Liam Neeson

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Landmark ‘1916’ series bought by string of international broadcasters

Documentary by Bríona Nic Dhiarmada made as both a three-parter and a feature

By Laura SlatteryThu Feb 04 2016 - 09:30

The Irish actor, the Iraqi producer and the gangster film scam

The Irish actor, the Iraqi producer and the gangster film scam

When Aoife Madden met Bashar al-Issa they ended up swindling the UK government out of millions through their aptly named movie ‘Landscape of Lies’

By Patrick FreyneSat Jan 23 2016 - 05:00

‘Location manager is one job film crews say they would never do’

‘Location manager is one job film crews say they would never do’

Forget CGI: when A-list directors and high-rolling pop stars need stunning locations to shoot they call on Catherine Geary

By Fionola MeredithSat Jan 23 2016 - 04:00

Actor Liam Neeson backs Ballymena jobs rally

Actor Liam Neeson backs Ballymena jobs rally

Trade union rally is aimed at highlighting job losses from JIT Gallagher and Michelin

By Francess McDonnellThu Jan 21 2016 - 13:39

Farewell William of Orange ... Liam tops names in Netherlands

Farewell William of Orange ... Liam tops names in Netherlands

Other names on list included Genius, Goodluck, Amen, Godmother, You and Eh.

By Peter CluskeyWed Jan 20 2016 - 08:32

Fintan O’Toole: No Oscar nomination for best supporting environment

Fintan O’Toole: No Oscar nomination for best supporting environment

The glamorous stuff that gives the nation a lift is a byproduct of a messy, dynamic creative ecosystem full of knowns and unknowns

By Fintan O’TooleTue Jan 19 2016 - 03:40

Saoirse Ronan wins at the New York Film Critics Awards

Saoirse Ronan wins at the New York Film Critics Awards

The 21-year-old Irish actress wins prestigious award for her role in Brooklyn

By Rachel FlahertyTue Jan 05 2016 - 11:25

RTÉ’s ‘Rebellion’ seizes power in battle for viewers

RTÉ’s ‘Rebellion’ seizes power in battle for viewers

Rising drama proves a hit with Irish audiences as broadcaster tops Christmas ratings

By Patsy McGarryMon Jan 04 2016 - 19:31

From Boba to Yoda: The A-Z of Star Wars

From Boba to Yoda: The A-Z of Star Wars

‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ is out on December 17th. Here’s your Star Wars guide

By Donald ClarkeFri Nov 20 2015 - 15:55

Irish women’s #Repealthe8th tweets to Taoiseach go viral

Irish women’s #Repealthe8th tweets to Taoiseach go viral

‘Hey @EndaKennyTD just so you know, I got my period two days ago’

By Sorcha PollakSat Nov 07 2015 - 18:53

Pioneer who brought Dublin’s tattooing scene into a new age

Pioneer who brought Dublin’s tattooing scene into a new age

John Larkin: January 15th, 1929 - September 2nd, 2015

Sat Nov 07 2015 - 01:00

RTÉ’s Easter Rising centenary focus to include ordinary people

RTÉ’s Easter Rising centenary focus to include ordinary people

RTÉ’s commemorative programmes to involve ‘framing the future’, says DG

By Colin GleesonThu Nov 05 2015 - 04:00

RTÉ announces line-up for 1916 Rising centenary

RTÉ announces line-up for 1916 Rising centenary

Programmes include five-part drama series, documentaries and Rubberbandits special

By Paul CullenThu Nov 05 2015 - 01:00

Maureen O’Hara’s death focuses minds over Quiet Man cottage

Maureen O’Hara’s death focuses minds over Quiet Man cottage

As views differ over its future, farmer lays claim to Maam Valley’s most famous ruin

By Lorna SigginsMon Nov 02 2015 - 10:13

Meryl Streep on Brian Friel: ‘Tender dramatist, lovely man’

Meryl Streep on Brian Friel: ‘Tender dramatist, lovely man’

Playwright ‘part of the theatrical life of every theatre house’ in Ireland, Abbey director says

By Rachel Flaherty, Simon Carswell and Ronan McGreevyFri Oct 02 2015 - 18:18

Former Tory minister Michael Portillo to make film on Rising

Former Tory minister Michael Portillo to make film on Rising

Documentary to be made for RTÉ to tell story of 1916 rebellion from British perspective

By Ronan McGreevyThu Aug 13 2015 - 20:26

RTÉ drama series to mark Easter Rising commemoration

RTÉ drama series to mark Easter Rising commemoration

‘Rebellion’ will tell the story of Easter Week through fictional characters

By Ronan McGreevyThu May 21 2015 - 22:25

‘I’ve missed weddings, funerals, birthdays... but emigrating is what it is’

‘I’ve missed weddings, funerals, birthdays... but emigrating is what it is’

‘Ireland and Me’: Nicola Monahan, Montana

By Nicola MonahanThu May 14 2015 - 15:07

American Ireland Fund raises €3.8m at New York event

American Ireland Fund raises €3.8m at New York event

Philanthropic organisation’s 40th annual gala raises money for Irish causes, and honours NI peace architect Senator George Mitchell

By Simon CarswellSat May 09 2015 - 01:00

Easter Rising documentary to be screened across the world

Easter Rising documentary to be screened across the world

The Irish Rebellion’s premier will be simulcasted in Irish embassies to local audiences

By Ronan McGreevyWed Apr 01 2015 - 20:32

Bubbling force from North who runs champagne giant

Bubbling force from North who runs champagne giant

Having grown up on a pig farm, Jim Clerkin’s early years with Guinness paved the way to top Moët Hennessy USA post

By Francess McDonnellFri Feb 20 2015 - 02:00

Ford wants Focus to retake No.1 sales spot

Ford wants Focus to retake No.1 sales spot

Beaten into third place in the sales charts by VW and Toyota, Ford is hitting back hard in 2015 with a heavily revised Focus.

By Neil BriscoeTue Feb 17 2015 - 14:39

Paul Haggis: “I do feel quite guilty sometimes . . . This is who we are. We’re vampires”

Paul Haggis: “I do feel quite guilty sometimes . . . This is who we are. We’re vampires”

From Scooby Doo to his Oscar-winner Crash, Paul Haggis is a man supremely in charge of his craft

By Tara BradyFri Nov 14 2014 - 02:42

Third Person review: a cinema crash waiting to happen

Third Person review: a cinema crash waiting to happen

Beautiful people have all the frickin’ problems in Paul Haggis glossy but superficial drama

By Donald ClarkeFri Nov 14 2014 - 00:00

Maureen O’Hara accepts her first Oscar in Los Angeles

Maureen O’Hara accepts her first Oscar in Los Angeles

Hollywood veteran thanks John Wayne for his role in making her career

Sun Nov 09 2014 - 11:40

‘This doesn’t seem to faze him at all. A 34-year-old man with a 17-year-old son. Then it’s soccer, I suppose. He must see a lot’

‘This doesn’t seem to faze him at all. A 34-year-old man with a 17-year-old son. Then it’s soccer, I suppose. He must see a lot’

By Ross O'Carroll-KellySat Nov 08 2014 - 12:31

Passionate actor whose work conveyed ‘total belief’

Passionate actor whose work conveyed ‘total belief’

Gabrielle Reidy: July 23rd, 1960 - October 13th, 2014

Sat Oct 25 2014 - 01:00

A Walk Among the Tombstones review: more measured than the average Neeson punch-up

A Walk Among the Tombstones review: more measured than the average Neeson punch-up

By Donald ClarkeFri Sept 19 2014 - 00:00

Mixed reaction from writers over death of intractable icon

Mixed reaction from writers over death of intractable icon

Arts community praises Paisley’s vitality, but some find it hard to forgive his divisive role

By Mick HeaneySat Sept 13 2014 - 01:00

In Order of Disappearance review: revenge, Norwegian-style, served up ice-cold and bloody

In Order of Disappearance review: revenge, Norwegian-style, served up ice-cold and bloody

By Tara BradyFri Sept 12 2014 - 00:00

Dan Stevens: "A lot of my school reports as a child said I should stop distracting others"

Dan Stevens: "A lot of my school reports as a child said I should stop distracting others"

You know him as the ever-so-nice Matthew on Downton Abbey, but he’s toned up and turned into an all-American bad boy for The Guest. ‘It has been nice to take the stiff collar off for a bit’

By Tara BradyFri Sept 05 2014 - 00:00

Review: The Nut Job

Review: The Nut Job

By Donald ClarkeFri Aug 01 2014 - 01:00

3 Days to Kill

3 Days to Kill

By Donald ClarkeFri Jun 20 2014 - 00:00

Film review: Road

Film review: Road

A documentary about Northern Ireland's road-racing Dunlops fires on all cylinders

By Donald ClarkeFri Jun 13 2014 - 00:00

Meet the Dunlops, Northern Ireland’s original road warriors

Meet the Dunlops, Northern Ireland’s original road warriors

From the archives: In this interview from 2014 Tara Brady speaks to William Dunlop about how he and his brother Michael came to follow their late dad Robert and uncle Joey onto the open road

By Tara BradyThu Jun 05 2014 - 22:00

A Million Ways to Die in the West

A Million Ways to Die in the West

By Donald ClarkeFri May 30 2014 - 00:00

Stormtroopers among cast of thousands in Dublin ‘invasion’

Stormtroopers among cast of thousands in Dublin ‘invasion’

Video: Star Wars enthusiasts in character and costumes converge on RDS for weekend

Sat May 03 2014 - 18:42

Khumba

Khumba

By Donald ClarkeFri Apr 11 2014 - 00:00

Stranger than fiction: when crime captures the imagination

Nicola White’s new novel ‘In the Rosary Garden’ was inspired by the Kerry Babies tribunal and the Ann Lovett case. We recommend some other real-life fiction from Ireland and abroad

By Sarah GilmartinFri Apr 04 2014 - 01:00

New York mayor’s hard turn from campaigning to governing

New York mayor’s hard turn from campaigning to governing

Bill de Blasio needled by actor Liam Neeson over the his plan to ban carriage horses

Tue Mar 18 2014 - 14:22

Irish-Americans upset by perceived slights from De Blasio

Irish-Americans upset by perceived slights from De Blasio

New York City Irish, used to a big role in political life, feel unloved by new mayor

By Michael M Grynbaum and Nikita StewartTue Mar 18 2014 - 01:00

Neeson fights to keep horse-drawn carriages in New York

Neeson fights to keep horse-drawn carriages in New York

Actor lobbies Department of the Taoiseach

By Simon CarswellMon Mar 17 2014 - 01:00

12 Years a Slave: back on the gold chain gang

12 Years a Slave: back on the gold chain gang

Post-Oscar, the sky’s the limit for the big winners

By Tara BradyFri Mar 07 2014 - 00:00

Non-Stop

By Tara BradyFri Feb 28 2014 - 00:00

The Lego Movie

By Tara BradyFri Feb 14 2014 - 00:00

Hugh O’Conor: the long road from Young Poisoner to reluctant stag

Hugh O’Conor’s brilliant childhood performances are seared into our collective memory – and as his grown-up self gets a big-screen outing in new Irish comedy The Stag, he sits down with Donald Clarke to talk early success, turning 40 and everything in between

By Donald ClarkeFri Jan 24 2014 - 00:00

Skiing after Schumacher

Skiing after Schumacher

The former F1 champion’s name has been added to a list of prominent ski accidents, injuries and fatalities, and sparked debated about the risks associated with the sport

By Derek ScallyFri Jan 03 2014 - 16:53

Neil Jordan: the day I saw the generous side of Seamus Heaney

Neil Jordan: the day I saw the generous side of Seamus Heaney

At a grand dinner many years ago, Heaney made a nice gesture in honour of my father, who had recently died

By Neil JordanMon Dec 16 2013 - 01:00

Nailing their colours to the mast

Nailing their colours to the mast

Ulster, Irish, British or European? In Mark Carruthers’s new book about identity in Northern Ireland, artists’ insights are richer than politicians’

By Gerry MoriartySat Dec 07 2013 - 01:00

Aidan: make a proper Charlie of yourself

Aidan: make a proper Charlie of yourself

RTÉ’s TV drama about Charles Haughey, starring Aidan Gillen as the late taoiseach, will be worth watching. Why did it take so long?

By Shane HegartySat Oct 12 2013 - 01:00

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