The Irish Times

95 things to look forward to: Matches, movies, plays, pints, pals

By Aisling Bea, Mary McAleese, Richard Ford, Marian Keyes, Tolü Makay, Blindboy and more

Sat Apr 24 2021 - 06:00

Animal charity run by Cathy Davey hits the financial buffers over Covid-19

My Lovely Horse animal rescue is facing a deficit this year of €70,000

Fri Dec 18 2020 - 10:54

‘People say it must be hard to parody Cummings and Gove. And I say yes’

Father Ted creator Arthur Mathews on his new spoof of Boris Johnson’s former adviser

Tue Dec 08 2020 - 05:00

Father Ted creator to publish spoof Dominic Cummings diary

Faber to release Arthur Mathews’s satire on controversial British government adviser

Thu Jun 04 2020 - 10:33

Fawlty Towers named greatest British sitcom of all time

Father Ted, written by Arthur Mathews and Graham Linehan, came second, with I’m Alan Partridge in third

Tue Apr 09 2019 - 08:57

Last Train to Hilversum review: detail and trivia tuned to magic of radio

Charlie Connelly celebrates radio culture as a means of reaching out to a bigger world

Sat Jan 26 2019 - 06:00

‘Father Ted’ is set to return as a musical

Graham Linehan says ‘Pope Ted—The Father Ted Musical’ will be the ‘real final episode’

Sat Jun 02 2018 - 16:11

Careful now: Will we ever stop talking about Father Ted?

Twenty years and thousands of repeats later, Ireland still lives in Craggy Island’s shadow

Sat Jan 20 2018 - 06:15

A Fechin great buy: church in Termonfeckin for €130K

St Fechin’s Church, in the hometown of the creator of Father Ted, is for sale

Tue Oct 24 2017 - 13:50

Soccer memories: Jack Charlton, USA ‘94, and sticker collections

Blindboy, Miriam O’Callaghan, Jacqui Hurley and more share their memories of ‘the beautiful game'

Fri Jun 03 2016 - 13:00

Ballymagash to Craggy Island: Five great Frank Kelly creations

Comedian played a range of memorable and lovable characters on television and radio

Sun Feb 28 2016 - 20:20

Late Frank Kelly was loved by generations of Irish people

Articulate, charming actor could not have been further removed from Fr Jack’s personality

Sun Feb 28 2016 - 17:18

Television: A sugar-crash course in how we are poisoning ourselves

Review: Sugar Crash; Tracey Ullman’s Show; Fair City

Fri Jan 15 2016 - 14:46

The secret lives of the priests in Father Ted

What links the classic sitcom to The Smiths, Freddie Mercury, Star Wars, Trainspotting, Ballykissangel, Emmerdale and the cream of Irish journalism? Martin Doyle confesses all

Wed Jul 29 2015 - 11:00

Serious about prog: Matt Berry turns it on again

Berry’s fifth album pays homage to Tubular Bells and other prog-rock classics. People are slowly accepting him as being more than an actor and comedian, he says

Mon Jun 23 2014 - 01:00