cruel, ailing father that he was not his son, the revelation inspired a memoir that puts a positive spin on a tough childhoodFri Nov 14 2014 - 01:00
Graham Norton talks up dogs, booze, divas, IrelandThe TV chat show host shares his witty take on, among other subjects, why people get the dogs they deserveMon Nov 10 2014 - 12:00
‘Love/Hate’ goes out with a predictable bangReview: The drama’s body count became its biggest appeal – and its biggest drawbackSun Nov 09 2014 - 23:31
Mavericks. Moguls. Millennials. It must be the Web SummitPeople say ‘disruption’ and ‘ecosystem’ a lot and talk about selling their companies the way Buddhists talk about nirvana. They all seem to enjoy being at the Web Summit, in Dublin, but what exactly are they up to?Sat Nov 08 2014 - 01:00
‘I inhale food much like whales go about eating plankton. I’m not proud of this. Feck it. Yes I am’Patrick Freyne, journalistFri Nov 07 2014 - 12:49
Naomi Klein on climate change: ‘This is our last chance’When it comes to climate change, capitalism is the problem, says Canadian author and activist Naomi KleinSat Oct 25 2014 - 01:00
Superheroes may be irrational and silly, but they make really good tellyGet your cape, Patrick Freyne is forming a new Justice LeagueFri Oct 24 2014 - 06:53
From The Sandman to Astonishing X-Men - the 10 greatest superhero comic stories ever toldIn celebration of a misspent youth, Patrick Freyne runs through his favourite superhero comicsThu Oct 23 2014 - 22:11
Slideshow: The 12 labours of Enda KennyAn exhibition in Russia has likened the ‘glorious achievements’ of Vladimir Putin to the labours of Hercules. We tried to do the same for Taoiseach Enda Kenny ... a labour in itselfSat Oct 18 2014 - 04:00
Starmus: a festival of the starsAt Starmus Festival in Tenerife, the superstars of science and megastars of music bring cosmology to earthSat Oct 18 2014 - 01:00
A day rehearsing an opera for farters and drunksI know nothing about opera, but I’ve been sent to practise with professionals for the part of Papageno in The Magic Flute, which is ‘as lowbrow as opera gets’. It sounds right for meFri Oct 17 2014 - 01:00
Experience these potatoes – 'The Apprentice' is back, and the boastful gibberish is better than everThis week, we learned that, ike wildebeest, business folk are easily spooked - at one point, a swagger of apprentices ran aimlessly down a street. “We don’t know where we’re going,” one wailedFri Oct 17 2014 - 00:00
Bernard Sumner: ‘I’m happier in myself. Better behaved. Less of a f***ing idiot’He took a bath on ‘Blue Monday’, lost a pile in the Hacienda and was part of a scene that has become music myth. Bernard Sumner of New Order on living in the presentSat Oct 11 2014 - 01:00
Spar warsThe owner of the Spar group has announced 50 new shops, adding to its 400-plus across the Republic. Does the spread of the convenience chain mean the demise of the traditional local shop?Sat Oct 11 2014 - 01:00
