IrishCentral.com tells us Brendan Gleeson is rounding up all of the Irish actors he knows for the start of production for his film version of Flann O’Brien’s comedic masterpiece At Swim-Two-Birds. This month Irish actor Brendan Gleeson is bringing Ireland’s leading men together to make the film version of Flann […]
UPDATE Feb 21: The award for Actor in a Lead Role – Television went to Brendan Gleeson for his work in Into The Storm, so cheers to him! And now it appears Mr. Byrne was not in the house after all. His tribute to John Boorman, who received the Lifetime […]
The Meaning of Life with Gay Byrne RTÉ One, Sunday, January 17 10:30pm (30 mins) Interview with Gabriel Byrne What’s it all about? Why am I here? Is there a God? Why do bad things happen? What happens when we die? In this series, Gay Byrne talks to public figures […]
I suppose it was the holidays. That’s what I’ll blame it on, anyway. Somehow, Gabriel Byrne made a presentation at an event in Ireland a couple of weeks ago and it flew right by me! I never cease to be amazed at how he slips in and out of places, […]
It was a star-studded affair in an unlikely place: “the windowless, functional, fluorescent-lit chamber” in Leinster House, Dublin, where the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Arts heard testimony regarding the possible axing of the Irish Film Board. The Irish Times reports Wednesday, 14 October [This article is now behind a paywall […]
The Playhouse Theatre in Londonderry has been refurbishing. They have attracted much attention with the rebuilding of their various venues. Now they have attracted the attention of “Irish acting legend Gabriel Byrne,” who has become a patron of The Playhouse. The Londonderry Sentinel reported [this article is no longer available […]