Colin Murphy
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Clear History: Yet another not so funny RTÉ comedy show
- TV, Radio, Web
- January 7, 2021, 22:00
Clear History (RTÉ Two, Friday) is Irish television’s latest attempt at a comedy panel show and it won’t come as a huge surprise to report that it isn(...)

50 people to watch in 2021: The best young talent in Ireland
- People
- January 2, 2021, 06:15
The hottest young talent set to make waves in the worlds of politics, fashion, food, sport, activism, art, film and TV, sustainability, entrepreneu(...)

ClassicsNow festival set to bring ancient Greece and Rome to life
- Culture
- November 10, 2020, 05:00
Ranging from Irish theatre and dance to language, literature and myth, the first ClassicsNow programme begins on Friday, November 13th. In a new weeke(...)

‘This image of a man tarred and feathered, driving a train out of rage, just haunted me’
- Stage
- September 26, 2020, 05:00
In a meeting room on Denmark Street, a pacifist train driver is describing being tarred and feathered by a nationalist mob during the munitions strike(...)

Patrick Kielty: ‘We weren’t sure how many people would turn up – 400 queued around the corner’
- Stage
- July 6, 2020, 06:00
Patrick Kielty’s first Belfast standup set won him a keg of beer. It was freshers’ week at Queen’s University in 1989, and his housemates had nominate(...)

Miriam Lord: Sinn Féin’s answer to St Francis of Assisi canvasses in Waterford
- Politics
- April 6, 2019, 03:00
Cute animal stories always go down well with the public. The wagging tail of an irresistibly photogenic terrier called Hamish and his solo train trip (...)

After a two-year process, Fishamble selects its 'big, ambitious' Play for Ireland
- Stage
- April 2, 2019, 05:00
Not long ago, the Fishamble director Jim Culleton was confronted by a playwright who wanted to be given a break. “Do you still do plays with interval(...)

Kilkenny Cat Laughs 2019 line-up: Dylan Moran, Tommy Tiernan, Alison Spittle
- Stage
- March 20, 2019, 13:29
Dylan Moran, Tommy Tiernan and Dara Ó Briain have been announced as part of the line-up for this year’s Kilkenny Cat Laughs comedy festival, over the (...)

Aryzta reports results and Construction Summit hits town
- Business
- March 10, 2019, 18:00
MONDAY Indicators: Irish construction PMI (Feb); German industrial production (Jan), exports and imports (Jan); US consumer inflation expectations ((...)

The Bailout: One day we’ll look back and laugh. But not yet
- TV, Radio, Web
- September 25, 2018, 11:35
Even at the distance of almost a decade, the details of how Ireland found itself bailed out by the troika – to the tune of €85 billion and a national (...)