Jason Byrne

Current favourite book? I recently saw the miniseries Roots and I realised I hadn’t read the book it was based on by Alex Haley. So I’ve just bought (...)

With world leaders taking their cues from the tropes of reality telly this year – from Theresa May creakily dancing around like a dusty cadaver on Bri(...)

Irish productions have won awards and excellent reviews at the month-long Edinburgh International Festival and Edinburgh Festival Fringe, which have j(...)

Body & Soul Stage Friday, June 22nd 00:30-01:45 Olof Dreijer DJ Set 23:00-00:15 Fever Ray 21:10-22:10 Fatima Al Qadiri 19:40- 20:40 FAK(...)

Broadcaster Shay Healy received a lifetime achievement award at the IFTA Gala Television Awards on Thursday night. Mr Healy received the award, the h(...)

God knows you could do with a good laugh at the moment. That is why, 24 years ago, He created Kilkenny Cat Laughs, Ireland’s premier comedy festival.(...)

Current favourite book? I re-read Revolution in the Head by Ian MacDonald all the time. It’s about every Beatles song from the first one ever recorded(...)

The curtain has fallen on TV3’s inaugural series of Ireland’s Got Talent and Cork’s RDC, an army of dance school kids who crowded the stage like a moo(...)

Drag queen RuPaul has called “a mhuintir na hÉireann” “deadlaí agus maightí” in a tweet – in Irish – to show her support for Michelle Visage, one of t(...)

 The heat is on. The entire country is waiting with bated breath. We’re under pressure not just to perform in a typically mediocre manner but to (...)