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‘Why did I leave Ireland? I left Ireland because it was bloody lonely!’
Extraordinary Emigrants: Dave Allen became a role model for a generation of comedians
‘Derry Girls’ creator Lisa McGee honoured at television industry event in London
Embassy dinner attended by executives from RTÉ, TV3, BBC, Sky and Channel 4
‘Dave Allen at Peace’: An overly simplistic portrayal of one of Ireland’s most complex jokers
Review: The intentions of this biopic are honourable, but Allen, you feel, would have told it so much better.
TV this weekend: Attenborough on eggs and Geldof on the ‘Late Late Show’
The Ray D’Arcy show will discuss consent in wake of Belfast trial while Aidan Gillen plays Dave Allen
From Derry Girls to Cork offenders: unmissable TV for 2018
Ring out (or recommission) the old; ring in the new: here’s what to stay tuned for in the new year
Tommy Tiernan: ‘I love going to Mass. It’s all about the losers’
Comedian, chat show host and now actor talks comedy, Christmas and Catholicism
Scheme aims to offer public patients cut-price private healthcare
Letsbuyhealthcare to bulk-buy procedures from hospital in similar manner to NTPF
Chesterfield sign Ched Evans on one-year contract
Three months before his rape retrial begins the former Wales international agrees deal
Irish woman arrested in Spain in anti-organised crime operation
Dubliner (31) held on suspicion of membership of organised crime group
The legacy of Jeff Buckley’s amazing Grace, 20 years on
As the only studio album released by the singer in his lifetime, Grace represents all that was lost with Buckley’s tragic early death
‘It’s the same now as when Gang of Four were starting out’
Musicians may complain but Dave Allen, one-time bass player in the post-punk band Gang of Four, says music streaming is the only way forward and he’s working on the data to prove it
Telling it as it is – home truths about parenting
Former prison governor John Lonergan, who shares his philosophy on raising the next generation in a new book, picks out three new year resolutions for parents
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