Iftas 2026: Top two films scoop 26 nominations as Steve Coogan goes up against Daniel Day-Lewis
Irish Film & Television Academy Awards nominations recognise Christy and Saipan as Blue Lights and The Walsh Sisters get drama nods
Colin Farrell
Pete Briquette: ‘My DNA test said I’m 99% from a particular part of Ireland’
The bass player of The Boomtown Rats on the band’s creative process in Ibiza, his annoyance at political leaders, and his biggest personal regret
Colin Farrell recalls being so drunk on set he needed 46 takes to deliver a line: ‘Tom Cruise was not happy’
Colin Farrell describes one of his 'worst days’ on set, both hungover and freshly intoxicated on Steven Spielberg’s 2002 sci-fi drama Minority Report
Colin Farrell: ‘I’m finding the 40s to be the most meaningful and beautiful chapter in my life’
You don’t so much interview Farrell as curate his conversation. A professional down to his neat fingertips, he gives you, in 20 minutes or so, enough material for a smallish book. It is 25 years since Farrell made the jump from Ireland to Los Angeles with Tigerland. His early roguish demeanour has matured into a more complex charisma.
Four new films to see this week: After the Hunt, Ballad of a Small Player, Gerry Adams: A Ballymurphy Man, and Souleymane’s Story
Julia Roberts, Ayo Edebiri, Andrew Garfield and Colin Farrell feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of October 17th, 2025
Tesco Ireland boss Geoff Byrne: ‘We need houses, and houses need shops. I’m very positive’
Tesco Ireland boss has plans to spend €100m a year building new stores here
Colin Farrell happily embraces his inner loser like no other leading man ever
Ballad of a Small Player review: The Irish actor plays the most doomed addict since Nicolas Cage in Leaving Las Vegas
Four new films to see this week: The Swallow, Steve, Girls & Boys, A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
Brenda Fricker, Cillian Murphy, Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of September 19th, 2025
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey review: Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell go nowhere slowly
Kogonada’s messy phantasmagoria is a hinterland for no one: a musical without musical numbers, a romcom without comedy
Emmys 2025: Colin Farrell, Sharon Horgan, Ruth Negga and more show off red carpet looks
Farrell wore a Tricolour pin with his suit while his son Henry opted for an all-black look
CMAT, Liam Neeson, David McCullagh: Eight people who would make a great president of Ireland
Forget eligibility and nomination rules and open your mind to these potential candidates
Brendan Gleeson: ‘I can’t go into a pub any more. I really miss it’
With The Weir, the star returns to the stage after a 10-year absence. It’s a play he loves for its portrayal of the Irish as a people
Author Joseph Birchall: ‘Crime fiction can bring us something we don’t often see in reality - justice’
With one novel published and two more on the way, the author discusses the investigating duo he created, his brush with cinema success and the best writing advice he’s heard
Playing county football through the pain of epidermolysis bullosa: ‘When I’d fall it would cause abrasions and blisters’
Gaelic footballer Ellie Ward has a rare and painful genetic condition known as ‘butterfly skin’, but there is nothing delicate about her performances on the pitch
Emmys 2025: Sharon Horgan, Colin Farrell, Ruth Negga earn nominations for top TV award
Sharon Horgan earns her second consecutive nomination for her black comdedy Bad Sisters
TV guide: the best new shows to watch, starting tonight
June 15th-20th: including Hell for Leather: The Story of Gaelic Football, Heston: My Life with Bipolar, and We Were Liars
From that Small Island review: Colin Farrell sounds in pain, as if he pressed on despite urgently needing the loo
Television: RTÉ documentary feels more like a dry academic exercise than something intended to bring history alive for viewers
TV guide: Love Island, Not Going Out and the other best things to watch this week
TV highlights for June 8th-13th, including From that Small Island – the Story of the Irish and Fubar
‘We Irish were never homogeneous. Always hybrids, always mongrels’
New RTÉ TV series tells the story of the island over thousands of years in a way that both informs and challenges
Magic movies: The 25 best comedies of the past 25 years – in reverse order
From Borat to Banshees of Inisherin, here’s the best comedies from the last 25 years
Colin Farrell pays moving tribute to his father at Dublin funeral: ‘I loved being your son’
Actor’s father Eamon Farrell played football with Shamrock Rovers in the 1960s
Funeral for Colin Farrell’s father to be held in Dublin
Eamon Farrell died on Wednesday, surrounded by family
SAG awards 2025: Colin Farrell wins for The Penguin as Demi Moore, Timothée Chalamet and Conclave take big prizes
Colin Farrell pays moving tribute to sons James and Henry ‘who have made my life so much more special than I ever truly thought possible’
Screen Actors Guild awards 2025: Full list of winners
Demi Moore, Timothée Chalamet, Zoe Saldaña and Kieran Culkin take the main acting prizes at the Screen Actors Guild awards
Saturday Night Live: ‘You can take the temperature of America by watching that show’
Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray and other stars of the US comedy were regular visitors when Jason Reitman was young. Now he’s made Saturday Night about its first episode
Oscar nominations 2025: Emilia Pérez breaks record with 13 nods as Kneecap loses out
Disappointment as Kneecap misses out and no Irish actors are nominated for an award
Oscars 2025 nominations today: What are the chances for Kneecap, Saoirse Ronan and Cillian Murphy?
Saoirse Ronan, Cillian Murphy and Paul Mescal have struggled this awards season. Only a miracle will see an Irish actor get an Oscar nod
Screen Actors Guild awards: Full list of nominations
Irish actors Nicola Coughlan, Colin Farrell and Andrew Scott received TV acting nominations
Screen Actors Guild awards: Nicola Coughlan, Colin Farrell and Andrew Scott nominated
Blockbuster musical Wicked leads film with five nominations as Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown picks up four acting nods
Prosthetics, a body suit and a standout performance: Why Colin Farrell deserves his Golden Globe for The Penguin
Television: Star buried his natural charm and affability under layers of latex to become the most un-Farrell-like creature imaginable
Golden Globes 2025 red carpet: Demi Moore and Cate Blanchett in full-metal gúnas, Andrew Scott in full Technicolor
Illustrious ceremony honouring best in film and television attracts stars including Nicole Kidman and Demi Moore
Golden Globes 2025: Colin Farrell wins award for The Penguin as Emilia Pérez and The Brutalist triumph
Adrien Brody and Brazilian actor Fernanda Torres win main acting awards at a lively Golden Globes ceremony in Los Angeles that delivered a few surprises
Golden Globes 2025: full list of winners
The Brutalist, Emilia Pérez and Shōgun triumph at the Golden Globes as Colin Farrell wins third award
50 films to see in 2025, from Babygirl to You’re Cordially Invited
Nicole Kidman stars in a kinky office romance, Reese Witherspoon and Will Ferrell play wedding planners, and Éanna Hardwicke and Steve Coogan replay Saipan
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