Blue Road - The Edna O’Brien Story review: Was Ireland this dire? It really was
Sinéad O’Shea’s documentary is remarkable, though, for its consideration of an extraordinary life
Sinéad O’Shea
Edna O’Brien: ‘She could be so queenly and dominating, but then totally wounded by criticism’
With the release of her Edna O’Brien documentary imminent, documentary maker Sinéad O’Shea talks about the late writer’s remarkable and often difficult life
Pray for Our Sinners: Powerful account of resistance to ‘empire designated to punishing girls’
Sinéad O’Shea returns to her home town to explore a time when many ordinary citizens submitted to an ‘empire designated to punishing girls’ - and a few rebelled
The Troubles on film: ‘Hollywood has done everywhere and it’s always wrong’
Critic Mark Cousins takes a personal look at North’s relationship with cinema for Channel 4
A Mother Brings Her Son to Be Shot: It’s still grim up North
Review: Sinead O’Shea’s film documents a bandit-controlled Northern Irish community
Body & Soul 2018: stage times revealed
Every stage, every band, every slot for this year's festival, which runs from June 22nd - 24th
Why a Derry mother took her son to be kneecapped
Paramilitary punishments are rising in the North. Some people yearn for the Troubles
Dublin International Film Festival: the best films to see
The likes of ‘Custody’, ‘Sweet Country’ and ‘The Third Murder’ are worth seeking out
Irish Film Board announces major releases for 2018
TV adaptation of George RR Martin’s Nightflyers and Wolfwalkers among highly anticipated productions
Students in direct provision working hard for college place
For asylum seekers in direct provision exam stress is simply another layer of pressure
Irish Refugee Council quitting direct provision group ‘regrettable’
Publication of heads of Bill without ‘allowing discussion’ of change in refugee law criticised
Foreign Affairs ‘concerned’ at Saudi Arabia flogging
Saudi blogger Raif Badawi to receive 50 lashes today as part of sentence
Michael D Higgins speaks of concern for asylum seekers who experience ‘exclusion’
Opening of joint offices for Irish Refugee Council and Migrant Rights Centre of Ireland
New Irish Times business show - listen to the pilot
Tom Lyons is in the chair as our business journalists discuss the week’s big stories
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