Saoirse Ronan

For the Irish actor, whose on-screen roles include Brooklyn and Bad Sisters, making the move to go behind the camera is a proud, slightly nerve-racking moment with her new film Kathleen Is Here

In Steve McQueen’s movie, the Irish star plays a distraught mother during the Luftwaffe’s raids on London during the second World War

We’re all just trying to find needles of genuine authority in the haystacks of charlatanism. Aren’t we?

There is much to recommend this addiction dram directed by Nora Fingscheidt and co-produced by Ronan, who also excels in her first present-day film role in nearly a decade

The 30-year-old star has already navigated nearly 20 years in the film industry. As The Outrun arrives, she talks about the challenges and what comes next

From Paul Mescal in Gladiator II and Cate Blanchett in Disclaimer to Nick Cave at 3Arena and Brian Maguire at the Hugh Lane

Actor takes to the red carpet at the Light House cinema for Irish premiere of Nora Fingscheidt’s latest film, The Outrun

Paddy McKillen’s wine embarks on a voyage to America; bread giants have a word about a word; while the National Gallery of Ireland is unsure about language requirements

The writer on finding the confidence to trace the journey of his character Eilis in follow-up novel Long Island

Young Irish people are growing up with an unreasonable sense of confidence. St Patrick’s weekend is an ideal chance to correct the record

Actor ‘gutted’ to miss out on role in hugely successful film

Donald Clarke: Didn’t realise the Bear and Bottoms star is from the Emerald Isle? Sure she’s from Inisherin

Against all odds – and the best efforts of studio executives – 2024 is going to be a fantastic year for cinema

Before performing in Dublin, the producer, musician and artist Johnny Jewel explains why The Weeknd is a fine actor, outlines his ‘visual approach’ to making music and debunks myths surrounding the Chromatics album that never happened

Intermittently engaging sci-fi abounds with ideas but feels stagey

Ireland’s two most celebrated young actors appear on film together for the first time in Foe, Garth Davis’s cerebral sci-fi drama

Emer McLysaght: Thanks to the home-grown brand for making me fall in love with Ireland through the eyes of wholesome content creators

The four-time Oscar nominee from Ireland says she does not take for granted ‘the incredible stock’ she comes from

While the Irish scenes in the novel are set in Enniscorthy, it is extremely rare that the movie of a novel will be filmed in the actual streets and buildings depicted in the original story, as happened with Brooklyn

Liam Bluett has been collecting autographed photographs of actors such as Liam Neeson, Maureen O’Hara and Saoirse Ronan since he was a schoolboy working in Shannon Airport in 1964