Colum McCann at Sandymount, Dublin in 2011. New York, however, is where he wants to live now. Photograph: Alan Betson

‘You could write about this fat bastard in Central Park,” Colum McCann laughs down the phone, enthused by the idea (his) of talking about his n(...)

A  group from the Irish Elderly Advice Network photographed at Cassidy’s Hotel Parnell Square after arriving in Dublin for the Gathering. Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons

Some of them had left Ireland more than 50 years ago, but yesterday 32 emigrants returned from Britain to spend a week as tour(...)

Oh, dear. It looks as if Boris Johnson’s tourism Johnnies have got their fingers in this underpowered geezer thriller. There’s the Gherk(...)

Actor Gabriel Byrne says he remains unrepetentant on his views of organised religion  Photograph:  Carlo Allegri/Getty Images

Actor Gabriel Byrne has launched a stinging attack on the Catholic Church and described it as a “force for evil”. The veteran Hollywood (...)

This detached Edwardian property in Monkstown has played a supporting role in a new noir television series starring Gabriel Byrne. Gleng(...)

Manhattan skyline, New York; the next few years will bring a vibrant, new mid-town Irish Arts Centre to the city. Photograph: Getty

On 11th Avenue in New York, the wind soughs in off the Hudson river. At night it brings with it a thin fog that seems to have stepped from a TS(...)

A celebration of craft beer takes place in Dublin’s Docklands this weekend. Photograph: Marilynn K. Yee/The New York Times

Craft Beer Village, Dublin: Formerly known as the Craft Beer Festival, this celebration of Ireland ’s latest fascination will be based beside t(...)

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