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irishtimes.com > culture > stage > review > 09/10/2026 > daddy-issues-at-dublin-fringe-women-carry-clones-of-collins-and-lincoln-in-clever-comedy

Daddy Issues at Dublin Fringe: Women carry clones of Collins and Lincoln in clever comedy

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (253+ words) What could possibly capture the nuance and complexity of modern motherhood? Why, a metatheatrical reality TV show in which women carry the cloned foetuses of historical figures, of course. In Daddy Issues, a zany and incisive new play by Brigid…...

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irishtimes.com > culture > music > 09/06/2026 > the-scripts-danny-odonoghue-i-was-in-therapy-saying-all-the-right-things-but-drinking-at-weekends

The Script’s Danny O’Donoghue: ‘I was in therapy, saying all the right things but drinking at weekends’

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1616+ words) In December 2023 Danny O’Donoghue swore to his therapist that he’d stay sober for Christmas. Even as the words came out of his mouth the Script frontman knew he was lying. He started drinking as soon as he got on the…...

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irishtimes.com > life-style > people > 09/05/2026 > meet-the-limerick-woman-who-won-edinburgh-comedy-newcomer-irish-people-are-the-funniest-people-in-the-world

Meet the Limerick woman who won Edinburgh comedy newcomer: ‘Irish people are the funniest people in the world’ – The Irish Times

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (646+ words) When it comes to making art, I’m not agreeable. I’m very adamant about going by instinct. I’ve learned a lot from being a painter and a comedian for years and I think it must feel right and authentic. So you…...

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irishtimes.com > podcasts > ross-ocarroll-kelly > your-fathers-playing-golf-in-doonbeg-hennessy-goes-while-the-cats-away-the-mice-will-fornicate

Ross O'Carroll-Kelly: ‘Your father’s playing golf in Doonbeg,’ Hennessy goes. ‘While the cat’s away, the mice will fornicate’

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (1070+ words) Hennessy is grinning like a dog trying to pass a laundry ball through its urinary tract. Yeah, no, for five days now, me and Bernie from Bray of all places have been – in fairness – texting each other, and the dude…...

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irishtimes.com > ireland > 08/23/2026 > from-soda-bread-to-knowing-who-leo-varadkar-is-sarah-jessica-parker-gets-more-irish-by-the-day

From soda bread to knowing who Leo Varadkar is, Sarah Jessica Parker gets more Irish by the day

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (1013+ words) More Irish than the Irish themselves: Jack Charlton, certain Anglo-Normans and, in recent years, Sarah Jessica Parker. A Donegal woman who winters in Manhattan, the Sex and the City star recently showed her palate narrowing to Irish specifications by posting…...

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irishtimes.com > culture > tv-radio > 08/21/2026 > brendan-oconnors-disarming-frankness-generates-an-unmissable-moment

Brendan O’Connor’s disarming frankness produces a moving, unmissable radio moment

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1239+ words) “There’s no such thing as a born songwriter,” Phil Coulter tells Brendan O’Connor (RTÉ Radio 1, Sunday). “It’s a craft you have to learn.” There follow tales of Coulter’s upbringing in Derry and a musical education in Belfast that was split…...