The toon they love so well
Tyneside Irish Centre has been thrust in the spotlight due to a recent documentary highlighting the family connections of TV’s favourite duo Ant and...
Let there be Light
Sean Sexton, from Clare, is renowned for his collections of historic photographs ranging from the earliest daguerrotypes (the earliest photographs) to the Famine clearances...
When two superpowers collide
Actor Ronan Raftery tells David Hennessy about his new play about a high stakes chess match played between a Soviet and an American set...
Island mentality
David Hennessy talks to Peter Coonan about the forgotten Ireland depicted in Dark Lies the Island, getting away from his Love/Hate character Fran and...
The sins of the Daddy
David Hennessy spoke to Pat Shortt about his dark turn in Dark Lies the Island, the dark side of Ireland it depicts and the...
RTE selling four paintings in London
RTÉ are putting four paintings up for auction at Sotheby’s in London today as the national broadcaster seeks to raise funds.
Two of the artworks...
Band of brothers
Rhys Kirkby-Cox tells David Hennessy what inspires Everyone You Know’s music, about being in a band with his brother and about his Irish family..
“We...
Young, free and Dingle
By David Hennessy
The duo of Pauline Scanlon and John Spillane are coming to London’s Irish Cultural Centre. Dingle singer Pauline has been singing professionally...
Death of one of Ireland’s greatest ever raconteurs, Niall Tóibín, at 89
President Michael D Higgins is leading tributes to one of Ireland's greatest raconteurs, Niall Tóibín, who has died after a long illness, aged 89.
In...
Nadine Coyle and Andrew Maxwell for I’m A Celebrity
Girls Aloud star Nadine Coyle and Dublin comedian Andrew Maxwell are to brave the jungle in this year's I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out...