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Ardal O'Hanlon for Lisa McGee's new Netflix series

Ardal O'Hanlon is among the supporting cast line-up for Lisa McGee's new Netflix comedy thriller series How To Get To Heaven From Belfast.

Television • 23 Oct

Derry Girls' star Saoirse-Monica Jackson ties the knot

Derry Girls star Saoirse-Monica Jackson and her DJ fiancé celebrated their Celtic heritage as they married in a three-day celebration in Kerry.

Television • 16 Aug

Robert Smith and Thom Yorke protest against use of AI

The Cure's Robert Smith and Radiohead singer Thom Yorke have joined thousands of musicians, actors, and authors in signing an open letter protesting the use of creative works for training generative artificial intelligence (AI).

Music • 23 Oct 24

Lisa McGee: "Great stories are in the telling, the tone, the point of view, the personal."

Derry Girls creator says ITV AI role is 'unethical'

Derry Girls creator Lisa McGee has said ITV's advert for a head of generative AI innovation is "incredibly depressing" and "unethical".

Television • 21 Oct 24

Tim Burton (left) with Simon Harris, Catherine Martin and Désirée Finnegan

Simon Harris visits set of Netflix show Wednesday

Taoiseach Simon Harris has visited the set of season 2 of Netflix hit Wednesday, which is set to be the largest production to ever film in Ireland.

Television • 04 Jul 24

Production has commenced on Lisa McGee's new Netflix comedy thriller series

Cast announced for Lisa McGee's Netflix comedy thriller

The lead cast has been announced for Lisa McGee's new Netflix comedy thriller series How To Get To Heaven From Belfast.

Television • 01 Jul 24

Lisa McGee speaking this evening after receiving her award (Image: Irish Embassy in London)

Derry Girls creator wins prize for work promoting peace

Derry Girls creator and writer Lisa McGee has been announced as the winner of the 28th Christopher Ewart-Biggs Memorial Prize, which recognises work promoting peace and reconciliation and a greater understanding between the peoples of Britain and Ireland.

Television • 28 Feb 24

Derry Girls scoops top International Award

Derry Girls wins Emmy for Best Comedy Programme

The final season of Derry Girls has won the International Emmy for Best Comedy Programme alongside the Netflix special Vir Das: Landing.

Television • 21 Nov 23

Derry Girls creator Lisa McGee to launch new NI comedy

Derry Girls creator Lisa McGee has written a new comedy thriller set in Northern Ireland for Channel 4.

Television • 21 Aug 23

Siobhan McSweeney accepts her award at the Baftas

Derry Girls and Bad Sisters both double Bafta winners

Siobhan McSweeney, Anne-Marie Duff, Lisa McGee and Sharon Horgan have all won Bafta TV awards at the annual ceremony in London.

Television • 15 May 23

The Late Late Show, Friday, 9.35pm, RTÉ One

Irish stars align for Late Late on St Patrick's Day

Oscar-winning An Irish Goodbye stars Ross White and James Martin, Liam Neeson, and Derry Girls creator Lisa McGee are among the guests on Friday's St Patrick's Day Late Late Show special.

Late Late Show • 17 Mar 23

Derry Girls creator awarded the Freedom of Derry

Derry Girls creator Lisa McGee has been awarded the Freedom of Derry, making her the first woman to be given the award.

Television • 05 Dec 22

Scorsese reveals he has been watching Derry Girls

Derry Girls creator Lisa McGee has reacted with delight at the news that director Martin Scorsese has been watching her hit sitcom.

Television • 28 Nov 22

Lisa McGee first woman to receive Freedom of City from Derry City and Strabane District Council

Derry Girls writer to receive freedom of her home city

Derry Girls writer Lisa McGee is to receive the freedom of her home city that inspired the hit TV series.

Television • 30 Jun 22

Derry Girls creator proposed for freedom of the city

The creator of Derry Girls has been proposed for the freedom of the city.

Television • 24 Jun 22

The extended special episode of Derry Girls explored a key moment in Northern Irish history

Chelsea Clinton in Derry Girls' Good Friday special

Chelsea Clinton made a surprise cameo appearance in the emotional final episode of Derry Girls which paid tribute to the signing of the Good Friday Agreement.

Television • 19 May 22

The Derry Girls season three finale featured an unexpected twist

Derry Girls viewers in tears after emotional finale

Derry Girls viewers were left in floods of tears after the season three finale featured an unexpected, heartbreaking twist.

Television • 18 May 22

Tara Lynne O'Neill as Mary in Derry Girls

Derry Girls to air special flashback episode next week

Ma Mary and Aunt Sarah's 1970s schooldays are set to feature in next week's episode of hit Channel 4 comedy Derry Girls.

Television • 03 May 22

The third and final season of Derry Girls is currently airing on Channel 4

Derry Girls to end with Good Friday Agreement episode

Derry Girls will end with a 45-minute extended episode set at the time of the Good Friday Agreement.

Television • 29 Apr 22

Derry Girls to leave legacy as final series airs

Four years after crashing on to our screens with memorable lines such as "I don't want to be an individual on my own", Derry Girls returns tonight for a third and final series.

Television • 12 Apr 22

Derry Girls - Tuesday, Channel 4, 9:15pm

Here's what's in store for the Derry Girls finale

Derry Girls returns to Channel 4 on Tuesday at 9:15pm for its long-awaited final season. Here, writer-creator Lisa McGee lets fans in on the end of an era.

Television • 09 Apr 22

New series of Derry Girls will be the last

Derry Girls creator Lisa McGee has confirmed that the upcoming third season of the Channel 4 comedy will be the last.

Television • 23 Sep 21

Coughlan struggled with spoiler silence over Bridgerton

Bridgerton star Nicola Coughlan has said she struggled not to spoil the plot twist in popular Netflix period drama.

Television • 16 Aug 21

What's on? 10 top telly tips for Monday September 7

There's a look at Ireland's experiences of Love and Loss in a Pandemic, Paul Mescal pops up in new drama The Deceived, Kevin Costner's Yellowstone returns, Sue Perkins explores the US-Mexico border . . . and Love Island USA returns!

Television • 07 Sep 20

Lisa McGee: "It was obvious how talented he was. We were incredibly lucky to get him for the show."

McGee 'incredibly lucky' to cast Mescal in new series

Derry Girls creator Lisa McGee has said she feels "incredibly lucky" to have Normal People's Paul Mescal in her upcoming crime thriller.

Television • 21 Jul 20