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Irish actors Daryl McCormack and Fiona Shaw posing for pictures on the red carpet

Irish stars McCormack and Shaw join Pride and Prejudice

Irish actors Daryl McCormack and Fiona Shaw have joined the cast of Netflix's upcoming Pride and Prejudice adaptation.

Irish stars' whodunnit to open BFI London Film Festival

The BFI London Film Festival 2025 will open with the international premiere of the third mystery in the Knives Out series - the latest film starring Irish actors Daryl McCormack and Andrew Scott.

Movies • 12 Jul

Glen Powell goes down a storm in Twisters

Glen Powell is a tornado-chasing Rhett Butler who oozes southern charm as he takes on Daisy Edgar-Jones' storm chaser in this entertaining blockbuster sequel.

Movie Review • 19 Jul 24

Daryl McCormack joins Andrew Scott in Knives Out sequel

Daryl McCormack has joined his fellow Irish actor Andrew Scott in Netflix's next Knives Out movie, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery.

Movies • 01 Jun 24

Nicola Coughlan, Jamie Dornan, Louisa Harland and Daryl McCormack among Irish actors longlisted for National Television Awards

Irish stars nominated for UK National Television Awards

Irish actors Nicola Coughlan, Jamie Dornan, Louisa Harland, Daryl McCormack and Aiden Turner are among the Drama Performance nominees longlisted for this year's National Television Awards in the UK.

Television • 22 May 24

Daryl McCormack - Among stars of big-screen adaptation of sci-fi action classic

Daryl McCormack among stars of 2000 AD's Rogue Trooper

Irish actor Daryl McCormack (Bad Sisters, Good Luck to You, Leo Grande) is among the stars of Rogue Trooper, an animated adaptation of the iconic 2000 AD comic adventure with Moon's Duncan Jones writing and directing.

Movies • 30 Jan 24

Irish star Daryl McCormack in new thriller The Lesson

Tipperary actor Daryl McCormack is back on the big screen next month - and in the best of company - in the new thriller The Lesson.

Movies • 22 Aug 23

Daryl McCormack - Twisters due in cinemas in July 2024

Daryl McCormack to star in Twister sequel

It is reported that Bad Sisters' Daryl McCormack is to star opposite Normal People's Daisy Edgar-Jones and Top Gun: Maverick's Glen Powell in Twisters - the sequel to the 1996 box office hit Twister.

Movies • 22 May 23

(L-R) - Sharon Horgan, Colin Farrell, Caitríona Balfe and Paul Mescal are among this year's IFTA nominees

IFTA winners to be announced in Dublin tonight

The films The Banshees of Inisherin and Aisha and the TV series Bad Sisters and The Dry will be among the leading contenders at the Irish Film and Television Awards in Dublin tonight.

Movies • 07 May 23

The Banshees of Inisherin's Barry Keoghan and Kerry Condon are first-time BAFTA winners

Banshees wins four BAFTAs, An Cailín Ciúin misses out

The Banshees of Inisherin's writer-director Martin McDonagh and stars Kerry Condon and Barry Keoghan were among the winners at the British Academy Film Awards - the BAFTAs - in London on Sunday night - but An Cailín Ciúin missed out in its two categories.

Movies • 20 Feb 23

Daryl McCormack: "I am a fan of all Irish actors for years so to have a night where they are being celebrated is quite fun."

Daryl McCormack hails 'Irish BAFTAs' on red carpet

Best Actor nominee Daryl McCormack joked he was attending the "Irish Baftas" as he walked the red carpet at the annual event.

Baftas • 19 Feb 23

Daryl McCormack: 'it all happened very quickly'

Double Bafta nominee Daryl McCormack has admitted that seeing Emma Thompson's Oscars really put him under pressure as he pushed for a part in a movie with her.

Movies • 28 Jan 23

The Late Late Show, RTÉ One and RTÉ Player, Friday, 9:35pm

Irish star first guest revealed for Friday's Late Late

An Irish actor with a big month ahead is the first guest announced for this Friday's Late Late Show on RTÉ One and the RTÉ Player.

Television • 24 Jan 23

The Banshees of Inisherin and An Cailín Ciúin have received a number of BAFTA nominations

Irish talent has a great day at BAFTA nominations

Irish filmmakers and actors have received multiple nominations for the British Academy Film Awards - the BAFTAs - with The Banshees of Inisherin and An Cailín Ciúin among those on the shortlist.

Movies • 19 Jan 23

Daryl McCormack made his big-screen breakthrough opposite Emma Thompson in last year's comedy-drama Good Luck to You, Leo Grande

Tipperary's Daryl McCormack a BAFTA Rising Star nominee

Tipperary actor Daryl McCormack has been nominated for the Rising Star Award at this year's British Academy Film Awards - the BAFTAs.

Movies • 18 Jan 23

Banshees of Inisherin has 14 nods on BAFTAs longlist

Martin McDonagh's The Banshees of Inisherin is heavily represented on the longlist for the British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA), with McDonagh and stars Kerry Condon, Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson and Barry Keoghan all in contention for nominations.

Movies • 06 Jan 23

The critically-acclaimed show is set to return

Hit series Bad Sisters renewed for season two

Sharon Horgan, Anne-Marie Duff, Eva Birthistle, Sarah Greene, and Eve Hewson are set to return as the Garvey siblings in a new series of darkly comedic murder mystery series Bad Sisters.

Television • 08 Nov 22

Flying the Irish flag: Paul Mescal, Daryl McCormack and Jessie Buckley

Mescal, McCormack and Buckley among BIFA nominees

Irish stars Paul Mescal, Daryl McCormack and Jessie Buckley are among the big names nominated for the British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) in its first year with gender-neutral acting categories.

Movies • 04 Nov 22

Ruth Wilson - Described series as "an enthralling gothic thriller and a moving examination of the legacy of The Magdalene Laundries"

BBC explores legacy of an Irish scandal in new thriller

The Affair's Ruth Wilson will star opposite Irish actor Daryl McCormack in the BBC's The Woman in the Wall, a gothic thriller examining "the legacy of one of Ireland's most shocking scandals - the inhumane institutions known as 'The Magdalene Laundries'".

Television • 18 Aug 22

Daryl McCormack: 'A gift' working with Emma Thompson

Rising star Daryl McCormack, who hails from Nenagh, says 'it was a real gift' to work with Emma Thompson at this stage in his career.

Movies • 20 Jun 22

Thompson: did sexual revolution encourage predators?

Emma Thompson says that the sexual revolution of the 1970s and '80s may have encouraged predatory behaviour.

Movie • 16 Jun 22

Pixie stars Olivia Cooke, Ben Hardy and Daryl McCormack

Pixie cast loved exploring Ireland while filming

The cast of the new film Pixie, which is set in the west of Ireland and was largely filmed in Belfast, have said they loved getting to explore different parts of the country.

Movies • 08 Dec 20

Irish actor recalls being star-struck by Cillian Murphy

Irish actor Daryl McCormack, who has joined the upcoming fifth season of Peaky Blinders, has recalled being star-struck by co-star Cillian Murphy and his "piercing blue eyes"

Television • 19 Jul 19

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