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'Don’t judge the person you’re playing': Say Nothing actor Josh Finan on playing Gerry Adams
Josh Finan as Gerry Adams in Say Nothing
TV

'Don’t judge the person you’re playing': Say Nothing actor Josh Finan on playing Gerry Adams

Say Nothing is Disney's attempt to turn the Troubles into premium TV. Josh Finan, the actor playing Gerry Adams, tells Big Issue how he took on the role
Hip-hop pioneers Kneecap on peace, Super Noodles and bringing Irish into the modern day
Kneecap
Film

Hip-hop pioneers Kneecap on peace, Super Noodles and bringing Irish into the modern day

The Woman In The Wall: What is the true story of Ireland's Magdalene Laundries?
A woman lies on the road in a nightgown surrounded by cows
TV

The Woman In The Wall: What is the true story of Ireland's Magdalene Laundries?

How Sinéad O’Connor risked it all to speak truth to power – and inspired a new generation
Film

How Sinéad O’Connor risked it all to speak truth to power – and inspired a new generation

Change is coming in Ireland. We need to pay attention
Paul McNamee

Change is coming in Ireland. We need to pay attention

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God's Creatures: Paul Mescal flexes his brogue in artfully bleak Irish family drama
Paul Mescal as Brian O’Hara and Emily Watson as his mother Aileen in God's Creatures.
review

God's Creatures: Paul Mescal flexes his brogue in artfully bleak Irish family drama

The Speculations of Country People review: Majella Kelly's poems of desire
The Speculations of Country People by Majella Kelly
Poetry

The Speculations of Country People review: Majella Kelly's poems of desire

The Wonder: Florence Pugh nourishes the soul as a nurse in 19th-century Ireland
Florence Pugh as Lib Wright in The Wonder
review

The Wonder: Florence Pugh nourishes the soul as a nurse in 19th-century Ireland

Ardal O'Hanlon: 'As a writer, you want to look into the abyss'
Ardal O'Hanlon
Culture

Ardal O'Hanlon: 'As a writer, you want to look into the abyss'

In a time of growing poverty, there is no reason to also foster a poverty of creativity
Guitar, drum and pints of Guinness
Paul McNamee

In a time of growing poverty, there is no reason to also foster a poverty of creativity

Oliver Jeffers: 'Patriotism is suspect, but I can get behind cultures'
Art

Oliver Jeffers: 'Patriotism is suspect, but I can get behind cultures'