Graham Linehan

Father Ted writer part of group suing over alleged discrimination in Belfast pub

Graham Linehan and other campaigners had taken part in a 'Let Women Speak' rally and allege they were refused service at a bar

Mon Sept 16 2024 - 15:44

‘People say it must be hard to parody Cummings and Gove. And I say yes’

Father Ted creator Arthur Mathews on his new spoof of Boris Johnson’s former adviser

Tue Dec 08 2020 - 05:00

Twitter closes Graham Linehan account after trans comment

Account of Father Ted creator suspended over ‘hateful conduct’ rules breach

Sat Jun 27 2020 - 12:53

Feel Good: A masterpiece of a sitcom starring Mae Martin as Mae Martin

Actor says her newly-sober character is close to where she was 10 years ago

Mon Mar 16 2020 - 05:00

Ardal O’Hanlon: ‘I was always this weird, watchful kind of kid’

The comedian on stand-up terror, growing up with a politician for a dad, and Father Ted

Sat Sept 28 2019 - 05:00

BAI rejects complaints about Prime Time’s transgender programme

Programme treated issue ‘fairly’ and presented information in an ‘objective manner’

Tue Sept 24 2019 - 13:13

Fawlty Towers named greatest British sitcom of all time

Father Ted, written by Arthur Mathews and Graham Linehan, came second, with I’m Alan Partridge in third

Tue Apr 09 2019 - 08:57

Prime Time transgender report is ‘delicate, if a little patronising’

TV Review: Contributions of ‘Fr Ted’ writer Graham Linehan are ‘fantastically off-topic’

Wed Jan 23 2019 - 05:52

Transgender people to protest at RTÉ over ‘Prime Time’ interview with Graham Linehan

RTÉ says it hopes viewers will find the programme ‘a fair and responsible examination’ of issue

Tue Jan 22 2019 - 14:03

Graham Linehan: Trans activists ‘don’t realise the damage’ they do

Petition calls on RTÉ to drop the writer from ‘Prime Time’ report on transgender issues

Mon Jan 21 2019 - 17:30

Graham Linehan given harassment warning after ‘transphobia’ report

‘Father Ted’ co-creator is reported by trans activist for social media comments

Sun Oct 07 2018 - 16:02

Dylan Moran: ‘Smoking or breathing, one of them had to go’

Comedian on the ‘cult’ of Catholicism, his love of poetry and giving up fags and booze

Fri Jul 13 2018 - 15:49

Graham Linehan says he is now cancer-free one day after revealing diagnosis

‘Father Ted’ creator says he will not have to undergo chemotherapy after testicular surgery

Thu Jun 28 2018 - 13:26

‘Father Ted’ is set to return as a musical

Graham Linehan says ‘Pope Ted—The Father Ted Musical’ will be the ‘real final episode’

Sat Jun 02 2018 - 16:11

Sharon Horgan: It gets boring saying: ‘I’m Irish, actually’

The writer and actor raised on a farm in Co Meath is now a vital chronicler of London life

Sat Mar 03 2018 - 05:00

Careful now: Will we ever stop talking about Father Ted?

Twenty years and thousands of repeats later, Ireland still lives in Craggy Island’s shadow

Sat Jan 20 2018 - 06:15

Sharon Horgan's ‘Motherland’ makes me realise why I don’t have kids

TV3’s Muireann O’Connell reveals her favourite TV show, album, book and restaurant

Sat Dec 09 2017 - 05:00

Motherland: accomplished first outing for Sharon Horgan, Graham Linehan sitcom

With the parentage of writers Sharon Horgan, Graham Linehan, Helen Linehan and Holly Walsh, Motherland has great comic genes

Wed Nov 08 2017 - 12:49

A Fechin great buy: church in Termonfeckin for €130K

St Fechin’s Church, in the hometown of the creator of Father Ted, is for sale

Tue Oct 24 2017 - 13:50

The Ladykillers review: at last, some killer roles for women

Graham Linehan’s staging of the Ealing comedy features an all-female cast for the first time, but the quality of the performances means tokenism is not an issue

Mon Jun 19 2017 - 22:04

Slack committed to growing its Dublin office amid EMEA expansion

James Sherrett says Dublin will play a ‘crucial role’ in business messaging tool

Thu Jun 15 2017 - 07:45

'You can't afford to take their word for it. The church has tentacles everywhere'

Radio review: ‘Father Ted’ writer Graham Linehan, talking to Newstalk’s Sean Moncrieff, is clear on his opposition to the nuns owning the National Maternity Hospital

Fri Apr 28 2017 - 12:00

Exiled, bitter and full of self-pity: Maybe I do feel Irish after all

There are upsides to being an immigrant. Yet I fear I will end up like one of John McGahern’s placeless people

Thu Mar 16 2017 - 06:00

30 Irish women you need to know

To mark International Women’s Day on Wednesday, here are 30 women who are shaping Irish life

Sat Mar 04 2017 - 06:15

Donald Trump in quotes: 10 outrageous remarks

A short collection of headline-grabbing comments from the US president-elect

Thu Nov 10 2016 - 14:23

Sharon Horgan: from Catastrophe to Divorce

Interviews of the Year: This highly successful, Bafta award-winning writer and actor is currently running two television shows, but when it comes to the trappings of fame she still feels like an outsider

Fri Oct 07 2016 - 10:00

So what’s hot and what’s not this week?

Hurray for hot chocolate, boo to those lost Ear Pods

Fri Sept 16 2016 - 16:00

Chicago’s Maggie McEldowney crowned Rose of Tralee 2016

Winner says she wants to change public perception that festival is a beauty pageant

Wed Aug 24 2016 - 13:18

Adam Buxton brings David Bowie show to Dublin

Adam Buxton made his name with ‘The Adam and Joe Show’. Now he podcasts, is working with Graham Linehan, and is bringing his David Bowie special to Ireland

Sat Jul 23 2016 - 05:00