Tom Vaughan-Lawlor tells Esther McCarthy about playing an IRA man in prison-break film, Maze

A bit different to last week's show.

Mrs Brown’s Boys gets a one-off live special tonight at 9.20pm on RTE One.

From Love/Hate to Once, Maureen Hughes is Ireland’s go-to casting agent. Esther McCarthy meets the woman who made Cillian Murphy a star.

After playing Nidge and Padraic Pearse, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor is happy to just be himslef for a chat to Clodagh Finn

Tom Vaughan-Lawlor and Aoibhinn McGinnity –better known as Nidge and Trish – are reuniting for a very different production: a 1916 drama. Rowena Walsh chats to the actress about life after Love/Hate.

Nidge’s grisly end in Love-Hate proved a bonanza for RTÉ’s commercial arm last year after DVD sales of the final series helped propel the firm to pre-tax profits of €4.5m.

As ‘Big Brother’ returns to TV screens tomorrow, Ed Power ponders which Irish celebrities would star in the long-running reality show

While we're used to seeing the Bryan Cranston donning the 'tache and specs, Vaughan-Lawlor is a long way from his new embroidered Nikies.

Hundreds of people have turned out to pay their respects to the family of Karen Buckley at her funeral this afternoon, Taxi driver Gail O’Rorke has been found not guilty of attempting to assist suicide and Man United are to face Barcelona in thier US tour. These are some of the latest and most read news on irishexaminer.com this evening.

The game - launched my Glenn McGarry - is set to begin at the end of the last season.

Paul Howard’s new project is about a British playboy, but his D4 classic still has appeal for those outside the Pale, says Richard Fitzpatrick

From Nidge to Peaky Blinders, Ireland’s top casting directors discuss the secrets of their trade with Richard Fitzpatrick

And it's not what you think.

Des O’Driscoll highlights this spring’s TV highlights.

 Des O'Driscoll rounds up the top 10 talking points of TV this year.

Test your knowledge of the year just gone with our entertainment quiz. The answers are at the bottom of the page. No peeking now!

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The producers of Love/Hate have donated the famous 'King Nidge' runners to the Pieta House charity.

Derby champ Laughil Blake and the immensely talented Droopys Nidge gave further credence, if it were needed, to the ‘Night of Stars’ moniker as they produced stellar performances on Saturday at Shelbourne Park.

With Netflix’s purchase of ‘Love/Hate’ for European audiences further cementing the success of Nidge and the gang, Ed Power looks back at the other great characters of Irish television.

RTÉ’s homemade crime drama Love/Hate will be available in 35 countries with international voice-over actors in the roles of Nidge, Fran, and others.

There may be life after Nidge after all, even if the crime boss is definitely past tense.

A lot of soccer supporters got distracted during last night's match by the apparent return of Love/Hate anti-hero Nidge.

Which runs in Dublin's Olympia Theatre until this Saturday November 15.

Love/Hate star Peter Coonan says he found it difficult to watch his character being subjected to a vicious prison rape in the season finale of the show on Sunday night.

It’s official — King Nidge is dead, but fans may yet be treated to a sixth season of Love/Hate.

*Spoiler Alert*

Now that the dust has settled following last night’s dramatic episode of Love/Hate, we look at some things to be learned from season five of the show.

Love/Hate, once again, has the nation talking about its incredible season finale last night, with the minority who didn't see it praying they get through the day without seeing any spoilers. And yes, there will be spoilers here.

Love/Hate star Tom Vaughan Lawlor has revealed he finds it very tough to act out scenes of violence against women in his role as gangland villain Nidge.

Thursday: The Fall BBC Two, 9pm

“Myself and Fran, we’re here to make sure the job is done properly, alright.”

Droopys Nidge remains firmly on course for St Leger success.

'Cooking with Nidgella' is as epic as we thought it would be.

There were very few upsets in Saturday’s second round of the Kerry Agribusiness Irish St Leger at Limerick but Droopy Nidge, a runaway winner in a record time in the opening round, had a very different experience in trying to justify odds of 1-5 in heat five as he was forced to pull out all the stops to see off the determined Burgess Oscar.

Patrons in an English pub will be baying for blood tomorrow night as drinks all around are promised if either of Love/Hate’s crime lords, Nidge and Fran, get the bullet.

Sunday can't come quick enough.

Are you a fan of Love/Hate? Then get yourself to Whiskey Joe’s, Loughrea on Sunday for a ’killer’ offer.

“But I don’t want Fran to know that”.

SATURDAY

“He’d have you killed in a second…”