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Festive five: TV highlights for Christmas Day

From The Dubliners final ever Dublin show, to A Star is Born, and charming animation set in Limerick and based on Angela's Ashes - we've got Christmas Day wrapped up for you

Television • 25 Dec 20

"She was unashamedly Irish. It was what made her different, what made her stand out, and she was never going to let Hollywood forget it"

'I had no idea Maureen O'Hara had achieved so much'

A new documentary about the life of Irish screen icon Maureen O'Hara will air on TG4 on Christmas Day at 9:00pm. Here, its director, Brian Reddin, tells RTÉ Entertainment about what he discovered while making Maureen O'Hara - Banríon Hollywood.

Movies • 24 Dec 20

"As soon as I started digging into her life, the scope of her achievements was staggering"

Maureen O'Hara's story is told on TG4 on Christmas Day

A new documentary about Irish screen icon Maureen O'Hara will air on TG4 on Christmas Day at 9:00pm, with its director Brian Reddin telling RTÉ Entertainment that he has wanted to make the programme since he met the acting great by chance in his teens.

Movies • 18 Dec 20

Jessie Buckley honoured to be recognised by the Kingdom

Killarney native Jessie Buckley has been announced as the recipient of the Kerry International Film Festival's 2020 Maureen O'Hara Award, saying that the honour "means so much" to her.

Movies • 17 Sep 20

U2 on the programme Looking On - Now available to watch on the IFI Player

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

Maureen O'Hara pictured in 2004 holding the IFTA award with which she had just been presented.

Irish actress Maureen O’Hara turns 94 today

Irish actress Maureen O’Hara turns 94 today, and remains “in good health”, with a “mind that’s as sharp as ever” while being cared for near her family in Idaho, according to her friend June Porter Beck.

Entertainment • 17 Aug 14