Eva Birthistle
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Brian Gleeson: ‘For an actor the worst thing is to have a plan’
- TV, Radio, Web
- October 6, 2018, 05:00
Brian Gleeson was always going to be an actor, even without the benefit of that surname. When should have been tucked up in bed, he was up enthralled (...)

The Delinquent Season: A hugely disappointing Irish debut
- Film
- April 25, 2018
Jim (Murphy) and Daniele (Birthistle) are smugly married with two children and a Dublin 6 home. They have other smug marrieds, including Chris (Scott)(...)

Irish Film Board lauds Oscar hits but calls for increased funding
- Film
- January 12, 2017, 17:21
The Irish Film Board has reiterated calls for increased State funding, warning that investment is needed to develop the film industry. Speaking at th(...)

As flat as day-old glass of Babycham: Sharon Horgan's The Circuit
- TV, Radio, Web
- August 26, 2016, 14:00
‘Channel 4 invites you to the worst dinner party that’s ever happened in the world anywhere.” That’s the pitch for The Circuit (Thursday), a comedy p(...)

TV preview: Seven things to watch on television this week
- TV, Radio, Web
- August 21, 2016, 11:06
Debatable Monday-Friday, BBC Two, 6.30pmDo we need yet another quiz show on telly? That’s debatable. Patrick Kielty hosts this new daily quiz show in(...)

Edna O’Brien says she is ‘increasingly astonished’ by Yeats
- Culture
- June 12, 2015, 01:04
For her last significant birthday the writer Edna O’Brien generated headlines stating “still hot at 80”, which arguably made her the ideal person to(...)

Father and son go head -to-head in IFTAs
- Film
- February 27, 2014, 10:22
John Butler’s comedy The Stag and John Michael McDonagh’s state-of-the-nation piece Calvary have topped the charts in the nominations for the upcom(...)

Television: Thrills in Washington DC, a bellyful of pills in Mumbai
- TV, Radio, Web
- January 18, 2014, 01:00
In the opening scene of Hostages (Channel 4, Saturday) the new US political thriller, we saw a nice suburban family – Mom and Dad and two teens – on t(...)

Life’s a Breeze
- Film
- July 19, 2013, 00:00
HHHThey do make them like they used to. Very much a comedy of the recession, Lance Daly’s first Irish movie since the fine Kisses feels a little like (...)