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A great team - (L-R) Small Things Like These director Tim Mielants and screenwriter Enda Walsh

The making of Small Things Like These

Director Tim Mielants (Peaky Blinders, The Responder) and writer Enda Walsh (Disco Pigs, Hunger) discuss bringing Claire Keegan's bestseller Small Things Like These to the big screen as one of the films of 2024.

Movies • 31 Dec 24

This has been a passion project for Cillian Murphy as he is producing it along with with colleague Alan Moloney

Cillian Murphy attends Small Things Like These premiere

"I hope the film is gently provocative," Oscar award winning Cillian Murphy told RTÉ as he appeared on the red carpet in Dublin for the premiere of his new movie Small Things Like These.

Movies • 30 Oct 24

Cillian Murphy in Small Things Like These - "There's definitely a weight of responsibility with this book" Stills: Enda Bowe

Cillian Murphy brings it all back home

Nine months after its world premiere in Berlin, the Cillian Murphy-starring film of Claire Keegan's Small Things Like These opens in Irish cinemas on Friday. The Cork actor tells RTÉ Entertainment about turning a classic into another homegrown classic.

Movies • 27 Oct 24

Irish playwright Enda Walsh says of his Rooms project: "I decided 11 years ago that I would do one every year until I died"

Enda Walsh will make Rooms project 'until he dies'

Enda Walsh has been making a 'Room' at the Galway International Arts Festival for the past 11 years and he doesn't plan on stopping.

arts • 26 Jul 24

Cillian Murphy in Small Things Like These

Cillian Murphy's new film opens Berlin Film Festival

Cillian Murphy's latest movie Small Things Like These, an adaptation of Claire Keegan's bestseller of the same name, becomes the first Irish film to open the Berlin International Film Festival.

Movies • 15 Feb 24

Cillian Murphy was a guest on RTÉ Radio 1's Today with Seán O'Rourke

Cillian Murphy laughs off talk of Peaky Blinders demise

Peaky Blinders star Cillian Murphy has laughed off the claim that his character Tommy Shelby will die when the crime-drama returns to BBC Two next year.

Cillian Murphy • 01 Feb 18

Damien Hirst work (pictured ledt) at the Bowie/Collector exhibtion and sale. Photo credit: Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty Images

Irish artists feature heavily in Bowie art collection

Works by Irish artists Jack B Yeats, Colin Middleton and Louis Le Brocquy all feature in the David Bowie art collection, which goes under the hammer in London in the next few days.

Entertainment • 07 Nov 16

Dublin vigil to mark one year since Bowie’s passing

A vigil, karaoke Bowie, and a Q&A with Irish playwright Enda Walsh are among the attractions at the second Dublin Bowie Festival, which takes place in the capital this January.

Entertainment • 21 Oct 16

Lazarus was one of Bowie's last collaborations

Enda Walsh's Bowie musical Lazarus to open in London

Lazarus, the stage musical featuring the songs of David Bowie which was co-written by the late musician and Irish playwright Enda Walsh is to open in London this autumn.

david bowie • 25 Jul 16

Arlington [a love story]: easy to admire, hard to love

Enda Walsh's new play Arlington [a love story] starring Charlie Murphy, Hugh O'Connor and Oona Doherty at the Galway International Arts Festival, is hugely ambitious but gets overwhelmed by the task despite its impressive staging.

Theatre • 20 Jul 16

Marilyn Monroe documentary on Sky Arts tonight

TV Highlights for Today Thursday Sept 22

On The Works Presents John Kelly meets an individual artist each week, beginning with playwright Enda Walsh. We Remember Marilyn profiles the ill-starred actress,while Reality Bites: Born Addicted meets expectant mothers who are on methadone.

Entertainment • 24 Sep 15

The Last Hotel stars Claudia Boyle and Mikel Murfi

Enda Walsh-penned opera

The Last Hotel – a new production from Landmark Productions and Wide Open Opera - reunites composer Donnacha Dennehy and the writer and director Enda Walsh who first worked together on Walsh’s Misterman.

Entertainment • 28 Jul 15

Dexter star cast in Bowie and Enda Walsh's play

Dexter star Michael C Hall is to play the lead in Lazarus, the new play written by David Bowie and Irish writer Enda Walsh, which is based on the classic sci-fi book The Man Who Fell to Earth and will be staged in New York.

Entertainment • 25 Jun 15

Cillian Murphy and Mikel Murfi in Ballyturk

Watch! Promo for Ballyturk at GIAF

Enda Walsh's new play, Ballyturk, makes its world premiere at the Galway Arts Festival this July, and you can watch a promo clip here featuring interviews with the cast.

Entertainment • 10 Jul 14

Enda Walsh