Cork actor wins award for his work in Martin McDonagh’s The Lieutenant of Inishmore

The sci-fi series’s labyrinthine mythology is no problem for Irish author Dave Rudden

Patrick Freyne: Poldark’s full of existential conundrums. And heaving, glistening chests

A new documentary on Germaine Greer is among the TV highlights

Dublin stage actor who has died aged 44 remembered as ‘an outstanding example of how to live’

Frankie Boyle goes to Russia ahead of the World Cup, plus the final of Britain’s Got Talent

The ‘Trainspotting’ director will take the reins on 25th James Bond film – and Craig’s fifth

And when he's finished as 007? Clondalkin man Aidan Turner looks nicely positioned

The melodramatic, gripping, entertaining series is back, writes Patrick Freyne

Will Demelza continue to put up with Ross’s shenanigans? Will he get his shirt off?

Rooney Mara and Jack Reynor are the muddled lovers with no chemistry in Jim Sheridan’s film of Barry’s acclaimed novel

The ex-007 talks movies, marriages and how Aidan Turner would look good as Bond

An Irish Times series explores Ireland’s relationship with its bigger, more powerful neighbour, our changing levels of enmity and amity and the small – yet vast – differences that define the two countries

As the Dubliner returns for a second series, he reflects on his career and the audition that went so badly he thought ‘I need to take advantage of these looks before they fade’

Company behind ‘Great Irish Bake Off’ to develop ‘Bucking the Trend’ for RTÉ

Irish broadcasters and producers rack up 42 nominations for this year’s ‘Torc’ awards

‘And There Were None’ proves a compelling piece of costume drama, while Luke Kelly gets an affectionate, enjoyable treatment

Year in review: From ‘Red Rock’ to Aidan Turner’s biceps in ‘Poldark’ and Don Draper’s final ad campaign in ‘Mad Men’, TV delivered the goods in 2015

A year of ‘Poldark’, paranoia and seeing off a threat from Pixie Pickle Pants