Irish drama

Also available to watch on streaming for free, the film saw a famous Irish comedian make his acting debut. Ballywalter, the debut movie of comedian and Late Late Show host Patrick Kielty, is airing on TV tonight (Friday, 22 May). The 2022 Irish comedy drama follows Eileen (Seána Kerslake, A Date for Mad Mary), a […]

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It picked up the IFTA award for Best Irish Film. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Saturday, 16 May) is That They May Face the Rising Sun, the 2024 Irish film with a 97% score on Rotten Tomatoes. An adaptation of the final novel from legendary Irish writer John McGahern, the drama centres on Joe […]

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Available to watch now, the film features a Love/Hate star as you’ve never seen him before. For such a small country, Ireland has produced a lot of great movies about music. We’ve had The Commitments back in the ’90s, to the oeuvre of John Carney (Once, Sing Street, and the excellent soon-to-be-released Power Ballad), as […]

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The film features one of the stars of Kin in the lead role. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Friday, 1 May) is Herself, the acclaimed 2020 drama co-written by and starring Clare Dunne (Kin). In the film, she plays a single mother named Sandra who escapes her abusive partner with her two young children, […]

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The underseen gem comes from the writer of Adam & Paul and boasts a brilliant lead turn from a Love/Hate star. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Friday, 17 April) is Rialto, the powerful 2019 Irish drama starring Tom Vaughan-Lawlor (Love/Hate). Directed by Peter Mackie Burns (Daphne) and written by Mark O’Halloran (Adam & Paul, […]

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Holding a near-perfect 98% Rotten Tomatoes score, the film won three IFTA awards. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Friday, 10 April) is Aisha, the acclaimed 2022 Irish drama from writer-director Frank Berry (Michael Inside). The film focuses on the title character (Letitia Wright, Black Panther), a young Nigerian woman seeking asylum in Ireland who […]

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