Live theatre was getting interesting. Then Covid arrived
Several new plays were due on the country’s big stages, a rare sight
Iftas: Normal People arrives too late for ‘virtual’ awards
Jessie Buckley and Niamh Algar among nominees for Irish Film and TV Awards
The 50 best Irish films ever made, in order
Donald Clarke and Tara Brady's definitive list has more than a few surprises
Richard Dormer: The Laois footballer who became a US police commissioner
America at Large: Emigrant excelled in US but never forgot his roots or his sporting passions
Game of Thrones: The Irish actors, ranked
Irish actors play some of the best characters: earthy Ser Davos, tough Catelyn Stark, vile Joffrey
The Lyric Theatre at 50: a cultural bridge in a divided city
It opened its doors on the cusp of the Troubles, but Belfast’s Lyric has survived
Joe Duffy’s Educate Together spat is pure Liveline panto
Review: Duffy is getting his practice in for his role in the upcoming Snow White panto
Good Vibrations review: Fast pace, high energy and sardonic good humour
This stage version of Terri Hooley’s story makes the transition from film with style
Rellik: The TV show that gives you everything back except your time
The gimmick in Rellik is to tell a detective story in reverse. It’s not too late to back out now
Bojack Horseman: not puns or pastiche, but great comedy pedigree
The Netflix series, which has celebrity guests fighting for a place, is in it for the long run
‘People might be cross that some English bloke has desecrated a classic’
Director Seán Holmes had never seen The Plough and the Stars staged – until his current version went up at the Abbey Theatre
Amy Conroy: ‘I didn’t know how to be the girl I was supposed to be’
Conroy’s new play is about the journey made by transgender people, but more than anything, says the writer, it’s about families
Was the demise of the Celtic Tiger the saviour of Irish theatre?
New anthology explores how playwrights responded to a country - and a theatre - in crisis
Television: Blizzard of oddballs trapped in a cold climate
Review: ‘Fortitude’, starring Sophie Grabol, Stanley Tucci and Christopher Ecclestone; Room to Improve; Phil Spencer: Secret Agent; Touched By Auschwitz; and How to Get Way With Murder
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