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Galway Film Fleadh reels in 44 Irish features

Forty-four Irish feature films are part of next month's Galway Film Fleadh, organisers have announced.
Movies • 27 Jun

World premiere for Gerry Adams film at Galway Fleadh

The documentary Gerry Adams: A Ballymurphy Man will receive its world premiere at the Galway Film Fleadh in July, it has been announced.
Movies • 21 May

Kirsten Sheridan to make film about Grace O'Malley

Oscar-nominated filmmaker Kirsten Sheridan has optioned the rights to the book Grace O'Malley - The Biography of Ireland's Pirate Queen by Anne Chambers with production due to begin next year.
Movies • 20 Feb

Jim Sheridan unveils new Dusty Springfield biopic

Six-time Oscar nominee director Jim Sheridan has unveiled details of his new biopic of soul singer Dusty Springfield which he says is inspired by the star's largely unknown Irish heritage.
Movies • 31 Aug 23

Jim Sheridan writing series about the Lockerbie bombing

Filmmakers Jim, Kirsten and Naomi Sheridan are writing a miniseries about the 1988 Lockerbie bombing.
Television • 24 Feb 22

What's on? 10 top TV and streaming tips for Thursday

Myleene Klass opens up in Myleene: Miscarriage and Me, the great Eric Idle is the focus of Off Camera, Cheap Irish Homes heads to Cork, and Tom Allen hosts new show Complaints: Welcome . . .
Television • 14 Oct 21

What's on? 10 top TV and streaming tips for Sunday

Today's top tips include the IFTA Film & Drama Awards 2021, Ghislaine Maxwell: Epstein's Shadow, the return of biker drama Mayans MC, and the finale of Jim Sheridan's Murder at the Cottage . . .
Television • 04 Jul 21

Irish music stars ready to Rock Against Homelessness

Pillow Queens, Gilbert O'Sullivan, Aslan, Wyvern Lingo, and Tolü Makay are among the acts who will play a streaming Rock Against Homelessness gig from Dublin's Olympia Theatre and Windmill Lane Recording Studios tonight.
Music • 20 Jun 21

Sky unveil trailer for Sophie Toscan du Plantier doc

Sky has released a teaser trailer for Murder at the Cottage: The Search for Justice for Sophie.
Television • 19 Apr 21

Late Late band leader enlists Crowe for musical number

Musician and leader of the Late Late Show band, Jim Sheridan, has produced an impressive Les Miserable duet between Russell Crowe and Jeff Leyton.
Trending • 31 Jul 20

Rare U2 in Dublin footage goes online for first time

In a treat for U2 fans, previously unreleased footage of the band performing on a rooftop on Sheriff Street in Dublin in 1982 is now available to watch for the first time on the Irish Film Institute Player.
Music • 16 Apr 19

Chance to win tickets to gala screening of Cellar Door

To celebrate the release of the upcoming Irish mystery/drama Cellar Door, we are giving you the chance to win tickets to a special preview screening.
Movies • 05 Jan 19

Dublin actor and activist Jer O'Leary dies

The death has been announced of the Dublin actor Jer O'Leary, best known for his stage role as union leader James Larkin and as Easter Rising leader Thomas Clarke in Neil Jordan's film Michael Collins.
Movies • 27 Dec 18

Oh brother! John and James Kavanagh for the Late Late

Celebrity brothers John and James Kavanagh are set to join Ryan Tubridy on tonight's Late Late Show.
the late late show • 06 Oct 17

Irish stars line up for Jim Sheridan's Maze escape film

Cillian Murphy and Jamie Dornan are to star in director Jim Sheridan's upcoming film about the 1983 Maze Prison breakout with Pierce Brosnan also in talks to join the true story thriller.
h-block • 30 Apr 17

Jim Sheridan invites Apollo House residents to premiere

A newly engaged couple that were residents of Apollo House over Christmas were guests of honour at the Irish premiere of Jim Sheridan's The Secret Scripture.
Entertainment • 21 Feb 17

Top TEN Irish Oscar stars

All eyes were on Hollywood today as Irish movies and talent picked up several well deserved nominations. So what about Ireland's track record at the Academy Awards? Here's our top TEN Irish Oscar stars of all time.
oscars • 24 Jan 17

Irish director applauds remarkable homegrown talent

Irish director John Butler has applauded Ireland's ever-growing film industry and says he hopes it will continue to capitalise on 2016's success. He was speaking at the launch of this year's Audi Dublin International Film Festival.
Entertainment • 19 Jan 17

Glen Hansard channels national shame about homelessness

Glen Hansard has made an impassioned appeal for people to support homeless coalition Home Sweet Home's occupation of Apollo House in Dublin, saying that the NAMA-managed building "essentially belongs to the people of Ireland".
Television • 17 Dec 16

First trailer lands for Jim Sheridan's Secret Scripture

The first trailer for Jim Sheridan's adaptation of Sebastian Barry's Man Booker nominated and best-selling novel, The Secret Scripture is finally here.
Entertainment • 16 Nov 16

New Irish movies share top prize at Galway Film Fleadh

Road trip comedy The Young Offenders and coming-of-age drama A Date for Mad Mary have shared the Best Irish Feature award at the Galway Film Fleadh.
Galway Film Fleadh • 20 Jul 16

Jim Sheridan reckons Brooklyn will get Oscar nod

Top Irish director Jim Sheridan has declared that Saoirse Ronan is the best young actress in the world and is convinced she will get nominated for an Oscar for her performance in Brooklyn.
Entertainment • 08 Nov 15

Jim Sheridan had heart-rending shoot with Sharif

Director Jim Sheridan has shared his heart-rending memories of working with the late Omar Sharif on the adaptation of Sebastian Barry's The Secret Scripture, saying that filming was "tough" because the screen icon was showing signs of Alzheimer's Disease.
Entertainment • 13 Jul 15

Secret Scripture filming begins in Wicklow

It has been announced that shooting on Jim Sheridan's film of Sebastian Barry's Man Booker-shortlisted The Secret Scripture began in Co Wicklow on Monday January 12.
Entertainment • 16 Jan 15

Jim Sheridan to make Lockerbie Bombing drama

Irish filmmaker Jim Sheridan is set to write and direct a new drama about Pan Am terrorist bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland.
Entertainment • 25 Apr 14
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