Music

‘As soon as we signed the record deal the band was poisoned’ - musician Andrew Brennan

On the eve of sitting their Leaving Cert in 2001, the five members of Dublin band Melaton found themselves at the centre of a bidding war between...

Television

‘The world is still full of stupid f**** - it’s solid gold every day’ - Andrew Maxwell talks Brexit, and why the Irish hate the English

Having lived in England for almost 25 years and fashioned himself an enduring career in political comedy,...

Television

Revealed: Paddy McGuinness and Freddie Flintoff to host Top Gear

Paddy McGuinness and Freddie Flintoff will host Top Gear from next year, the BBC has confirmed.

Celebrity Weddings

GoT star Thor Bjornsson ties the knot with fiancé Kelsey Henson - and their official wedding photo is perfect

Thor Björnsson has tied the knot.

Television

'Shyness is a terrible and a debilitating thing' - Diarmuid Gavin on overcoming his insecurities

Gardener Diarmuid Gavin has detailed his "debilitating" shyness...

Television

That's nice: Mrs Brown's Boys star Brendan O'Carroll banks €1.3m

The runaway success of Brendan O'Carroll's foul-mouthed mammy Agnes Brown resulted in the TV star and his wife Jennifer Gibney sharing a windfall of €1.3m last year.

Books

Sally Field on a lifetime in Hollywood and dealing with personal and professional cruelty

In 1976, Sally Field caught a plane to Atlanta, Georgia, on her way to a five-week movie shoot. She was 29, three years away from her first Oscar, for Norma Rae (1979), but had been on the small screen since her teens. She had just starred in...

Entertainment

Filming the best break-up album ever - Bob Dylan's Blood on the Tracks is being made into a movie

On Christmas Eve 1974, a phone at Columbia Records' New York HQ began ringing urgently. It was Bob Dylan, requesting his label pull the plug on his new album. The plan had been for Dylan's 15th LP, Blood On The Tracks, to come out...

Books

Milking it: From Booker to bestseller - ‘I grew up in a place that was rife with violence, distrust and paranoia’

TV News

Four more Irish stars set to join Peaky Blinders season 5

It may be set in Birmingham but the cast of hit BBC series Peaky Blinders is full of Irish talent and the Irish contingent is set to increase with the...