Photo essay: Skellig Michael reopens for summer visitors to sun, swells and puffins
Huge swells, high winds and lashing rain subside as the first visitors return to Skellig Michael this summer
Star Wars
Four new films to see this week: The Mandalorian and Grogu, Finding Emily, Hen and Tom & Jerry: Forbidden Compass
Pedro Pascal, Sigourney Weaver, Angourie Rice and Spike Fearn feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of May 22nd, 2026
The Mandalorian and Grogu review: Plenty of explosions, blissfully little Star Wars lore
Pedro Pascal leads the cast in an undemanding romp that features the franchise’s signature blend of low culture and high professionalism
From Game of Thrones to Star Wars: Pedro Pascal’s slow road to the Hollywood blockbuster
After the struggle of career-building, actor says it’s ‘very fitting’ that the longest he’s gotten to play a character is within the Star Wars franchise
Oscars 2026: How Ireland lured Hollywood film-makers across the Atlantic
Ireland is ‘going gangbusters’ at turning itself into whatever environment a movie or TV show needs
Superheroes, stormtroopers and ghostbusters find their tribe at Dublin Comic Con
This year’s event at the Convention Centre featured Anthony Daniels aka Star Wars droid C-3P0
The Movie Quiz: What was the fourth Star Wars film to be theatrically released?
Plus: What was the fourth Star Wars film to be theatrically released?
My first Inishowen Peninsula trip raises a big question: why would anybody live in a city?
Donegals landscapes, alpacas and lavish hospitality might just be the perfect recipe for life
Jaws: As Steven Spielberg’s film turns 50, we’re still living in the shadow of the shark
Jaws is accused of destroying US cinema, but it was popcorn entertainment of the kind the studios would always shift back to
‘Livelihoods are at stake’: High Court to decide this week on lifting of Skellig Michael boats suspension
Judge ‘staggered’ by assertion from OPW lawyers that it would need six months to prepare case
Mission impossible: If you want to see how desperate Hollywood is, just look at what happens to movie titles
Hollywood’s serial chopping and changing of franchise movie titles shows the studios will go to any lenghts to Anything to grab audiences’ attention
Skellig Michael not opening this weekend due to High Court challenge by boat operators
Row over renewal of permits to bring visitors to Star Wars location off Kerry coast may cost millions in lost tourism revenue
Andor season 2 review: Irish actors shine in taut Star Wars prestige TV
Television: Disney was slightly off kilter with season 1 but is back on course with latest addition
Star Wars’ Andor season two is here. Here is a recap of season one
Self-centred lone wolf protagonist develops sympathy for the rebellion while taking care of business for volatile spymaster Luthen Rael
TV guide: the best new shows to watch on RTÉ, BBC, Sky and a returning Netflix favourite
TV guide for April 20th-25th: highlights include The Priests - Don’t Give Up The Day Job, Super Garden, and Joe Lycett’s United States of Birmingham
The Stolen Girl: Bingeable, fun and instantly forgettable child kidnap potboiler with Denise Gough
Television: Irish actress plays mother of child who disappears during a sleepover in a friend’s house
The Book of Mormon review: Gleeful, joyous and hilarious. Even Bono gets a mention
Theatre: Has this satire aged well? You can find your answer in Donald Trump’s White House
What next for James Bond under Amazon? Marvel-style TV spinoffs on Prime or Miss Moneypenny specials?
Jeff Bezos-controlled Amazon has taken creative control of the James Bond franchise under a deal with Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson
The Movie Quiz: How many actors have received Oscar nominations for Star Wars films?
How many actors have received Oscar nominations for Star Wars films?
Ireland’s new must-see tourist sites for fans of film and fiction: From Sally Rooney’s novels to Cillian Murphy’s movies
An unexpected boon of Ireland’s cultural success is that its less well-known locations are suddenly on the tourist trail
TV guide: the best new shows to watch this week, beginning tonight
December 1st-6th: including The Late Late Toy Show, Renaissance - The Blood and the Beauty, and Star Wars: Skeleton Crew
Read this before you vote: Patrick Freyne’s vibes-based guide to Election 2024
From HR Pufnstuf to Battlestar Galactica, what can we learn from political television shows through the ages before we go to the ballot box?
Terrifier 3 star Daniel Roebuck: ‘You can bring your family to see it – but if you do we will turn you in to social services’
Both a prominent Christian and an underground horror icon, Daniel Roebuck makes for a jolly Santa Claus in director Damien Leone’s third instalment of the gory splatter franchise
James Earl Jones obituary: Actor behind the faceless menace of Darth Vader
Earl Jones was proud of his Irish, African-American and Native American heritage, but childhood trauma left him with a stammer
James Earl Jones: It was as if no screen was wide enough to contain him or his voice
The acclaimed stage and screen actor, voice of Darth Vader and Mufasa, has died
James Earl Jones, voice of Darth Vader and The Lion King’s Mufasa, dies at 93
Actor died at his home in New York, representatives say
TV guide: 12 of the best new shows to watch, beginning tonight
June 16th-21st: From the fiery return of House of the Dragon to a Star Wars-themed NFT art scandal
Jedis were once a seasoning, like salt. We liked the salt, and now Disney is serving us big bowls of salt
The Acolyte, Disney’s emotionally and visually flat new Star Wars spin-off, needs to stop with all the confusing lightsabre fights
Star Wars: The Acolyte review – Is this the Jedi jamboree we’ve been looking for?
Television: The past decade have been a disorienting blur for Star Wars fans. There have been highs and lows
A Star Wars cosplaying chef: ‘Over the years, I probably spent more than 20 grand on my hobby’
What I Do: Norzainuri Albakri is a chef who loves cosplaying, prop-making and all things Star Wars
Rebel Moon director Zack Snyder: ‘My obligation is to bring viewers the largest cinematic experience I can muster’
Zack Snyder on his move to streaming, the critical panning of the first part of Rebel Moon and why he needs his family on board
Young people might own a house now if they hadn’t watched so many Star Wars spin-offs
Patrick Freyne: A year doesn’t pass without a Star War being beamed to our eyeballs. This week, with Ahsoka, it’s Rosario Dawson’s turn
Ahsoka: Rosario Dawson stars in an enjoyable return to lightsaber-wielding first principles
Television: For Star Wars fans and Disney executives alike, this series is a new hope worth cheering on
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