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The Arts Council has revealed it has withheld hundreds of thousands of euro in funding for the Abbey Theatre, amid concerns the venue’s direction has resulted in fewer opportunities for Irish artists.

More than 300 people from the Irish theatre community have signed a letter to the Minister for Culture over how the Abbey Theatre is being run.

Esther McCarthy selects her highlights of the year...

Indiependence (Aug 3-5) in Mitchelstown has revealed its day-to-day lineup.

Sam Keeley failed his Leaving Cert but his love of acting has seen him succeed, writes Esther McCarthy

Sourcing his material from former prisoners, director Frank Berry wanted to get the experience of a first-time inmate on to the big screen, he tells Esther McCarthy

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

A bit different to last week's show.

The rude health of the film industry in this country is underlined by the presence of 10 Irish offerings at the prestigious festival, writes Esther McCarthy

The Cork-born director of the prestigious event helps Esther McCarthy select some highlights

As the world’s most famous film festival kicks off, Helen Barlow selects some of the highlights

The filming of the next Star Wars blockbuster along with increased activity in Irish film, animation and television drama saw a record-breaking €250m production spend in Ireland in 2016, according to the Irish Film Board.

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 feature in Trial of the Century, on TV3 at 9.15pm tonight.

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.

The filming of a new movie documenting the 1983 prison breakout of IRA prisoners from the North’s Maze Prison got under way at the recently decommissioned Cork prison yesterday.

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.

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

Ireland’s best-known talent agency, that counts Tom Vaughan-Lawlor and Laura Whitmore among its clients, will return to profit this year.

The daughter of former justice minister Seán Doherty has attacked RTE’s depiction of him in a mini-series centred on Charles Haughey.

Even if it was not about the rise and fall of former taoiseach Charles Haughey, RTÉ’s three-part drama would still have great entertainment value.

Actor Aidan Gillen has said he tried not to pass judgement on Charles Haughey when playing the controversial taoiseach in RTÉ’s upcoming mini-series, Charlie.

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

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

The Abbey Theatre last year swung back into strong profit after slashing costs by €2m.

Mark O’Rowe’s new play depends on a series of narrative reversals that can’t be divulged without ruining the twist.

RTÉ One have released their autumn/winter schedule and Imelda May is getting her own show!

Jonathan deBurca Butler asks five culture vultures to give their recommendations for the final weeks of the summer so you don’t miss the best of what’s on offer

Last night's season finale of RTÉ's gangland drama Love/Hate had an average of 1,007,500 viewers, the broadcaster has revealed.

POLITICS is rock ’n’ roll for the ugly, and the shucksters, bounders and bumpkins who hang about in Leinster House are a motley crew.

Littlefinger as Charlie Haughey? Nidge as Mara? How we scoffed. But we scoff no more…

The life of Charles Haughey, the politician so many people love to hate, is to be dramatised starring actors from the country’s latest hit crime drama.

Cork heartthrob Cillian Murphy and Love/Hate star Tom Vaughan-Lawlor are set to star in the highly anticipated BBC gangster series Peaky Blinders.

THOUGH he’s popularly known as ‘Nidge’ from RTÉ’s hit drama Love/Hate, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor has been a much admired stage actor for many years.

The writer of Love/Hate has dubbed the show’s star Tom Vaughan-Lawlor as the best actor on the planet.

While international film stars will be thin on the ground at tonight’s Irish Film and Television Awards in Dublin’s Convention Centre, a huge turnout of Irish stars and celebrities is expected at what is regarded by some as Ireland’s answer to the Oscars.

Love/Hate star Jason Barry said he has been bowled over by the success of the RTÉ drama, as he has been away from the hype at his Hollywood home.

As the IFTA awards show, the Irish entertainment industry has kept up its quality output despite the recession, writes Carl Dixon