UK company takes control of Irish maker of Normal People
Fremantle acquires majority stake in Element Pictures, co-founded by Ed Guiney
Conversations with Friends: How we made the new Sally Rooney TV drama
Director Lenny Abrahamson and cast talk about adapting the author’s debut novel
Cannes 2022: God’s Creatures starring Paul Mescal to premiere at upcoming festival
‘Special screening’ planned for offbeat horror film starring Kerry woman Jessie Buckley
Mother’s Day: Ten of the best and worst moms in cinema
The fanatical mother of Carrie, the self-sacrificing Mildred Pierce, the baddass Sarah Connor
Oscars 2022: 11 great Irish moments at the Academy Awards
Daniel Day-Lewis, Brenda Fricker and many others have taken home an Oscar to Ireland
Belfast’s waning Oscar prospects: The film could go home with not a single award
In ‘the curse of the early favourite’, Kenneth Branagh’s film has lots of nominations but few wins
Parents and carers face ‘barriers’ in Irish screen industry, report finds
Raising Films calls for change as women report losing work after becoming mothers
Normal People's Daisy Edgar-Jones: ‘Is this how our 20s are supposed to be?’
The actor on modern dating, her Irish connections and dealing with sudden fame
Former lord mayor Hazel Chu launches Seanad byelection campaign
Greens councillor running as Independent for the vacant University of Dublin seat
Matt Damon’s The Last Duel big winner in tax relief for films
Disney’s Disenchanted only other film to recieve betweem €10m and €30m in support
Patrick Freyne: The pandemic can’t end until Sally Rooney’s Conversations With Friends airs
The big shows I’m anticipating in 2022, featuring Baby Yoda and my wife’s other husband
How to go from Rathmines to working with Hollywood’s A-list
Oscar-winning Irish director Benjamin Cleary on his thought-provoking metaphysical sci-fi debut
Going to college? Head to the open days in universities around the country
When are they on and what’s on offer? Key facts about 2021-2022 open days
Iftas 2021: Posthumous award for ‘searing’ Nika McGuigan is the moment of the night
The hit TV adaptation Normal People converts nine of its 15 nominations into Iftas
Iftas 2021: Normal People, Smother and Dating Amber top nominations
Sally Rooney adaption scoops 15 nominations. Nika McGuigan up for posthumous award
Sometimes the green jersey really doesn't fit
If the producer is Irish, does that make it an Irish film?
Cannes film festival 2021: Irish-produced movie secures place in prestigious Directors’ Fortnight
Element Pictures’ The Souvenir Part II stars Honor Swinton Byrne and Tilda Swinton
Tom Hickey obituary: An actor with a vocation for his craft
‘In this country, where most of the population are play-actors ... it’s bound to yield players’
House in Joyce’s The Dead to be turned into hostel despite Tóibín appeal
Bord Pleanála approves plans following objections from authors, poets and An Taisce
Eve Hewson: ‘I’m really lucky I grew up in Ireland, not LA’
The Irish actor on shyness, nightmares and getting to know her native country again
The making of Home School Hub: ‘Probably one of the best things I’ve ever done’
Makers and múinteoirí of RTÉ’s homeschool programme on teaching through the pandemic
The best sex scene ever? The puppet copulation in Team America
As a summation of every cinematic evasion about the sexual act it is close to perfect
Virgin Media backs 10 short films in €150,000 festival scheme
Competition run with Screen Ireland aims to support Irish industry at development stage
Patrick Freyne’s TV of 2021: More Sally Rooney ridey stuff and a return to Middle Earth
Small-screen highlights in case telly remains as important as it was last year
Patrick Freyne’s TV moments of 2020: I've replaced my college memories with Normal People
In a year when TV had a lot of heavy lifting to do, let's celebrate some small screen highlights
Virgin Media film competition judges include Abrahamson and McGee
Irish industry ‘very conscious’ of need for more development funding, says Bill Malone
BBC delivers a cliché of British TV drama: Sarah Greene’s alcoholic Irish woman
Greene plays an Irish journalist opposite Hugh Laurie’s Boris Johnson-like politician in Roadkill
Netflix: The best 50 films to watch right now
There’s been another major turnover but catch the classics while you can
Miriam Lord: Taoiseach and Tánaiste see red over ‘Level 5 leak’
Leo rages at public health chief; Cap’n Grealish frets about the arts; Harris and Holohan framed
Paul Mescal’s GAA shorts sell for €850 at charity auction
Flag from Lowry’s Open Championship victory top seller for Jack & Jill foundation
Normal People benefited from the pandemic, says Lenny Abrahamson
Abrahamson and Nadine Reid featured on day two of The Irish Times Summer Nights Festival
David McWilliams: ‘Ireland is three decisions away from being a perfect country’
McWilliams and Dermot Bannon were the first guests at the Irish Times Summer Nights Festival
‘Chronic’ RTÉ funding meant Normal People taken to BBC – Lenny Abrahamson
Director says RTÉ did not have funds to develop series, now an international sensation
Sean Moncrieff: Any eejit can set up a social media account. And many do
Social media is addictive. It makes our kids anxious. It spies on us. We regularly see forgeries and bare-faced lies
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