Christy: Clattering, noisy, joyful portrait of life in a troubled north Cork suburb
Film-maker Brendan Canty’s debut feature finds the sweet spot between geezer romp and gritty social realism
Chris Walley
Brendan Canty on his film Christy: ‘The Brits loved that it was from Cork. They thought there was an exotic flavour to that’
The director, who made a name for himself with the video for Hozier’s mega-hit Take Me to Church in 2013, on joining forces with the BBC for his feature film debut
The Young Offenders Christmas Special review: Where’s Jock? Without him, Conor’s firearm foxer isn’t quite a cracker
Chris Walley’s charismatic tearaway is still in prison on drug charges, leaving his best pal, the Knocknaheeny scamp Conor, flying solo
The Young Offenders deserves better than to be dumped on RTÉ’s online player
Television: Handed a hit comedy by the BBC, RTÉ has once again fumbled its big punchline
The Sugar Wife review: Siobhán Cullen and Chris Walley star in elegant revival of drama loaded with moral quandaries
Annabelle Comyn stages professional rendering of well-made play in which affluent Dublin couple are challenged by arrival of two visitors
Young Offenders star Chris Walley: ‘What is it about Cork? I dunno. That’s a dangerous question to ask a Cork person’
The Young Offenders star’s busy schedule continues with the Abbey Theatre production of Elizabeth Kuti’s The Sugar Wife
TV guide: 12 of the best new shows to watch, beginning tonight
June 2nd-7th: From the Norman invasion of Ireland to an appraisal of unassuming rock god Rory Gallagher
Young Offenders star Alex Murphy: ‘For Roy Keane to be eager to be on the show was just mad’
The hit comedy, which returns to the BBC next week, was the actor’s first professional work. So he didn’t expect a Cork sporting legend to arrive on set
It’s an Irish ‘cultural phenomenon’ – but Irish TV can’t afford to show it yet
No joke: The BBC has begun publicising the next series of The Young Offenders, but RTÉ has deferred its broadcast of the comedy until 2025
The Young Offenders: The original fecking eejits are back
Review: The return of our soft-hearted, soft-headed Cork yobs is right on form
The Young Offenders: ‘A Cork accent is a bizarre noise to come out of a mouth’
With a new series about to hit screens, thanks to streaming services – and subtitles – the show’s cult following has spread globally
Alex Murphy: On My Culture Radar
The Cork actor on the influence of Cillian Murphy, the comedy of Theo Von, and Shia LaBeouf’s biopic
The Young Offenders contains more Cork accents than in past decade on RTÉ
Review: It’s almost as if metropolitan life exists beyond Dublin. What dark alchemy is this?
Irish actor named as one of Britain’s rising stars
Niamh Algar, who will star in Ridley Scott’s latest sci-fi, joins Bafta’s emerging talent list
Young offenders star Chris Walley wins Olivier award
Cork actor wins award for his work in Martin McDonagh’s The Lieutenant of Inishmore
‘Mrs Brown’s Boys’ special ‘Exotic Mammy’ tops Christmas ratings
First festive special for ‘The Young Offenders’ helps draw younger viewers to RTÉ
‘Young Offenders’: ‘Who knew little old Cork would travel so well?’
The comedy’s enormous success surprised everyone, not least its stars Alex Murphy and Chris Walley
Appetite for Irish film in London continues to grow
Irish Film Festival London returns next week for eighth year
Irish actor and producer named among rising stars in Britain
Chris Walley from ‘Young Offenders’ and movie producer Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly on Bafta emerging talent list
IFTA TV awards: ‘Derry Girls’, ‘Young Offenders’ among winners
Broadcaster Shay Healy also received a lifetime achievement award at the ceremony
The Young Offenders: As hilarious as it is touching. A perfect finale
After this masterpiece, the contagious double act are sure to be repeat offenders
The Young Offenders: Cork’s adorable teenage criminals
Review: The hit Irish film is now a TV series, and its comedy has grown in confidence
The Young Offenders: Breaking into the English Market
The runaway success of the film has led to a BBC series and a new level of attention in Cork
From Derry Girls to Cork offenders: unmissable TV for 2018
Ring out (or recommission) the old; ring in the new: here’s what to stay tuned for in the new year
The Young Offenders is to become a TV series
The BBC/RTÉ co-production to get a six-episode run - and the Cork accents are staying
Iftas 2017: ‘The Young Offenders’ leads film nominations
‘The Siege of Jadotville’ also secures seven nods, while TG4 series ‘Klondike’ scores 10
How Cork cocaine caper The Young Offenders struck comedy gold
Cork actors Alex Murphy and Chris Walley are a perfect double act in new Irish movie The Young Offenders. And their comic banter is as hilarious off-screen
The Young Offenders review: hugely funny, genuinely sweet Irish comedy
Chris Walley and Alex Murphy create a magnificent comic partnership as two idiots on the hunt for a missing suitcase of cocaine in Peter Foott’s charming debut
Mad Mary and Young Offenders take Galway Film Fleadh by storm
The two films are the pick of a crop that reveals the breadth of talent in Irish film
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