Lisa McGee

Jamie-Lee O’Donnell of Derry Girls: ‘It’s just nice to show the Derry we know’

With a new starring role in Screw, the actor is waving goodbye to Derry Girls’ Michelle

Thu Jan 06 2022 - 06:00

Derry Girls: Filming finally begins on third series, Lisa McGee confirms

Nicola Coughlan, Saoirse-Monica Jackson and the rest of the cast return for a final season

Thu Sept 23 2021 - 13:00

Patrick Kielty is back to psychoanalyse Northern Ireland

TV review: The comedian explores the North’s centenary in One Hundred Years of Union

Thu Sept 16 2021 - 23:59

Alix O’Neill: ‘It’s a lovely thing to be just very Northern Irish’

Author says Derry Girls gave her and others ‘license to tell the other side of the Troubles’

Sat Jun 26 2021 - 06:00

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

Bridgerton’s Nicola Coughlan: Now women can be obnoxious eejits too – thank God

My Derry Girls and Bridgerton roles show women our complex, stupid selves on screen

Mon Mar 08 2021 - 06:00

Angela Scanlon on life in London: ‘I am Irish through and through’

The presenter on Irishness, the excitement of live TV and the upside of lockdown

Sat Feb 06 2021 - 06:00

Virgin Media backs 10 short films in €150,000 festival scheme

Competition run with Screen Ireland aims to support Irish industry at development stage

Wed Jan 13 2021 - 05:00

Derry Girls’ Nicola Coughlan: ‘I was, like, Are you serious? I’m not this gigantic sumo wrestler’

The actor, who’s about to star in Bridgerton, on body image, activism and doing chores for her mum

Mon Dec 14 2020 - 13:12

Virgin Media film competition judges include Abrahamson and McGee

Irish industry ‘very conscious’ of need for more development funding, says Bill Malone

Fri Nov 13 2020 - 04:41

‘We were glued to it’: John King’s Irish cousin on CNN’s magic election wall

TV anchor says Irish interest in his election coverage is ‘very kind and flattering’

Tue Nov 10 2020 - 15:55

‘It begins in Doonloughan’: CNN’s John King maps his Irish ancestry

US TV anchor says a visit to Connemara home of his forefathers is ‘long overdue’

Sun Nov 08 2020 - 23:47

US Election: CNN’s John King wins Irish viewers’ votes

Derry Girls screenwriter Lisa McGee tweeted ‘is@JohnKingCNN Irish yet?’

Fri Nov 06 2020 - 19:21

How nuns schooled today’s torch-bearers of feminism

A generation of female superheroes in tartan skirts and gabardines

Tue Oct 20 2020 - 00:00

Normal People’s Paul Mescal stars in Virgin Media One drama

The Deceived is part of TV station’s new season with Charlton and other documentaries

Fri Aug 28 2020 - 06:00

Virgin Media Television expects to lose a quarter of ad revenue in 2020

Broadcaster eyes return of sport, new Paul Mescal drama and push into podcasts

Tue Aug 04 2020 - 11:17

Graham Norton, Aisling Bea, Catastrophe and Derry Girls nominated for Baftas

Sharon Horgan and Lisa McGee’s comedies join chatshow host in running for TV awards

Fri Jun 05 2020 - 10:48

Virgin Media’s Generation Dating set to travel to Australia after Cannes interest

Laura Dowling pitched idea for ‘uplifting’ show at annual staff workshop

Mon Feb 10 2020 - 05:00

Blood, rugby and two trips to Love Island for Virgin Media Television in 2020

Broadcaster previews spring schedule amid ‘challenging’ environment for media industry

Thu Jan 09 2020 - 16:15

Patrick Freyne: The best of TV in 2019 and what to watch this year

Funniest programmes are of the hand-drawn variety like Rick and Morty

Fri Jan 03 2020 - 05:00