"The one duty we owe to history," said Oscar Wilde, "is to rewrite it." And Frank McGuinness has done just that in Gates of Gold, a play inspired by the two expatriate Englishmen and longtime lovers, ...

St. Patrick’s Day is a good time for a party, to be sure, but that’s not all it’s about. The day – which in reality spreads ...

Nadine Dorries Head of Zeus, pbk, £10, 368 pages MP Nadine Dorries has Irish roots Available with free P&P on www.kennys.ie or by calling 091 709 350 British critics have ridiculed Nadine Dorries' ...

Fresh from the Edinburgh Fringe, Foil, Arms and Hog are back in Dublin with a vibrant, fast-paced performance. The comedy trio encourage full audience participation, with a New York spectator roped ...

Some years ago I was listening to ABC radio early one Sunday morning. The story was about the growing incidence of alcoholism in Ireland and the government’s plans to address it. In a wonderful irony, ...

The trailer for the Amy Adams-Matthew Goode romantic comedy, Leap Year, has gone online over at MSN. Regular readers will know that we’ve been harsh on this film from the off, fearing that the premise ...

Try this for comical stereotyping in a programme article for Ireland v Australia: "Ireland is a nation where drab, grey houses are enlivened by garishly coloured front doors; it is as if a splash of ...