The 2021 IFTA Awards were held virtually in Dublin and around the world on July 4. It was a lovely gala affair and, although many of us could not actually watch it live, it was great fun seeing the Twitter feed for the Academy load up each tweet with another […]
March 2 Update Here is the video of the Annual Press Photographers Association of Ireland Awards ceremony, streamed on February 26. The first 30 minutes are photos from the past (I think) set to music. Lots of fun, but mostly there to keep you entertained while technical details were being […]
Finally and at last! It’s done! And it will be coming our way this year. The Guardian broke the news first, in their indispensable overview of forthcoming books: 2020 in Books: A Literary Calendar. Walking With Ghosts by Gabriel Byrne (Picador) The Irish actor writes a memoir of his childhood […]
Updated November 9 Joe.ie has published a lovely tribute to Gay Byrne. Included are a video of some of Gay’s memorable interviews and tweets from a variety of people affected by his passing. Do take a look. November 6 Many of us who are not fortunate enough to live in […]
Ground-breaking. Unmissable. A journey into the dark side of the Irish State. Gerard Mannix Flynn’s film, Land Without God, opens in theaters in Ireland this Friday. Mannix Flynn talks about his new film with Ivan Yates at the NewsTalk podcast in Ireland, 17 October 2019: As most of you know, […]
Putting on his Executive Producer’s hat, Gabriel Byrne is part of the team bringing the new documentary Land Without God to screens in 2019. The film is written, co-directed, and narrated by Gerard Mannix Flynn, a friend of Gabriel’s for many years. From the synopsis: An intimate portrait of a […]