The Irish Times

‘There’s this magical performance that’s nothing to do with drugs’

As he retires, Mick Egan looks back at 30 years working with addicts in art and drama

Wed Sept 02 2020 - 05:00

Fifty Shades, Kanye, Love/Hate: The films, TV, books and music that defined the decade

The Decade in Culture: The most impactful books, series and performers of 2010-19

Fri Dec 20 2019 - 06:00

RTÉ’s commercial arm increases pretax profits to €8.89m

Sales of Operation Transformation and Hardy Bucks contribute to 22% rise

Wed Oct 16 2019 - 11:31

Druid theatre company says it will produce only new plays in 2019

New writing ‘has to be nurtured and taken care of’, says artistic director Garry Hynes

Tue May 14 2019 - 11:00

The 2018 Irish Times Christmas Prize Quiz

Test your knowledge of the past 12 months with these 100 questions – and you could win a prize

Mon Dec 24 2018 - 06:00

Taken Down: Everybody here had blood on their hands

Series finale review: RTÉ’s drama opened our eyes to an ugly Ireland we ordinarily never see

Mon Dec 10 2018 - 13:01

Taken Down: A major step forward for Irish television drama

Review: A sombre tale of desperate lives from Jo Spain and ‘Love/Hate’ creator Stuart Carolan

Sun Nov 04 2018 - 23:00

On Irish TV screens, there will be ‘Blood’

New dramas are in production, but a crowded market makes it hard to score a hit

Tue Jul 24 2018 - 03:58

Drumm too dull to understand what he was part of and too thick to feel pain of others’ suffering

The Anglo Irish Bank boss was inflated by people’s need to believe in his magic money

Sat Jun 23 2018 - 06:00

‘Love/Hate’ makers to produce new crime drama for RTÉ

Six-part series ‘Taken Down’ by novelist Jo Spain has been awarded BAI funding

Fri Apr 13 2018 - 12:35

Eamon Dunphy: ‘I’m not part of official Ireland’

Interview: The pundit and podcaster talks Celtic Tiger, family and his ‘Buddhist’ outlook

Sat Sept 02 2017 - 06:00

Obituary: Dónal Toolan

Disabled rights activist, actor and journalist was a brilliant campaigner

Sat Apr 29 2017 - 01:11

Aidan Gillen: ‘My ambition is to not have to chase money’

HBO has been the actor’s main employer for years, which enables him to do smaller projects, such as a reading of Joyce’s story The Dead in Dublin this week

Mon Jan 04 2016 - 06:00

IFTA: Frank, Patrick’s Day and Love/Hate the big winners

Tomm Moore’s animation called ‘Song of the Sea’ is the surprise Best Film winner

Mon May 25 2015 - 10:24

Ifta 2015 film and drama nominees announced

‘Frank’ with Michael Fassbender and ‘Patrick’s Day’ with Moe Dunford top nominations

Wed Apr 29 2015 - 16:02

Culture Shock: Awestruck by Krystian Lupa, a grand master of theatre

Polish director is not so much respected as revered

Sat Dec 20 2014 - 01:00

Review: Defender of the Faith

Decadent Theatre’s canny revival of Stuart Carolan’s play carries echoes of his TV show Love/Hate

Fri Nov 28 2014 - 14:51

‘True appeal’ of television a tricky calculation

Head of RTÉ TV Glen Killane talks ‘Love/Hate’, budget squeezes and digital viewing

Thu Nov 20 2014 - 01:30

What’s coola boola in French? Love/Hate goes international

Love/Hate to be streamed in France, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium

Wed Nov 19 2014 - 16:34

Love/Hate will return for a sixth series, but not for 2015

RTÉ’s head of TV drama confirms Stuart Carolan is working on the next instalment

Sun Nov 16 2014 - 08:51

Television: Nidge is dead. And ‘Downton Abbey’ is on life support

Review: Whatever the future of RTÉ’s hit drama, we’ll sure miss Tom Vaughan-Lawlor’s superbly nasty Nidge

Sat Nov 15 2014 - 01:00

Can RTÉ ever kill off ‘Love/Hate’?

Final episode breaks 1 million barrier even before playback views are counted

Thu Nov 13 2014 - 01:15

Filming Love/Hate sexual violence ‘tough’, says Peter Coonan

‘There’s no way to dress up a rape,’ says Dublin Rape Crisis Centre chief executive

Tue Nov 11 2014 - 15:49

Taxing plot comes together in one scene

The connection between Jean-Claude Juncker and Love/Hate’s Nidge

Tue Nov 11 2014 - 07:19

Spoiler alert: Is Nidge dead? Tom Vaughan Lawlor hints the answer

Actor ‘hugely grateful’ to Love/Hate and its fans but ‘ looking forward to new challenges’

Mon Nov 10 2014 - 18:34

Dance, laugh, love/hate

A night with Toney Clayton-Lea, Stuart Carolan, Cathy Davey and Colm O'Regan

Fri Nov 07 2014 - 11:27

Nidge under pressure as enemies circle in return of Love/Hate

Opening episode shows group of Travellers attempt to kill Dublin gangland boss

Sun Oct 05 2014 - 23:06

Fran the man becomes Behan the borstal boy

A varied theatre career – including his new role as Brendan Behan – should save Peter Coonan from being typecast as a crook

Wed Sept 03 2014 - 01:00

‘Calvary’ takes best actor and writer awards at IFTAs

Story of rural priest is star of annual film and television event in Dublin

Sun Apr 06 2014 - 13:52

Father and son go head -to-head in IFTAs

Brendan and Domhnall Gleeson nominated in the best actor category

Thu Feb 27 2014 - 13:46

Word for Word: Poetry’s inspirational ubiquity

Whether in a book or on ‘Mad Men’, ‘Breaking Bad’ or ‘The Simpsons’, poems change people’s understanding of what’s going on in the world

Sat Feb 22 2014 - 01:00

Television: All filler, no killer as ‘Love/Hate’ runs out of ammunition

It started off with a bang and a cat killing, but it looks as if RTÉ’s biggest drama has used up its nine lives. At least ‘Downton Abbey’ has given up all pretence of making any sense

Sat Nov 16 2013 - 01:00

The ‘Love/Hate’ portrayal of ‘scumbags’ fails to read causes of violent behaviour

Opinion: It is through gangland culture that many men find a status otherwise denied to them

Wed Nov 13 2013 - 12:01

Love/Hate ending provokes love and hate as last episode gains 1,007,500 viewers

Not all viewers were satisfied with the ending but they all tuned in anyway

Mon Nov 11 2013 - 22:25