Alan Corr

Multimedia Journalist

Ae fond Pogue: Shane MacGowan performing with The Pogues in the Netherlands in 1986

Shane MacGowan: Twilight of a Celtic champion

Growing up betwixt the auld triangulation points of Irish rebel songs, the rutted boreens of Tipperary and the din of London, Shane Patrick Lysaght MacGowan always seemed bound for some kind of ragged glory.

Music • 02 Dec 23

Patrick Kielty pictured with Poppy Madden (6) from Carlow, Danny Sheehan (8) from Wexford, Layla Ibegu (10), Kyle Deane (8) and Darcy Ramsbottom (6), revealing the theme for this year's Late Late Toy Show

To your good Elf! Kielty reveals Toy Show theme

Patrick Kielty has revealed that Elf the movie will be the theme for tonight's Late Late Toy Show - and he says that watching the much-loved seasonal comedy with his family has become a Christmas tradition in his house.

Late Late Toy Show • 24 Nov 23

Patrick gets a pizza action with brother and sister Naoise and Oisín from Drogheda

Review: Kielty is everyone's Buddy on Toy Show debut

Can Patrick Kielty fill those recently vacated pointed, curly winklepickers? Yes, he can.

Late Late Toy Show • 26 Nov 23

Review: Napoleon: big on battles, small on detail

Veteran director Ridley Scott unleashes his own Napoleon complex in this uneven but never less than thrilling account of the French military leader and dictator

Movie Review • 22 Nov 23

Khalid Abdalla as Dodi Fayed in The Crown

Crown star says it was his duty to honour Dodi Fayed

Khalid Abdalla has said that playing Dodi Fayed in the sixth and final season of The Crown was a major responsibility and that it was his duty to dignify a man who is often overlooked when it comes to Princess Diana's story.

Television • 17 Nov 23

The Crown 6 - Diana: Ghost protocol: Elizabeth Debicki (left) as Diana and Imelda Staunton as Queen Elizabeth II

Review: The Crown: Are you ready for Ghost Diana?

If ever a review of the new season of a hit TV drama didn't need a spoiler alert it's The Crown.

Television • 20 Nov 23

Khalid Abdalla as Dodi Fayed and Elizabeth Debicki as Diana in season six of The Crown

The Crown star Debicki relives Diana's final night

Elizabeth Debicki, who reprises her role as Princess Diana in the final season of The Crown, has said that a very emotional scene involving Princes Harry and William was a joy to shoot and was one of her favourite moments of her time on the show.

Television • 16 Nov 23

The Scratch: a kind of headbanging session music. Credit: Faolán Carey

The Scratch: Celtic prog rock fusion, anyone?

Is it metal? Is it trad? Who cares - as long as it sounds like The Scratch. The band's front man Jordan "Jordo" O'Leary talks to Alan Corr

Music • 13 Nov 23

Robbie Williams comes undone in new Netflix series

Television • 10 Nov 23

Gabriel Byrne: droll fatalism and darts of dark humour

Gabriel Byrne just about saves new Beckett biopic

There's no faulting Gabriel Byrne's portrayal of Samuel Beckett in The Theory of Everything director James Marsh's handsome but meandering movie about the literary giant.

Movies • 08 Nov 23