Brian Gleeson

Top Boy: Barry Keoghan has made the most terrifying 10 seconds of TV you’ll see this year

Television: The Oscar-nominated Dublin actor steals every scene as he lands in Ronan Bennett’s guilty-pleasure Netflix show

Wed Sept 06 2023 - 21:00

The Offload: Should Jamison Gibson-Park have been shown red for ‘tackle’?

Jordan Conroy swaps his dancing shoes for rugby boots as Ireland Sevens impress

Mon Apr 11 2022 - 10:00

Revealed: The new comedy series Sharon Horgan was filming at the Forty Foot

Paul Howard is one of the writers of the show, which will be streamed on Apple TV+

Wed Oct 06 2021 - 16:19

Galway Film Fleadh 2021: Stacey Gregg’s thriller Here Before wins best Irish film

From best first film to short film winners, here’s everything you need to know

Mon Jul 26 2021 - 14:10

Iftas 2021: Normal People, Smother and Dating Amber top nominations

Sally Rooney adaption scoops 15 nominations. Nika McGuigan up for posthumous award

Tue Jun 15 2021 - 08:30

Oliver Callan’s even better at meaningless fluff than Ryan Tubridy

Radio: The talented mimic is adept at filling airtime but oddly reserved when talking to others

Fri Jun 04 2021 - 05:00

TV View: Take a break says Tubridy but Blackmore rides on

Alarm for Balding as Chelsea winner Emma Hayes turns the airwaves blue

Sun May 09 2021 - 20:45

TV View: RTÉ doubters have a proper mare as Colreevy gets one over on the boys

Monkfish and Envoi Allen put in their place after mare’s chances were written off

Tue Apr 27 2021 - 21:15

Frank of Ireland: If you like toilet humour, you’ll love Brian and Domhnall Gleeson’s new comedy

TV: The Gleesons are a lively double-act, and the scatological jokes arrive at an impressive clip

Thu Apr 15 2021 - 22:30

TV guide: 22 of the best shows to watch this week, beginning tonight

Keys to My Life, Too Close, Naked Attraction, Uimhir a 6, Frank of Ireland, Leonardo

Sun Apr 11 2021 - 06:00

50 people to watch in 2021: The best young talent in Ireland

The hottest talent in politics, fashion, food, sport, activism, culture, tech and entrepreneurship

Sat Jan 02 2021 - 06:15

Mary McAleese and Fontaines D.C. among beneficiaries of artists’ tax exemption

Scheme allows artists to earn up to € 50,000 a year on creative work free of tax

Mon Nov 30 2020 - 13:03

Duke of Devonshire’s striking Lismore villa for €495k

This pretty Georgian home sits in the centre of a charming Co Waterford heritage town

Fri Jun 12 2020 - 00:00

What sold for about €500k in Ballsbridge, Dalkey, Sallynoggin and Lismore

This budget bought cosy townhouses, a D4 apartment and a Georgian house and barn

Mon Feb 17 2020 - 06:00

Beckett’s Room review: A play with no performers and plenty of magic

Dublin Theatre Festival: Dead Centre’s ambitious new work depicts Beckett’s formative years in Nazi-occupied Paris

Tue Sept 24 2019 - 12:45

The play with no performers: Beckett’s Room is something between a conjuring act and a weird dream

As the world that made Samuel Beckett who he was becomes magically apparent, the point of Dead Centre’s unusual approach begins to makes sense

Sat Sept 07 2019 - 05:00

Dublin film festival highlights and guest stars revealed

Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival includes Alexandra McGuinness thriller

Wed Jan 23 2019 - 17:03

‘Resistance’: Baddasses of the Irish War of Independence

Review: The sequel to RTÉ’s ambitious ‘Rebellion’ take liberties – but it’s a drama, not a history lesson

Sun Jan 06 2019 - 22:35

‘Resistance’: Let the arguments about historical truths begin

Follow-up to ‘Rebellion’ is based on the War of Independence, and is keen to emphasise overlooked female stories

Sat Jan 05 2019 - 06:00

Taken Down: Everybody here had blood on their hands

Series finale review: RTÉ’s drama opened our eyes to an ugly Ireland we ordinarily never see

Mon Dec 10 2018 - 13:01

Taken Down: A major step forward for Irish television drama

Review: A sombre tale of desperate lives from Jo Spain and ‘Love/Hate’ creator Stuart Carolan

Sun Nov 04 2018 - 23:00

The Bisexual: A comedy that wants to have it both ways

Brian Gleeson is the straight man in a sex comedy set among millennial Londoners

Thu Oct 18 2018 - 19:25

Brian Gleeson: ‘For an actor the worst thing is to have a plan’

The actor on working with family and his portrait of masculinity in The Bisexual

Sat Oct 06 2018 - 05:00

Desiree Akhavan: ‘It’s very hard to come out as bisexual’

Sundance winner ‘The Miseducation of Cameron Post’ tells the story of a teen forced into ‘gay conversion’ therapy

Thu Sept 06 2018 - 04:00

RTÉ seeks €400,000 sponsor for new season of drama

‘Resistance’ and ‘Taken Down’ on broadcaster’s slate, alongside four BBC titles

Mon Aug 13 2018 - 05:56

Looking to change pace? Eight properties to tempt you to a new life

Rising rents, long commutes, the ceaseless hamster wheel of daily life. If a change of scenery is needed, there are plenty of opportunities to relocate

Sat Jun 09 2018 - 01:00

Aintree Grand National: 10 things you need to know

What, where, when, who are the favourites, the best of the Irish and the women to watch

Fri Apr 13 2018 - 13:53

Phantom Thread: Daniel Day-Lewis is pained and brilliant in his final film

Review: The actor plays a perfectionist artist who makes life a nightmare for those around him

Wed Jan 31 2018 - 11:52

Animated version of McCourt’s Angela and Shane MacGowan on RTÉ’s Christmas menu

An animated Frank McCourt story, a Fairytale of New York doc and Mrs Brown

Wed Dec 06 2017 - 14:49

Domhnall Gleeson: How is he using his ‘Star Wars’ success?

He’s writing a bawdy comedy with his brother and Michael McElhatton. Who wouldn’t? he asks

Sat Sept 30 2017 - 05:00

Darren Aronofsky: ‘My ego finds its way into all the films’

`Everything I do is autobiographical,' says the film-maker, so what are we to make of 'mother!', the maddest movie of the year, which stars his psychologically tortured real-life girlfriend Jennifer Lawrence

Thu Sept 14 2017 - 05:00