Oscar-winning director, Martin McDonagh, is set to make a return to the big screen with a new film about a friendship gone sour in Ireland.

Young Offenders star Alex Murphy says he is now recognized in the streets of New York thanks to the Netflix success of the coming-of-age series.

The Everyman hosts Ronan FitzGibbon’s play about singsongs along the Blackwater, writes Marjorie Brennan

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My idea of misery is a nine to five office job.

It’s been an iffy year for movies, but the year has been bookended by some true diamonds in the rough:

Following on from the success of Martin McDonagh's The Cripple of Inishmaan earlier this year, the Gaitey Theatre will present McDonagh's The Lieuenant of Inishmore from January onwards.

The chairman of the Public Accounts Committee has criticised one of the country’s most senior civil servants for making “zero effort to answer the questions” posed by the committee regarding the Public Services Card.

This week, an inquest heard that Galwaywoman Teresa McDonagh’s brutal death could have been avoided, had warnings about how dangerous her son’s three Presa Canario dogs were been taken seriously. Mrs McDonagh, aged 64, died of “massive” injuries, after she was attacked at her son’s home in June, 2017. The killer dogs had free rein in father-of-four Martin McDonagh’s property and were described by the local postman as the most vicious dogs he had seen in 25 years.

THE death of a Co Galway woman in a savage dog attack outside her son’s home could have been avoided if earlier warnings about the animals’ behaviour had been listened to, an inquest has heard.

From parallel universes to prison cells- here's some of what you can expect from Netflix this July:

The Cannes Film Festival (May 14 to 25) unveiled its roster earlier in the week

The Cork actor won the award for his work in Martin McDonagh's "The Lieutenant of Inishmore" which ran in the West End last year.

The black comedy, which also starred Aiden Gillen, is the second play in McDonagh’s Aran Islands Trilogy.

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

From make-ups to break-ups to high-powered weddings, it’s been a busy year in the celebrity world, writes Kelly O’Brien.

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) have picked Cork’s Chris Walley in the Bafta Breakthrough Brit awards, marking him out as one of the most promising actors this year.

In film-making, planning foresight is an essential element of the painstaking process between conception and production, writes John Daly.

A family living at a Cork City halting site has distanced themselves unequivocally from a man recently jailed for sex offences and who gave the site as his address.

Martin McDonagh’s The Lonesome West is practically a period piece now, portraying an Ireland where cheaply-framed pictures of the Pope and JFK still hang on the yellowed walls, a packet of Tayto costs 17p and the local priest drops by to sip poitín at the kitchen table.

In light of the violent gun attack in the Greektown neighbourhood of their city the Toronto Film Festival’s CEO Piers Handling and artistic director Cameron Bailey announced this year’s first films today with little fanfare.

Evelyn Grant is a flute-player and presenter of Week End Drive on RTÉ Lyric fm. She is also musical director and conductor of the Cork Pops

Inishmaan, Co Galway, is a glorious place but it can be challenging too.

It is not necessary to be a sceptic to dismiss the Oscars as a low-cal smoothie, mixing a marketing love-in and a hiring fair. After all, every industry has self-aggrandising jamborees.

Gary Oldman told his 98-year-old mother to “put the kettle on, I’m bringing Oscar home” as his portrayal of Winston Churchill earned him his first Oscar.

The Shape of Water has won the Oscar for best picture.

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“Réalt Mór Leitir Mealláin”

The Irish Film and Drama awards celebrated its 15th year last night and boy, did it pull out all the stops.

The makers of The Young Offenders have confirmed they’re keen on shooting another series and that we could soon see Conor and Jock back causing mayhem on the streets of Cork.

Despite the Brexit threat and our corporate tax structure facing challenges, one Irish industry has begun 2018 with a decidedly optimistic fanfare.

After winning a Golden Globe earlier this month, Saoirse Ronan has been beaten to the Screen Actors Guild best actress award by Frances McDormand.

The beginning of the year has become a treasure trove of cinematic treats for Irish movie fans. Keeping films fresh in the minds of awards-season voters often means they’re released just before Christmas in the US, so they reach our shores between the Golden Globes and the Oscars. Esther McCarthy selects the movies you really don’t want to miss

It would probably be an exercise in Prosecco-fuelled optimism, even in Dry January, to hope that celebrities might lead a revolution.

It was a case of third time’s a charm for Saoirse Ronan as she won Best Actress at Sunday night’s Golden Globes.

From movies to music, food to fashion, our critics reveal their picks for the year ahead.

Saoirse Ronan and Midleton’s Nora Twomey are among the Irish hopefuls for the Golden Globes on Sunday, writes Esther McCarthy.

Des O’Driscoll shares the latest news from the entertainment world.

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London-Irish director Martin McDonagh and leading actress Frances McDormand have been tipped for Oscar success with their new film, writes Helen Barlow.

Our regular contributors select their highlights of the year

Irish artists have been nominated in 5 categories at the 2018 Golden Globes.

The Supreme Court is to hear further submissions on whether a defamation action in which a man was awarded €900,000 should go back for a full jury re-trial or whether the court itself could assess damages.

The Court of Appeal was incorrect in overturning a €900,000 damages award for defamation to a man called a drug dealer by a newspaper, the Supreme Court has found.