John Hume: ‘We did not quite realise how significant he was until he died’
As her father’s first anniversary approaches, Mo Hume tells of the immeasurable gap left behind
What happens when a theatre actor loses a year?
The pandemic has given performers a chance to recalibrate ambitions and expectations
Man (29) jailed after fracturing partner’s nose and choking her
Dubliner receives two-year sentence over ‘vicious and violent’ attack on woman
Plane was ‘flying like torpedo’ before crash that killed pilot and boy (7), inquest hears
Jury finds deaths of Niall Bowditch and passenger Kacper Kacprzak were accidental
The Fall of the Second Republic review: A fitting portrayal of political disarray
Conspiracy thriller set in counterfactual 1970s Ireland plays out as screwball comedy
After a two-year process, Fishamble selects its 'big, ambitious' Play for Ireland
The Alternative wins Fishamble’s project, which seeks to buck trend for shorter productions
‘Breathtaking, rule-breaking, legend-making’: Dublin Fringe Festival winners
After 16 days and 80 productions, festival wraps up with awards in 11 categories
The Water Orchard review: How to avoid being reduced to an emoticon
Collapsing Horse’s new show pits high tech against low as they tread the water boards
Rogue roofer scammed Dublin woman (84) out of €3,000
John McCarthy jnr (21) intimidated woman, forced her to withdraw cash from post office
‘My first draft read like the Unabomber’s manifesto written on poppers’
Interview: John Doran, editor of the Quietus, thought writing about his alcohol and drug abuse would be cathartic, but dark undercurrents lurked beneath the happy mask of a colourful life
Romeo and Juliet . . . and Peter: is there still such a thing as a small part?
As an actor you may have only a few lines – or none at all – but you can still make the most of a role, as Dee Burke, who’s appearing in ‘Hedda Gabler’ at the Abbey, and John Doran, who features in Shakespeare’s tragedy at the Gate, are proving
Review: Some Flood
The only survivor of a biblical apocalpyse is a feckless young Irish lad. Isolated, bored and short on prospects for the future, has anything really changed?
Miraculous multiplication
The stage seems densely populated. So how come the dressing rooms are so empty?
Review: Fishes
A new play sketches a young Irish male in a rut of loneliness, idleness and drunkenness. What’s the catch?
Welcome to where the wild things are
Collapsing Horse’s Yeats-inspired production will appeal to children and adults
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