Derry Girls

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<p>Nicola Coughlan asked people to stop body-shaming her and insisted on doing naked sex scenes in ‘Bridgerton’. Picture: Andy Kropa/Invision/AP</p>

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Sarah Harte: Attack on Nicola Coughlan shows it’s open season on women’s bodies again

Professing to enjoy Coughlan’s acting skills and 'lovely face' while using demeaning words like 'trundling', Strimpel concluded: 'She is not hot.'

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Roisin Gallagher: 'I was working in a bowling club on the Falls Road'

<p>Siobhán McSweeney was chatting to Kathy Burke on her podcast, Where There’s A Will, There’s A Wake. Picture: Jeff Moore/PA Wire</p>

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Siobhán McSweeney talks death, Cork and why her parents' deaths were a 'gift'

fashion and beauty

Siobhán McSweeney is raffling her red Bafta dress to raise money for Marymount in Cork

people

'Those nuns!' — Martin Scorsese is a Derry Girls fan

comment-analysis

Derry Girls' Good Friday Agreement refresher offers a timely reminder of what's at stake

Irish Examiner View: Farewell to the Derry Girls

Channel 4 should be congratulated for a visionary decision to make and broadcast the popular comedy.

Fri, 20 May, 2022

Derry Girls: 12 of the most famous faces that made an appearance during season three

Thu, 19 May, 2022

Derry Girls special review: It's time to move on – for the girls, and for Derry

We said goodbye to the girls with an hour-long special episode set around the Good Friday Agreement

Wed, 18 May, 2022

Derry Girls review: A fitting finale with tears, laughter, and Fatboy Slim

The final episode of the series

Tue, 17 May, 2022

Protestant toasters to the wee lesbian: Derry Girls' 13 most memorable moments

As we say goodbye to the gang on Derry Girls for good, we look back at the best bits across the three seasons

Tue, 17 May, 2022

Derry Girls review: A change of tack in flashback to the 1970s

A look at Aunt Sarah and Ma Mary in their youth provided a different feel for the second-last week of the series

Wed, 11 May, 2022

Tuesday TV Tips: A class reunion for Derry Girls

and the John O'Grady kidnapping by the Border Fox is examined in Scannal

Tue, 10 May, 2022

Next Derry Girls instalment is a flashback to Ma Mary and Aunt Sarah's teen days

Lisa McGee said she always wanted to write something based around the two sisters

Wed, 04 May, 2022

Derry Girls review: James finally makes a move on one of the gang

It's taken a long time, but perhaps it was somewhat inevitable that the wee English boy would fall for someone

Tue, 03 May, 2022

Tuesday TV tips: You won't recognise 'Lord Varys' and 'Sgt PJ Collins' in Derry Girls

And Keep it Up features Emer O'Neill examining why so many teenage girls give up sport; and The Man with a Penis on his Arm is on Channel Four

Tue, 03 May, 2022

Tuesday TV tips: The Derry Girls are ready for a relaxing day out

The disappearance of Annie McCarrick re-examined

Tue, 26 Apr, 2022

Derry Girls are influencing Ireland's most popular baby names

You'll get a right laugh out of which name has gained the most popularity and which hasn't had any impact on the rankings...

Wed, 20 Apr, 2022

Derry Girls review: A ponytailed priest, a sexy plumber, and a flustered Ma

Episode two of the new Derry Girls had plenty laughs and another great soundtrack that included our heroines' rendition of a Spice Girls classic

Tue, 19 Apr, 2022

Tuesday TV tips: Sister Michael had better be prepared for a show to remember on Derry Girls

And it's all good man as Better Call Saul is back for its sixth and final season on Netflix

Tue, 19 Apr, 2022

Derry Girls review: Liam Neeson delights viewers in cameo as RUC officer

The excellent opening episode of the final series lived up to expectations, with some classic lines

Tue, 12 Apr, 2022

Tuesday TV Tips: Derry Girls is back for final series

And Niles Crane might not approve but Julia Omelette starring David Hyde Pierce and Sarah Lancaster starts this evening

Tue, 12 Apr, 2022

Siobhán McSweeney and Nicola Coughlan bid emotional goodbye to Derry Girls as final season wraps

'Goodbye Derry Girls, it’s been quite a ride'

Wed, 22 Dec, 2021

Wednesday TV Tips: Zara McDermott asks about rape culture in schools

— Robin Robin; Halle Berry; and another chance to catch the Derry Girls finale on television this evening

Wed, 24 Nov, 2021

The first episode of Nicola Coughlan’s bonkers new comedy podcast has dropped - and the cast list is seriously impressive

Brooklyn 99's Stephanie Beatriz and Queer Eye’s Jonathan Van Ness are among the cast members

Tue, 02 Nov, 2021

Thursday TV Tips: Up on a cliff with Siobhan McSweeney — and Glow Up Ireland makeup skills

Plus, Roy Keane in studio to analyse the England v Hungary game

Thu, 02 Sep, 2021

Derry Girls' Lisa McGee on working with Paul Mescal on new thriller The Deceived

After her success with her hometown comedy, Lisa McGee teamed up with her husband to write a gothic thriller. The new show comes with the added bonus of Paul Mescal

Mon, 07 Sep, 2020

Derry Girls and Queer Eye stars suggest a collab that could make the best TV yet

Two of the most wholesome TV shows to grace our screens have made the top 10 most-watched this week on Netflix.

Thu, 25 Jul, 2019

Derry Girls is finally streaming on Irish Netflix

After what seems like an eternity, season one of Derry Girls is now available to watch on Netflix.

Tue, 09 Jul, 2019

Derry Girls stars reunite for BAFTA awards

The stars of Lisa McGee's hit series Derry Girls have reunited in full ahead of the BAFTA awards tonight.

Sun, 12 May, 2019

Some sad news for Derry Girls fans

What would Sister Michael have to say about this?

Wed, 01 May, 2019

Cork actor reacts to calls for Sister Michael spin-off: 'Would it be her and Frasier in Seattle eye-rolling at each other?'

Almost two million people watched the opening episode of the second season of 'Derry Girls' last week and people instantly praised Sister Michael's no-nonsense attitude.

Tue, 12 Mar, 2019

Pack up your Troubles... The Derry Girls are back

Derry Girls is back for another lighthearted look at life during the conflict in the North, writes

Tue, 26 Feb, 2019

Here's when Derry Girls is back on our screens

We finally know when Derry Girls is back on TV.

Wed, 20 Feb, 2019

WATCH: Nicola Coughlan reacts to seeing the Derry Girls mural for the first time

Today the rest of the cast joined her to recreate the painting.

Mon, 18 Feb, 2019

Ardal O’Hanlon to join the cast of Derry Girls

The Father Ted star will play "Eamonn, the awkward, middle-aged mummy's boy of the Quinn/McCool extended family".

Thu, 14 Feb, 2019

Watch: Trailer released for second season of Derry Girls

The Northern Irish-based sitcom follows the lives of teenagers during the Troubles and is set to return to our screens next month.

Tue, 12 Feb, 2019

'People coming from all over the world' to see newly finished Derry Girls mural

A huge mural of the cast of the hit show Derry Girls in the city centre has been completed.

Tue, 29 Jan, 2019

Jonathan Van Ness from Queer Eye went on a theatre date with a Derry Girl

Last night, our favourite member of the Fab Five shared some snaps on Instagram of a trip he took to Broadway with one of the Derry Girls.

Mon, 14 Jan, 2019

We could be getting Derry Girls movie

A Derry Girls movie could be landing in our cinemas in the not too distant future.

Tue, 04 Dec, 2018

Derry Girls star hits out a critic for referencing her weight in review

Derry Girls star Nicola Coughlan has hit out at a theatre critic for referring to her as overweight.

Fri, 15 Jun, 2018

'Young Offenders' and 'Derry Girls' rule at IFTAs

The night belonged to Mná na hÉireann at the IFTA Gala Television Awards last night.

Fri, 01 Jun, 2018

The cast of Derry Girls to take on Crystal Maze game show

A range of celebrity contestants for Channel 4's 'Crystal Maze' have been announced ... including some of our favourite students from Co Derry.

Mon, 21 May, 2018

Why Irish comedy Derry Girls is the show to watch right now, hey

Oh how we do love the Northern Irish accent, and the slang that comes with is pure gold, writes Breda Graham.

Sat, 13 Jan, 2018