Stefanie Preissner

Can’t Cope, Won’t Cope: ‘It would be clutching at straws to do third series’

Writer Stefanie Preissner on ending the hit comedy-drama and heading for the US

Wed Aug 01 2018 - 16:15

Chris O’Dowd: From big Irish teddy bear to American hard man

The Boyle star on his tough-guy role in ‘Get Shorty’ and his county’s referendum journey

Sat Jun 30 2018 - 06:10

‘Can’t Cope Won’t Cope’ finale: What an incomplete Aisling

Review: In series 2, the plot grew ever-less-plausible and even Coppers began to feel old

Tue May 29 2018 - 12:30

Seven of the best TV shows to watch this week

Anthony Hopkins plays Lear, Gay Byrne takes a trip down memory lane and Can’t Cope, Won’t Cope comes to a friendship-wrecking close

Sun May 27 2018 - 06:00

Can’t Cope, Won’t Cope: Aisling is a habit we can’t shake

One of the freshest, funniest shows on TV absorbs everything jittery about modern Ireland

Mon Apr 23 2018 - 22:00

The ultimate Irish bucket list: Croagh Patrick, the Gaeltacht, soda bread

What’s the one thing every Irish person should do before they die?

Sat Mar 17 2018 - 06:00

What’s Ireland’s favourite Christmas song, we wondered. So we asked you . . .

Almost 3,000 people on Twitter returned a clear winner from a four-strong shortist

Fri Dec 01 2017 - 13:56

Stefanie Preissner: ‘I’m good at nitpicking other people’s relationships’

The writer on her favourite actor, podcast, theatre and why she loves Dublin

Sat Nov 18 2017 - 05:00

Shortlists announced for the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards 2017

Among the nominees are Ryan Tubridy, Cecelia Ahern, John Banville, Molly McCloskey, Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen

Thu Nov 02 2017 - 12:42

Dr Ciara Kelly: I don’t go round thinking ‘I am a woman’ all the time

Brendan O’Connor’s Cutting Edge review: He’s a shrewd interviewer, but this week’s programme gets trivial quickly

Thu Oct 19 2017 - 12:29

Dancing with my self: Step this way for this week’s theatre highlights

On the boards: Abbey stages 1936 play by the oft-neglected Teresa Deevy, and Stefanie Preissner directs Margaret McAuliffe’s one-woman show about an Irish dancer

Thu Aug 31 2017 - 11:00

It’s okay to call communion wafer ‘haunted bread’ on Irish television

Broadasting Authority rejects 11 complaints about RTÉ ‘Late Late Show’ item

Thu Aug 03 2017 - 13:56

RTÉ counts the cost of Brexit blues

Willie O’Reilly interview: Weak pound alone has dented ad revenues by up to €6m a year

Sat Jun 17 2017 - 10:00

New TV3 crime drama ‘Darklands’ awarded €500,000 under funding scheme

RTÉ’s ‘Can’t Cope, Won’t Cope’ and ‘Striking Out’ also awarded production money by BAI

Mon May 22 2017 - 12:59

How to be an adult

Can’t Cope Won’t Cope’s Stefanie Preissner - plus Paul Howard, Maia Dunphy and others - on what it takes to be a grown-up

Sat May 13 2017 - 06:11

Ryan Tubridy is transitioning from young fogey to old codger

Radio review: He scorns political correctness like a grumpy old man, but in one respect he is still young at heart

Fri Mar 17 2017 - 10:00

30 Irish women you need to know

To mark International Women’s Day on Wednesday, here are 30 women who are shaping Irish life

Sat Mar 04 2017 - 06:15

What’s hot this week: Gosling films and wine at Light House Cinema

What’s not: Overpriced coffee and Facebook’s new ‘Discover People’ feature

Fri Feb 10 2017 - 16:00

‘Back for a second series’ are the magic words in Irish television in 2016

‘Can’t Cope, Won’t Cope’ has won fans among younger viewers, but will it return for more?

Tue Oct 04 2016 - 07:25

‘Can’t Cope, Won’t Cope’: the making of RTÉ’s dark new comedy drama

2016 Revisited: Too much TV glamorises ‘going out for the night, having sex with people, then dissecting it the next day over avocados’. Stefanie Preissner set out to be more realistic

Sat Sept 17 2016 - 04:00