Why are Irish artists such as Graham Linehan, Sally Rooney so prominent in UK free speech wars?
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If only Britain had been paying attention, the Irish courts offered a masterclass in how to avoid getting drawn into the culture wars
Graham Linehan accuses British police of ‘basically working for trans activists’ during court appearance
Father Ted co-creator on trial in London accused of harassing trans woman Sophia Brooks
Graham Linehan called 17-year-old transgender activist a ‘disgusting incel’ and a ‘groomer’, court hears
Sophia Brooks denies pressing police to pursue charges against Father Ted creator soley for ‘kudos’
Nigel Farage tells US Congress Graham Linehan arrest proves UK has ‘become North Korea’
Metropolitan Police commissioner says officers should not be ‘policing toxic culture wars debates’
The Irish Times view on proscribing Palestine Action: the UK’s liberal traditions are being undermined
The proscription raises the question of whether noisy, disruptive protest still has a place in democratic life
Father Ted writer Graham Linehan ‘arrested over X posts’ on trans issues
Linehan (57) says he was taken to hospital with high blood pressure after questioning by police
Graham Linehan says he has ‘lost a great deal’ as he denies harassing transgender woman
London court frees Father Ted co-creator on bail with the condition not to contact the complainant directly or indirectly
Lead cases chosen as Graham Linehan and others sue Belfast bar owners claiming refusal of service due to gender beliefs
Group including Father Ted writer suing the owners of Robinson’s Bar claiming they were unlawfully discriminated against
Ardal O’Hanlon on Father Ted at 30: ‘I thought it was a sh*t idea. Who was going to want to watch a sitcom about priests?’
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Father Ted writer part of group suing over alleged discrimination in Belfast pub
Graham Linehan and other campaigners had taken part in a 'Let Women Speak' rally and allege they were refused service at a bar
‘People say it must be hard to parody Cummings and Gove. And I say yes’
Father Ted creator Arthur Mathews on his new spoof of Boris Johnson’s former adviser
Twitter closes Graham Linehan account after trans comment
Account of Father Ted creator suspended over ‘hateful conduct’ rules breach
Feel Good: A masterpiece of a sitcom starring Mae Martin as Mae Martin
Actor says her newly-sober character is close to where she was 10 years ago
Ardal O’Hanlon: ‘I was always this weird, watchful kind of kid’
The comedian on stand-up terror, growing up with a politician for a dad, and Father Ted
BAI rejects complaints about Prime Time’s transgender programme
Programme treated issue ‘fairly’ and presented information in an ‘objective manner’
Fawlty Towers named greatest British sitcom of all time
Father Ted, written by Arthur Mathews and Graham Linehan, came second, with I’m Alan Partridge in third
Prime Time transgender report is ‘delicate, if a little patronising’
TV Review: Contributions of ‘Fr Ted’ writer Graham Linehan are ‘fantastically off-topic’
Transgender people to protest at RTÉ over ‘Prime Time’ interview with Graham Linehan
RTÉ says it hopes viewers will find the programme ‘a fair and responsible examination’ of issue
Graham Linehan: Trans activists ‘don’t realise the damage’ they do
Petition calls on RTÉ to drop the writer from ‘Prime Time’ report on transgender issues
Graham Linehan given harassment warning after ‘transphobia’ report
‘Father Ted’ co-creator is reported by trans activist for social media comments
Dylan Moran: ‘Smoking or breathing, one of them had to go’
Comedian on the ‘cult’ of Catholicism, his love of poetry and giving up fags and booze
Graham Linehan says he is now cancer-free one day after revealing diagnosis
‘Father Ted’ creator says he will not have to undergo chemotherapy after testicular surgery
‘Father Ted’ is set to return as a musical
Graham Linehan says ‘Pope Ted—The Father Ted Musical’ will be the ‘real final episode’
Sharon Horgan: It gets boring saying: ‘I’m Irish, actually’
The writer and actor raised on a farm in Co Meath is now a vital chronicler of London life
Careful now: Will we ever stop talking about Father Ted?
Twenty years and thousands of repeats later, Ireland still lives in Craggy Island’s shadow
Sharon Horgan's ‘Motherland’ makes me realise why I don’t have kids
TV3’s Muireann O’Connell reveals her favourite TV show, album, book and restaurant
Motherland: accomplished first outing for Sharon Horgan, Graham Linehan sitcom
With the parentage of writers Sharon Horgan, Graham Linehan, Helen Linehan and Holly Walsh, Motherland has great comic genes
A Fechin great buy: church in Termonfeckin for €130K
St Fechin’s Church, in the hometown of the creator of Father Ted, is for sale
The Ladykillers review: at last, some killer roles for women
Graham Linehan’s staging of the Ealing comedy features an all-female cast for the first time, but the quality of the performances means tokenism is not an issue
Slack committed to growing its Dublin office amid EMEA expansion
James Sherrett says Dublin will play a ‘crucial role’ in business messaging tool
'You can't afford to take their word for it. The church has tentacles everywhere'
Radio review: ‘Father Ted’ writer Graham Linehan, talking to Newstalk’s Sean Moncrieff, is clear on his opposition to the nuns owning the National Maternity Hospital
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