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THE EARLIE KING & THE KID IN YELLOW – DANNY DENTON (GRANTA)

February 8, 2018
LITERARY dystopias have become commonplace in recent times. But what distinguishes this ambitious debut... Read more »

SPRING SEASON SCHEDULE – TV3

January 25, 2018
DAMP SQUIB would be a polite description for the launch earlier this month of... Read more »

BLOOD TIDE – CLAIRE McGOWAN (HEADLINE)

January 25, 2018
THIS IS the fifth book in Claire McGowan’s “Ulster noir” series which sees Northern... Read more »

THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI – DIRECTED BY MARTIN McDONAGH

January 25, 2018
MARTIN McDONAGH’S Three Billboards… arrives in Ireland garlanded with four Golden Globes (best drama,... Read more »

MRS OSMOND -JOHN BANVILLE (VIKING)

January 11, 2018
IN HIS latest novel, John Banville picks up where Henry James left off at... Read more »

GETAWAYS – RTÉ 1

January 11, 2018
IT BEING January, holiday shows are a TV staple along with the get-fit programmes.... Read more »

HERE AND GONE – HAYLEN BECK (HARVILL SECKER)

January 11, 2018
HAYLEN BECK is the pen name of Northern Irish crime writer Stuart Neville, who... Read more »

OH MY GOD WHAT A COMPLETE AISLING – SARAH BREEN / EMER MCLYSAGHT

December 14, 2017
THE NOVEL Oh My God What A Complete Aisling began life as a Facebook... Read more »

MY ASTONISHING SELF – (RTÉ 1)

December 14, 2017
IN recent years, a growing trend is evident towards arts documentaries presented by celebrities... Read more »

THE RED SHOES – GATE THEATRE

December 14, 2017
AS A new era takes hold at the Gate under Selina Cartmell, one thing... Read more »

LET THE RIGHT ONE IN – ABBEY THEATRE

November 30, 2017
VAMPIRES SMELL funny. Or at least they do according to Swedish writer John Ajvide... Read more »

he: A NOVEL – JOHN CONNOLLY (HODDER & STOUGHTON)

November 30, 2017
THE “he” of John Connolly’s title is Arthur Stanley Jefferson, born in Lancashire and... Read more »

FUNNY BUSINESS – ALAN SHATTER (POOLBEG)

November 30, 2017
IT’S EASY to mock Alan Shatter and it’s very hard to like him. This... Read more »

POSTCARDS FROM THE LEDGE – GAIETY THEATRE

November 2, 2017
WHEN THE curtain rises on the latest Ross O’Carroll Kelly play, the ‘Ledge’ stands... Read more »

THE WARRIOR’S CODE – JACKIE TYRRELL (TRINITY MIRROR)

November 2, 2017
JACKIE TYRRELL is selfish. That’s not Goldhawk’s assessment, it’s Tyrrell’s own. On no fewer... Read more »

Roddy Doyle’s ‘Smile’

November 2, 2017
THROUGHOUT his successful writing career, Roddy Doyle has been associated mostly with candid depictions... Read more »

DUBLIN THEATRE FESTIVAL

October 19, 2017
AS THE 60th Dublin Theatre Festival concluded last weekend, a major hit to get... Read more »

THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER – DIRECTED BY YORGOS LANTHIMOS

October 19, 2017
THERE ARE many things that may justify a release being called an Irish film.... Read more »

DUBLIN THEATRE FESTIVAL

October 5, 2017
AT 60, Dublin Theatre Festival is the grand dame of Ireland’s cultural calendar. But... Read more »

MIDWINTER BREAK – BERNARD MacLAVERTY (JONATHAN CAPE)

October 5, 2017
KNOWN MAINLY for his skillfully crafted short stories, Bernard MacLaverty’s first novel since 2001... Read more »

GERRY ADAMS: AN UNAUTHORISED LIFE – MALACHI O’DOHERTY (FABER AND FABER)

September 21, 2017
LIKE him or loath him – as Malachi O’Doherty repeatedly intones – Gerry Adams... Read more »

THIS FAMILY OF THINGS – ALISON JAMESON (DOUBLEDAY IRELAND)

September 21, 2017
SET IN Ireland and America, the story revolves around the Keegan family, a brother... Read more »

MOON DOGS – DIRECTED BY PHILLIP JOHN

September 21, 2017
MUCH-HYPED as a possible breakthrough for hotly tipped young Irish actress Tara Lee, Phillip... Read more »

THE DRUMMER AND THE KEEPER – Directed by Nick Kelly

September 21, 2017
As a sensitive and nuanced depiction of mental health problems and developmental disorders, Nick... Read more »

SCHEDULES WAR – RTÉ v TV3

September 7, 2017
OUTDATED IDEAS, over-familiar faces and second-hand formats dominate the autumn schedules recently unveiled by... Read more »

MARRIED QUARTERS – SHANE CONNAUGHTON (DOUBLEDAY IRELAND)

September 7, 2017
SET IN the fictional border town of Butlershill, this sequel to Connaughton’s 1989 short... Read more »

The Mooney Show

August 24, 2017
DEREK MOONEY and Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh are natural born fillers. All broadcasting involves a... Read more »

Love in Row 27

August 24, 2017
Eithne Shorthall – (Corvus) THIS DEBUT novel by the arts correspondent with the Sunday... Read more »

GAA Coverage

August 24, 2017
RTÉ v SKY SPORTS FOLLOWING Waterford’s epic win over Kilkenny in the hurling championship... Read more »

SOLAR BONES – MIKE McCORMACK (CANONGATE)

August 10, 2017
LONGLISTED LAST month for the 2017 Man Booker Prize (along with Sebastian Barry’s Days... Read more »

CRESTFALL – PEACOCK THEATRE

August 10, 2017
Siobhan Cullen YOU CAN’T accuse the Abbey’s new directors of being cautious. It takes... Read more »

KEN EARLY POLITICAL PODCAST – SECOND CAPTAINS WORLD SERVICE

August 10, 2017
Ken Early WHEN THE Second Captains sports team left The Irish Times stable of... Read more »

THE BLOOD MIRACLES – LISA McINERNEY (JOHN MURRAY)

July 27, 2017
THE FOLLOW-UP to Lisa McInerney’s award-winning 2015 debut, The Glorious Heresies, returns to the... Read more »

PILGRIMAGE – DIRECTED BY BRENDAN MULDOWNEY

July 27, 2017
THE MEDIEVAL thriller Pilgrimageí opens with a scene that could be read as a... Read more »

All sizzle, no steak at the Gate

July 27, 2017
FEW SHOWS in Irish theatre have prompted as much anticipation as Gatsby at the... Read more »

ROOM – ABBEY THEATRE

July 13, 2017
NEARLY a decade on, Emma O’Donoghue’s breakthrough story keeps on giving. It was only... Read more »

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