Category Archives: Irish Television

Graham Norton’s HOLDING

HOLDING, a new 4-part tv show based on the book by chat-show host Graham Norton, airs this week. Human remains are discovered in a small, quiet village in West Cork, Ireland, while local builders are demolishing a farmhouse that belonged to the Burke family. It seems that the villagers – including the fiancee jilted at the altar by Tommy, the son of the house, as well as the woman he was seeing on the side – now have an answer as to how, if not precisely why, he disappeared on his wedding eve 20 years ago.

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IFTA’s full winners list

Colm Bairéad’s Irish-language drama AN CAILíN CIúIN was the big film winner at last night’s Irish Film and Television Academy awards with eight wins. Director Colm Bairéad’s debut won best film, best director and lead actress for Catherine Clinch in addition to multiple craft awards. Bairéad also won the rising star prize. The coming-of-age drama had debuted at the Berlin Film Festival where it won two prizes. The virtual event was hosted by Deirdre O’Kane whose routine included a nod to Ukrainian president, and fellow comedian, Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Chris Pine, Colin Farrell, Michael Moore, Roma Downey and Fionnula Flanagan were among other guests presenting awards.

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Farrell in PENGUIN spin-off series

Castleknock’s own, Colin Farrell, who is starring in THE BATMAN, will portray the DC Comics villain The Penguin in a limited spin-off series for the US streaming service HBO Max. As well as starring in the TV series, Farrell will also serve as an executive producer, alongside Matt Reeves. The Penguin is one of the most famous villains from the Batman comics and the character is known for his top hat, monocle, and multiple lethal umbrellas.

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Negga wins Independent Spirit Award

Ruth Negga has won best supporting actress at the Independent Spirit Awards for her performance in Rebecca Hall’s PASSING. The actress, from Limerick, will see this as some consolation for unexpectedly not being nominated at the upcoming Academy Awards. Playing a black woman passing for white in 1920s Harlem, Negga has received universal acclaim since Passing premiered at the Sundance Film Festival over a year ago. She is nominated at the upcoming Bafta awards and was a winner with the London Film Critics Circle and the National Society of Film Critics.

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Dunford in NIGHTRIDE

Moe Dunford’s new movie NIGHTRIDE is currently streaming on Netflix. Set over the course of one night in Belfast, NIGHTRIDE was shot in a real-time, one-shot style, giving it a sense of urgency and immediacy and follows a drug dealer as he attempts to go straight – by pulling off one last big job – in this captivating, immersive thriller.

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Gleeson in BURREN: HEART OF STONE

An Irish documentary narrated by Brendan Gleeson telling the story of the Burren region in County Clare is set to air on US television this month. BURREN: HEART OF STONE presents new evidence of human activity in Ireland 20,000 years earlier than previously thought. The two-part documentary, which attracted more than one million viewers when it aired in Ireland, will treat audiences to a visually impressive and thought-provoking story about the resilience and beauty of the famous Irish landscape.

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Siobhán McSweeney’s culture tips

The DERRY GIRLS star shares on her passion for mime, getting fashion inspiration from Debbie Harry, and the podcast that helped her embrace her love of Anne Rice. The Irish actor and presenter Siobhán McSweeney, 42, earned a science degree from the University College Cork before moving to London to study at the Central School of Speech and Drama. She performed at the National Theatre, then landed her breakthrough TV role as Sister Michael in the hit Channel 4 sitcom DERRY GIRLS.

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