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<p> Damian Kerlin hosts the Memories from the Dancefloor podcast </p>

Podcast Corner: Gay times on dancefloors from Cork to New York

Irish journalist Damian Kerlin hosts one of the latest podcasts to celebrate LGBTQ+ culture

Tue, 07 Feb, 2023

<p>Sewing challenges; Tan France: Beauty and the Bleach; and Grey's Anatomy car crash</p>

Wednesday TV tips: Tan France on why he felt he had to resort to skin bleaching as a child

The fashion designer says he was aware of his skin colour from a very young age and thought this would solve a problem caused by racism

Wed, 27 Apr, 2022

Olly Alexander says he had ‘hysterical breakdown’ over It’s A Sin sex scenes

Olly Alexander has said he had “a bit of a hysterical breakdown” while filming sex scenes for It’s A Sin. The Years & Years frontman plays the ebullient Ritchie Tozer in the hit Channel 4 drama about the Aids crisis.

Mon, 15 Feb, 2021

Garda asked if he smoked cannabis at Englishman’s drug charge trial

A detective was asked in court if he smoked cannabis himself. The question was posed during the drugs charges trial of an Englishman living in West Cork for 35 years.

Sat, 02 Nov, 2013

Cork bishop criticises ‘offensive’ Mary image

THE Bishop of Cork and Ross has launched a scathing attack on an exhibition, due to open in UCC today, for portraying the Virgin Mary in an“offensive” way.

Thu, 23 Jun, 2011

Billie Piper to play Doctor Who aide

Billie Piper will play Doctor Who’s assistant in the new BBC series, it was confirmed today.

Mon, 24 May, 2004

Love split heartbreak for teen star Bell

Actor Jamie Bell told how fame is taking its toll on his love life as he turned up alone for the premiere of his latest film.

Mon, 23 Jun, 2003

<p>Niamh Ní Mhaoileoin studied politics at SOAS before working for a political blog and doing some freelance journalism.</p>

Beginner’s pluck: Dublin-born writer Niamh Ní Mhaoileoin

'Ordinary Saints' is pretty perfect. It’s informative, original, heartfelt, very real, and stunningly written

Sat, 10 May, 2025

Deaf star Troy Kotsur in tribute to disabled community as he makes Oscar history

Troy Kotsur dedicated his Oscar to “the deaf community, the Coda community and the disabled community”, adding: “This is our moment”, as he made history with his best supporting actor win.

Mon, 28 Mar, 2022

It's A Sin: An Irish perspective on the superb TV drama about gay life in the 1980s

London was a very different place to Ireland, but LGBT people of a certain vintage from this country will find many familiarities in Russell T Davies' enjoyable and heartbreaking series

Wed, 10 Feb, 2021

<p>Felicia Olusanya, better known as FELISPEAKS. Picture: Pato Cassinoni </p>

Saturday with FELISPEAKS: 'Creativity requires you to do a bunch of nothing to generate itself'

Felicia Olusanya, better known as FELISPEAKS, is a Nigerian-Irish poet, performer, playwright, and artist.

Sat, 30 Aug, 2025

Challenges to library books in US continue at record pace in 2023, figures show

Book bans and attempted bans continue to hit record highs in the US, according to the American Library Association (ALA). It said the efforts now extend as much to public libraries as school-based libraries.

Wed, 20 Sep, 2023

Swedish singer Loreen won Eurovision last year (Aaron Chown/PA)

Eurovision organisers say abuse of contestants over Israel ‘unacceptable’

The organisers of the Eurovision Song Contest have said that the abuse and harassment of contestants over Israel’s inclusion is “unacceptable and totally unfair”.

Tue, 09 Apr, 2024

Festival frenzy takes hold for the weekend

IT’S the weekend of the great exodus as tens of thousands of people prepare to travel to festivals around the country to celebrate the August bank holiday.

Fri, 01 Aug, 2003

Roderic O’Gorman Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration speaking at the launch at the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission in Dublin of the LGBT Ireland Strategic Plan 2023-2027. Picture date: Monday January 16, 2023.

LGBT charity plans to expand Pride events to towns in rural Ireland

Launching its five-year plan, entitled ‘Making Ireland The Best Place In Europe To Be LGBTQI+’, LGBT Ireland said it aimed to make the people it represents more visible and more safe

Mon, 16 Jan, 2023

Billy Eichner said Leslie Jordan ‘paved the way’ for LGBT community

Billy Eichner said the late gay actor Leslie Jordan “paved the way” for “the rest of us”.

Wed, 26 Oct, 2022

Ireland’s first ‘rainbow housing’ initiative now available for students in Limerick

Almost 200 students from more than 30 different countries have applied to live in Ireland’s first ‘rainbow housing’ initiative, student accommodation specifically for the LGBTQ+ community.

Thu, 18 Jul, 2019

Evening Round-up: Tusla's high-risk creches; Brexit document leak; Meyler replacement contenders

So that’s nearly Thursday wrapped up. Here’s some of the stories we published on irishexaminer.com today which we hope will help you make sense of it all this evening.

Thu, 01 Aug, 2019

<p>Between Wednesday night and Thursday morning, a number of prominent members of the party publicly stated they had left the party, including one time MEP candidate Saoirse McHugh. Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins</p>

Green Party members now have to email party to cancel membership

The process for resigning from the Green Party has been changed amid a wave of prominent resignations.

Thu, 23 Jul, 2020

<p> Kit Harington, Angelina Jolie, Chloé Zhao, Gemma Chan, and Richard Madden on the red carpet for the 'Eternals' screening at the 16th edition of the Rome Film Fest in Rome last month. Picture: AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis</p>

Marvel's Eternals film banned in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait after Disney refuses to cut same-sex kiss

The Marvel adventure has been pulled from Gulf region markets after sources claim the studio refused to remove a same-sex kiss

Thu, 04 Nov, 2021