Dion Fanning

Jack Whitehall explains why people are often disappointed when they meet comedians offstage

“The me onstage is definitely a persona, but it’s much closer to who I am in real life than past personas I’ve had.” Jack Whitehall’s career has gone from strength to strength over the last few years, from shows like League of their Own and Mock the Week to anchoring his own Netflix series, Travels with […]

“The me onstage is definitely a persona, but it’s much closer to who I am in real life than past personas I’ve had.” Jack Whitehall’s career has gone from strength to strength over the last few years, from shows like League of their Own and Mock the Week to anchoring his own Netflix series, Travels with […]

6 years ago

“I was really guarding Room from becoming a bad film” – Emma Donoghue on bringing her novel to the big screen

“I enjoy the challenge of trying to relight the flame of this particular story but in a totally different medium.” Award-winning author, Emma Donoghue, joined Dion for a chat this week on Ireland Unfiltered. The pair discussed her hit novel, Room, which has sold two million copies worldwide and in 2015 was adapted into a […]

“I enjoy the challenge of trying to relight the flame of this particular story but in a totally different medium.” Award-winning author, Emma Donoghue, joined Dion for a chat this week on Ireland Unfiltered. The pair discussed her hit novel, Room, which has sold two million copies worldwide and in 2015 was adapted into a […]

6 years ago

Emma Donoghue: “Sometimes I’m thinking, ‘I cannot believe how much my Ireland has changed’”

“It’s not that I like all the changes but it’s so exciting to see a country being brewed up in this cauldron of modernity.” It can be easy to get too caught up in the day-to-day realities of life in Ireland while living in the country, which is why it’s always interesting to hear the […]

“It’s not that I like all the changes but it’s so exciting to see a country being brewed up in this cauldron of modernity.” It can be easy to get too caught up in the day-to-day realities of life in Ireland while living in the country, which is why it’s always interesting to hear the […]

6 years ago

Ireland is building alliances in the EU to create “The Bad Weather Club”

Ireland is going to have to get used to life without their neighbour in Brussels. In 2016, the United Kingdom voted to exit the European Union, and following three years of political convulsions there’s a palpable desire to move on from Brexit. There’s been much chatter in Ireland regarding the effects Brexit will have on […]

Ireland is going to have to get used to life without their neighbour in Brussels. In 2016, the United Kingdom voted to exit the European Union, and following three years of political convulsions there’s a palpable desire to move on from Brexit. There’s been much chatter in Ireland regarding the effects Brexit will have on […]

6 years ago

Top Boy’s Lisa Dwan explains how loneliness has shaped her into the person she is today

“I would be dumbfounded by my own sadness of being so isolated.” In his 2009 article titled The End of Solitude, literary critic and essayist William Deresiewicz outlined our contemporary dilemma vividly: “The more we keep aloneness at bay, the less we are able to deal with it and the more terrifying it gets.” But […]

“I would be dumbfounded by my own sadness of being so isolated.” In his 2009 article titled The End of Solitude, literary critic and essayist William Deresiewicz outlined our contemporary dilemma vividly: “The more we keep aloneness at bay, the less we are able to deal with it and the more terrifying it gets.” But […]

6 years ago

Reginald D Hunter on the glory and horror of life as a stand-up comedian

“Unlike most people, we have lots of time to think.” Currently in the midst of a nationwide tour of Ireland, this week’s guest on Ireland Unfiltered is stand-up comedian, Reginald D Hunter. While discussing the high price he’s paid for success on the show, Hunter didn’t shy away from the harsh reality and perhaps unseen […]

“Unlike most people, we have lots of time to think.” Currently in the midst of a nationwide tour of Ireland, this week’s guest on Ireland Unfiltered is stand-up comedian, Reginald D Hunter. While discussing the high price he’s paid for success on the show, Hunter didn’t shy away from the harsh reality and perhaps unseen […]

6 years ago