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Normal People Class of 2020: The nine college friends in the series
- Stage
- May 31, 2020, 06:00
Just what is it about Normal People that resonated with so many people? Is it the so-wrong-they’re-right love affair between Marianne and Connell, who(...)

How Paul Mescal’s football career quickly went exit stage left
- Gaelic Games
- May 14, 2020, 06:00
Former Kildare manager Cian O’Neill has revealed how he received a sneak preview of Normal People star Paul Mescal’s acting ability during a brief sti(...)

‘Tom was very good at expressing his emotions, so I always felt his love. He didn’t bottle that up’
- Stage
- May 18, 2019, 05:00
‘I’m surrounded by Tom here,” says Jane Brennan. “His presence is everywhere. It’s very strong.” We’re sitting in their sitting room in Rathgar. The p(...)

Director’s Choice: Theatre directors pick the soundtracks of their lives
- Music
- April 10, 2019, 05:00
Following the success of the Royal Irish Academy of Music’s (RIAM) presentation Writer’s Choice, in New York, Dublin and Paris throughout 2017, and Ar(...)

The battle for college: Should you go with your head or your heart?
- Education
- January 15, 2019, 00:00
You no longer have to run away to join the circus. You can simply apply to one of the many circus schools throughout Europe and the US. Or, closer to (...)

‘Young Offenders’: ‘Who knew little old Cork would travel so well?’
- People
- December 11, 2018, 06:00
Nobody saw The Young Offenders coming. Though well-reviewed and much-quoted, back in 2016 few commentators or critics could have imagined that the low(...)

‘Beat’: A rapping, rhyming throwdown to toxic masculinity
- Music
- November 29, 2018, 05:00
When Lin-Manuel Miranda drew lifeforce from hip-hop to forge his triumphant stage show Hamilton, he sketched out the blueprint for a form of musical t(...)

‘Breathtaking, rule-breaking, legend-making’: Dublin Fringe Festival winners
- Stage
- September 24, 2018, 14:36
The marathon Dublin Fringe Festival – 80 productions and 554 performances over 16 days – ended on Sunday night with the announcement of this year’s fr(...)

Yes we did: Irish theatre’s gender-equality revolution
- Stage
- July 14, 2018, 06:00
What a difference a couple of years can make. Some top players in Irish theatre are chatting in the Lir Academy of Dramatic Art in Dublin. Anne Clarke(...)

Gate Theatre: Number of women directors up from 8% to 80%
- Stage
- July 10, 2018, 06:00
The Gate Theatre has made dramatic strides in increasing the number of women employed over the past two years, according to a gender equality report i(...)