Chris Walley: ‘There is a degree of living like a monk – but a fun monk’
The Young Offenders star has been focused on a demanding stage role in London, but the hit series is calling the Cork actor home
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Christy: Clattering, noisy, joyful portrait of life in a troubled north Cork suburb
Film-maker Brendan Canty’s debut feature finds the sweet spot between geezer romp and gritty social realism
Brendan Canty on his film Christy: ‘The Brits loved that it was from Cork. They thought there was an exotic flavour to that’
The director, who made a name for himself with the video for Hozier’s mega-hit Take Me to Church in 2013, on joining forces with the BBC for his feature film debut
The Young Offenders Christmas Special review: Where’s Jock? Without him, Conor’s firearm foxer isn’t quite a cracker
Chris Walley’s charismatic tearaway is still in prison on drug charges, leaving his best pal, the Knocknaheeny scamp Conor, flying solo
The Young Offenders deserves better than to be dumped on RTÉ’s online player
Television: Handed a hit comedy by the BBC, RTÉ has once again fumbled its big punchline
The Sugar Wife review: Siobhán Cullen and Chris Walley star in elegant revival of drama loaded with moral quandaries
Annabelle Comyn stages professional rendering of well-made play in which affluent Dublin couple are challenged by arrival of two visitors
Young Offenders star Chris Walley: ‘What is it about Cork? I dunno. That’s a dangerous question to ask a Cork person’
The Young Offenders star’s busy schedule continues with the Abbey Theatre production of Elizabeth Kuti’s The Sugar Wife
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June 2nd-7th: From the Norman invasion of Ireland to an appraisal of unassuming rock god Rory Gallagher
Young Offenders star Alex Murphy: ‘For Roy Keane to be eager to be on the show was just mad’
The hit comedy, which returns to the BBC next week, was the actor’s first professional work. So he didn’t expect a Cork sporting legend to arrive on set
It’s an Irish ‘cultural phenomenon’ – but Irish TV can’t afford to show it yet
No joke: The BBC has begun publicising the next series of The Young Offenders, but RTÉ has deferred its broadcast of the comedy until 2025
The Young Offenders: The original fecking eejits are back
Review: The return of our soft-hearted, soft-headed Cork yobs is right on form
The Young Offenders: ‘A Cork accent is a bizarre noise to come out of a mouth’
With a new series about to hit screens, thanks to streaming services – and subtitles – the show’s cult following has spread globally
Alex Murphy: On My Culture Radar
The Cork actor on the influence of Cillian Murphy, the comedy of Theo Von, and Shia LaBeouf’s biopic
The Young Offenders contains more Cork accents than in past decade on RTÉ
Review: It’s almost as if metropolitan life exists beyond Dublin. What dark alchemy is this?
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