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Warner Bros Discovery splits streaming from cable TV

The new streaming and studios company will include Warner Bros, DC Studios, and HBO Max — the crown jewels of Warner Bros Discovery's entertainment library

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Shane MacGowan short film reveals his 'lifelong love for Nenagh and Tipperary'

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'Entirely phony': Clint Eastwood calls viral interview a fabrication

The Richard Harris Archive, University College Cork

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Limerick to host exhibition of Richard Harris's never-seen-before memorabilia

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Limerick to host international summit to celebrate women’s achievements in film and television

Arts imitates life for New York-based Cork actor Michael Mellamphy

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Arts imitates life for New York-based Cork actor Michael Mellamphy

The History of Sound review: a tender romance that whispers when it should roar

The History of Sound review: a tender romance that whispers when it should roar

Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor shine in a beautifully shot film that aches with longing — but fears going deeper

Fri, 23 May, 2025

West Cork Film Studios rising as Hollywood faces crisis over Trump’s proposed film tariffs

West Cork Film Studios rising as Hollywood faces crisis over Trump’s proposed film tariffs

From Adam Scott thrillers to Netflix hits, a West Cork studio is defying expectations as Trump threatens tariffs on Irish film

Sun, 11 May, 2025

Limerick Film Lab to promote West of Ireland as filming location

Limerick Film Lab to promote West of Ireland as filming location

Regional film manager Paul C Ryan said: 'This lab is all about connection — not just between filmmakers, but between cultures, storytelling traditions, and industry ecosystems.'

Mon, 21 Apr, 2025

Filming of fantasy series in Limerick to bring ‘hundreds of jobs’ to Mid-West

Filming of fantasy series in Limerick to bring ‘hundreds of jobs’ to Mid-West

Likened to a ‘Dungeons and Dragons’ type adventure, The Wayfinders is set in a richly imagined world of myth, magic and ancient conflict

Thu, 17 Apr, 2025

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Irish Examiner view: Laws must protect the right to free speech

Amidst background noise about the abolition of juries for libel trials, we must hope the crosshairs are kept on Slapps

Mon, 14 Apr, 2025

Rob Lowe on why it's cheaper to bring 100 people to Ireland than to produce in Los Angeles

Rob Lowe on why it's cheaper to bring 100 people to Ireland than to produce in Los Angeles

Irish film industry production surged by 33% in 2024 as tax incentives and talent continue to attract global shoots

Fri, 11 Apr, 2025

Royal visit to Birkenhead

TV review: Netflix show With Love, Meghan is a few tweaks away from satire

Meghan Markle's new show is just Californian lifestyle porn

Tue, 04 Mar, 2025

10 TV & streaming highlights for March: Top dramas and home-grown documentaries

10 TV & streaming highlights for March: Top dramas and home-grown documentaries

Gangs of London is back, Hugh Wallace follows a renovation in West Cork, and the makers of Bridgerton have a new series on Netflix

Tue, 04 Mar, 2025

Teen Toy Show harpist: 'Being diagnosed as deaf is the best thing to happen to me’

Teen Toy Show harpist: 'Being diagnosed as deaf is the best thing to happen to me’

Úna Walsh was 7 when she began to learn the stringed instrument, but it wasn’t until she was 10 that she realised she had serious hearing issues

Tue, 04 Mar, 2025

Dromina actor Dónal Finn: ‘I felt proud to be acting in my Cork accent’

Dromina actor Dónal Finn: ‘I felt proud to be acting in my Cork accent’

As Dónal Finn returns to our screens in The Wheel of Time, Esther McCarthy meets the actor topping 2025’s ‘ones to watch’ lists and hears about his star turn in the West End production of Hadestown

Sat, 01 Mar, 2025

Brendan Courtney ends up in A&E after being 'attacked' near his home

Brendan Courtney ends up in A&E after being 'attacked' near his home

According to the fashion designer, the incident occurred near his apartment on the quays around 9pm on Thursday

Fri, 28 Feb, 2025

TV adaptation of 'darkly absurd comedy' by Blindboy Boatclub nominated for award

TV adaptation of 'darkly absurd comedy' by Blindboy Boatclub nominated for award

The author and podcaster said: 'I adore Limerick, it’s my home, and I’ll defend it from gowls who unfairly give it a bad name out of laziness.'

Wed, 26 Feb, 2025

Irish-Belgian film ‘Bonhoeffer’ has European premiere in Limerick

Irish-Belgian film ‘Bonhoeffer’ has European premiere in Limerick

'Bonhoeffer' was directed by acclaimed screenwriter Todd Komarnicki

Tue, 25 Feb, 2025

Irish director wins international award for Cork-shot film at Berlin festival

Irish director wins international award for Cork-shot film at Berlin festival

The jury said the film 'bursts with energy and raw emotion, capturing a teenager’s search for belonging with striking realism'

Mon, 24 Feb, 2025

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Colin Farrell among the winners at the Screen Actors Guild Awards

Papal drama 'Conclave', which stars Irish actor Brían F O'Byrne, picked up the award for outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture

Mon, 24 Feb, 2025

ZERO DAY

TV review: Zero Day starring Robert De Niro is a proper pacy thriller

This show has something that elevates it above airport-novel thriller

Fri, 21 Feb, 2025

RUTH TREACY & JULIANNE FORDE

'Cease and desist': How an Irish film company reacted to a letter from Trump's lawyers

The Apprentice has been nominated for two Oscars. Julianne Forde and Ruth Treacy of Irish production company Tailored Films tell Esther McCarthy how its main character wasn't so happy about it being made

Thu, 20 Feb, 2025

IFTA Awards: Cillian Murphy wins Lead Actor gong for role that 'closed a circle'

IFTA Awards: Cillian Murphy wins Lead Actor gong for role that 'closed a circle'

Making the film Small Things Like These was like the “closing of a circle” on his acting journey since his breakout role in Disco Pigs, Cork actor Cillian Murphy said after winning the Lead Actor gong for films at the Irish Film and Television ...

Fri, 14 Feb, 2025

Film reviews: Bridget Jones' latest chapter is thoughtful and richly entertaining

Film reviews: Bridget Jones' latest chapter is thoughtful and richly entertaining

Plus: Heart Eyes is a fun serial-killer-rom-com; Memoir of a Snail is charming and unique animated fare

Fri, 14 Feb, 2025

Feature film shot in Cork to premiere at prestigious Berlin Film Festival

Feature film shot in Cork to premiere at prestigious Berlin Film Festival

The film 'Christy' has Young Offenders star Danny Power and Diarmuid Noyes of Pure Mule: The Last Weekend and Five Minutes of Heaven fame in the lead roles

Thu, 13 Feb, 2025

'My audience is nostalgic — I'll take it': Jason Donovan on life, fame and Cork return

'My audience is nostalgic — I'll take it': Jason Donovan on life, fame and Cork return

They say you should never meet your idol. So how did Vickie Maye fare, just ahead of Valentine's, when she met her tween obsession Jason Donovan?

Sun, 09 Feb, 2025

Eileen Walsh: Iconic Cork actor on Cillian Murphy reunion and a Midsummer night's marathon

Eileen Walsh: Iconic Cork actor on Cillian Murphy reunion and a Midsummer night's marathon

From her recent on-screen reunion with Cillian Murphy to a new TV series with Chris O’Dowd and plans for a 24-hour live performance Leeside, Esther McCarthy catches up with leading lady Eileen Walsh

Sat, 08 Feb, 2025

Severance star Adam Scott in new supernatural horror to be filmed in West Cork

Severance star Adam Scott in new supernatural horror to be filmed in West Cork

Bantry filmmaker Damian McCarthy will direct Severance star Adam Scott in a new supernatural horror, writes Esther McCarthy

Fri, 07 Feb, 2025

Film reviews: September 5 is a riveting, heartbreaking look at broadcasting ethics

Film reviews: September 5 is a riveting, heartbreaking look at broadcasting ethics

Plus: Bring Them Down is a well-shot Irish action romp; Dog Man is kid-lit matinée material

Fri, 07 Feb, 2025

TV review: Oíche i gCorcaigh gets under the skin of Cork at night

TV review: Oíche i gCorcaigh gets under the skin of Cork at night

Decent people stay up every night to keep an eye out for the rest of us - we should thank them

Fri, 07 Feb, 2025

Bring Them Down: Nora-Jane Noone on starring in the gritty thriller with Barry Keoghan

Bring Them Down: Nora-Jane Noone on starring in the gritty thriller with Barry Keoghan

We first saw Nora Jane Noone in The Magdalene Sisters, and more than 20 years later she has a leading role in highly-rated drama about two warring Irish families, writes Esther McCarthy

Thu, 06 Feb, 2025

Liam Neeson, Russell Crowe, Robert Sheehan: Why are film producers choosing Limerick?

Liam Neeson, Russell Crowe, Robert Sheehan: Why are film producers choosing Limerick?

From Limerick’s Georgian quarter to coastal towns in Clare to the castles and hills of Tipperary, the Mid-West has a lot of offer in terms of picture-perfect locations, writes Manon Gilbart

Fri, 31 Jan, 2025

Film reviews: A Complete Unknown understands the cost of the Bob Dylan myth on the man

Film reviews: A Complete Unknown understands the cost of the Bob Dylan myth on the man

Plus: Neither Wolf Man or Back in Action really live up to the hype

Fri, 17 Jan, 2025

"Unstoppable" - Photocall

Jennifer Lopez: Nobody tells you the real experience about being a mum

In her latest role, Lopez plays the mother of American wrestler Anthony Robles, who was born with one leg

Mon, 13 Jan, 2025

25 Years of Jerry Springer

TV review: Jerry Springer documentary goes behind the onstage brawls

'There was plenty of exploitation. But no one kidnapped guests and brought them on stage – they rang in and offered up their private lives in return for fame and notoriety'

Wed, 08 Jan, 2025

The Commuter Gala Screening - Dublin

Major production featuring Liam Neeson resumes filming in Limerick

Locations being used in the movie '4 Kids Walk Into a Bank' include O’Sullivan’s Place on Clare Street as well as Newenham Street

Wed, 08 Jan, 2025

We Live In Time: Cork's John Crowley on his film with Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield

We Live In Time: Cork's John Crowley on his film with Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield

The Douglas-born director talks about his formative years in Cork and the pressure for success with We Live In Time following the flop of his previous film

Sat, 04 Jan, 2025

Film workers bring High Court challenge to Labour Court ruling

Film workers bring High Court challenge to Labour Court ruling

The workers are challenging the decision to overturn awards and rulings made in their favour at the Workplace Relations Commission

Fri, 03 Jan, 2025

Bolex Boys capture lost practices of rural Kerry life for the screen on 16mm film

Bolex Boys capture lost practices of rural Kerry life for the screen on 16mm film

As Scannáin Dúchais, John Lynch and Michael Mulcahy have spent 50 years documenting life in North Kerry and creating a truly fascinating glimpse at the traditions and skills now gone

Tue, 31 Dec, 2024

Film reviews: Fact and fiction meld in Robbie Williams biopic Better Man

Film reviews: Fact and fiction meld in Robbie Williams biopic Better Man

Plus: The Order digs into the roots of American Nazism; How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies is a blackly comic caper

Sat, 28 Dec, 2024

Carlichauns

Paw Patrol creator joins team bringing leprechaun folklore to global audience

Aimed at four to seven-year-olds, the series will follow a group of Carlingford leprechauns, or Carlichauns, as they embark on adventures to grant wishes to children

Fri, 27 Dec, 2024

15 best films of 2024 and where to find them for a holiday catch-up

15 best films of 2024 and where to find them for a holiday catch-up

If you're looking for something to watch over Christmas and New Year, Esther McCarthy has suggestions from the highlights of 2024

Fri, 27 Dec, 2024

Pictures of Real Santa Claus's List He's Checking Twice

S Terry Prone: Santa’s old-fashioned parenting tricks for the naughty and the nice

Santa may be all ho ho ho and product placement but, when it comes right down to it, you know you shouldn’t cross him

Mon, 23 Dec, 2024

500470,The Young Offenders Christmas Special 2024

Young Offenders Christmas Special: foolish and sentimental — in the best ways

"...Jason Byrne understands no one wants a considered, measured performance in their Christmas special..."

Fri, 20 Dec, 2024

Film Reviews: Disney tells the backstory of an icon in Mufasa: The Lion King

Film Reviews: Disney tells the backstory of an icon in Mufasa: The Lion King

Plus: Disney tells the backstory of an icon in Mufasa: The Lion King; and Sonic The Hedgehog 3 is a valiant effort, but edgy, maudlin, Keanu Reeves-voiced rival Shadow is more sound than fury

Fri, 20 Dec, 2024

Cillian Murphy and Barry Keoghan jubilant as they wrap Peaky Blinders movie

Cillian Murphy and Barry Keoghan jubilant as they wrap Peaky Blinders movie

The new Peaky Blinders movie is set during the Second World War and will also star Dune actress Rebecca Ferguson and Pulp Fiction actor Tim Roth

Thu, 19 Dec, 2024

Colin Sheridan: Harris, Day-Lewis, Farrell? Make way for Mescal's moment

Colin Sheridan: Harris, Day-Lewis, Farrell? Make way for Mescal's moment

What distinguishes Paul Mescal from all the other great Irish actors?

Fri, 13 Dec, 2024

'Economic future rests on generation of gifted and committed teachers,' says David Puttnam

'Economic future rests on generation of gifted and committed teachers,' says David Puttnam

Renowned film producer and educator says equipping teachers with strong digital literacy skills is key to ensuring children have the ability to make sound judgements on social media

Fri, 13 Dec, 2024

Gladiator II world premiere - London

Ridley Scott appears to confirm Paul Mescal as star in Beatles biopic

Scott did not refer to which Beatle Mescal might play, but the common consensus is that his resemblance to McCartney would make him a prime candidate for the role

Wed, 11 Dec, 2024