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Four new Irish short films to air on Virgin Media

Virgin Media Television will air four new original Irish short films from next week, following the Virgin Media Discovers competition.

Television • 21 Feb

(L-R) Hazel Doupe and Eva Birthistle make for a formidable duo with Kathleen Is Here

Eva Birthistle turns director with a film worth seeing

In her feature debut as a writer-director, Bad Sisters star Eva Birthistle shows she has the chops, and the time may come when she spends more time on this side of the lens than the other.

Movie Review • 18 Oct 24

Peter Coonan isn't quite 'coola boola' in King Frankie

Peter Coonan plays a Dublin taxi driver with a tangled past in this directorial debut from Dermot Malone

Movie Review • 18 Oct 24

Peter Coonan: "You're trying to understand someone who is dealing with all of this guilt, shame and pent- up trauma that hasn't been dealt with"

Peter Coonan: 'There is light at the end of the tunnel'

Peter Coonan believes Irish men do "not openly talk enough" about their mental health struggles and hopes new Irish drama, King Frankie, shows that there is "light at the end of the tunnel".

Movies • 01 Oct 24

King Frankie opens in cinemas on Friday 11 October

'Celtic Tiger tale you've never seen' comes to cinemas

Peter Coonan heads the cast of the new Irish drama King Frankie, billed as "a Celtic Tiger tale you've never seen before" and coming to cinemas on Friday 11 October.

Movies • 20 Sep 24

Irish actress Eva Birthistle makes directorial debut

The trailer for Irish actress Eva Birthistle's feature film directorial debut Kathleen is Here has been released.

Movies • 14 Sep 24

King Frankie is described as a "Celtic Tiger tale you have not seen"

Peter Coonan coming to cinemas as King Frankie

Bad Sisters star Peter Coonan will be back in cinemas this year in the Irish drama King Frankie.

Movies • 03 Apr 24

A taut, threatening tale with plenty of twists and misconceptions about the roles people play in life versus who they really are

Doineann makes a strong case for Gaelic noir

A tense, threatening tale with plenty of twists and misconceptions about the roles people play in life versus who they really are.

Movie Review • 28 Jan 22

Peter Coonan as Fionn Brannigan in Hidden Assets

Coonan puts more pressure on himself as he gets older

It's hard to believe it's been seven years since Peter Coonan hung up his boots as the menacing psychopath Fran in Love/Hate, a role that cemented his status as an actor of exceptional quality and intensity.

Television • 28 Nov 21

Angeline Ball as Emer Berry and Wouter Hendrickx as Christian De Jong in Hidden Assets

Exclusive First look at brand new RTÉ drama Hidden Assets

Check out the very first clip from Hidden Assets, a brand new RTÉ drama starring Angeline Ball, Peter Coonan and Simone Kirby.

Television • 27 Oct 21

Moe Dunford and Peter Coonan Dark Lies the Island

Dark Lies the Island: a dark and dysfunctional delight

Pat Shortt leads a cracking cast in Kevin Barry's quirky rural Irish family tale that makes dysfunctionality a near art form.

Movie Review • 16 Oct 19

Director praises Tommy Tiernan's dark turn in new film

Director Ian Fitzgibbon has praised Tommy Tiernan's dark turn in his upcoming film Dark Lies the Island, saying he is "extraordinary".

Movies • 22 Feb 19

Coonan - "I was attracted to this role primarily because of the challenge it posed but also because it was a chance to dive into the psyche of a man in 1916 Ireland"

New film gives Love/Hate star different kind of collar

There's a different kind of collar for Love/Hate star Peter Coonan in his latest role - he's playing a priest in the new Irish film Aithrí/Penance, which is currently in production in Ramelton, Co Donegal and Derry City.

Headlines • 22 Sep 16

McGinnity and Coonan - Will be filming in Dublin for four weeks

Love/Hate stars begin filming new movie in Dublin

Love/Hate stars Peter Coonan and Aoibhinn McGinnity have begun filming "an uplifting comedic story" called The Drummer & the Goalkeeper in Dublin.

Entertainment • 25 Feb 16

Get Up & Go stars share Love/Hate spin-off idea

With Get Up and Go out now in cinemas, TEN talked to stars Peter Coonan and Killian Scott about the acclaimed Dublin drama and friendship - and heard about their idea for a rather unusual spin-off involving their Love/Hate characters, Fran and Tommy.

Entertainment • 02 May 15

Get Up and Go

The fact that two Love/Hate stars lead the cast of Get Up and Go guarantees a fair ring at the box office, certainly in Ireland. Peter Coonan and Killian Scott work very well together as two vastly different personalities in this charming slacker drama.

Movie Reviews • 01 May 15

Set over a loose day and an even looser night

Film Review: Love/Hate stars in Get Up and Go

Love/Hate duo Peter Coonan and Killian Scott are in cinemas from Friday in the Dublin-set Get Up and Go. Paddy Kehoe finds out if it's a good blockbuster antidote.

Entertainment • 01 May 15

Laura Delaney brings you this week's update

Watch! TEN's Weekly Entertainment News

It's a jam-packed week - Josh Groban, Richard E Grant, Peter Coonan and Killian Scott. Click through to watch!

Entertainment • 01 May 15

Watch! Love/Hate stars in Get Up & Go trailer

Love/Hate stars Killian Scott and Peter Coonan have teamed up for upcoming movie Get Up & Go. Watch the trailer here.

Entertainment • 12 Apr 15

Detail from the poster for Get Up and Go

Love/Hate stars movie Get Up and Go opening soon

Get Up and Go – starring Peter Coonan and Killian Scott – will be released in Irish cinemas on Friday, May 1.

Entertainment • 08 Apr 15

Peter Coonan stars as David Drumm in The Guarantee

Watch! First trailer for Irish move The Guarantee

The first trailer for new Irish movie The Guarantee, which stars Love/Hate's Peter Coonan stars as David Drumm, former chief executive of Anglo Irish Bank, has been released. Click through to check it out.

Entertainment • 15 Oct 14

Love/Hate's Coonan for The Saturday Night Show

Love/Hate star Peter Coonan and his Borstal Boy co-star Gary Lydon will be among the guests on The Saturday Night Show on RTÉ One at 10:05pm.

Entertainment • 11 Oct 14

Watch! Fran the Man talks Love/Hate return

We caught up with Peter Coonan aka Fran to chat about the return of Love/Hate tonight on RTÉ One at 9.30pm.

Entertainment • 05 Oct 14

Peter Coonan as Brendan Behan in Borstal Boy

Watch: Peter Coonan on Borstal Boy and Love/Hate

We caught up with Peter Coonan to chat about his starring role in Borstal Boy in The Gaiety Theatre and the return of Love/Hate.

Entertainment • 01 Oct 14

Get Up and Go will be released in Irish cinemas later this year

Cinema deal done for Love/Hate duo's film

Irish company Wildcard Distribution has acquired the rights to Get Up and Go, the new film from writer-director Brendan Grant which stars Love/Hate actors Peter Coonan and Killian Scott.

Entertainment • 29 Jun 14