Written and directed by Annemarie Jacir By Brian Hanley It is impossible to watch this powerfully evocative film without referencing the horrors that Israel has inflicted on the Palestinian people since October 2023. Annemarie Jacir’s movie ends with a dedication to ‘our people in Gaza in the years the world failed you’. Almost every scene … Read more
Netflix, autumn 2025 By Sylvie Kleinman ‘The profits flowing from New York are being used to serve God’s purpose. The secret deal which you struck with our friends [Fenians] is therefore the disreputable means to a virtuous end. In this work I am supported by the women of the Guinness Housing Trust.’ So wrote Edward … Read more
By Joseph E.A. Connell Jnr Broadcasting in Ireland began in 1926 with 2RN in Dublin. From that date until June 1960 the broadcasting service operated as a section of the Department of Posts and Telegraphs; those working in it were directly employed by the Irish government and were regarded as civil servants. The radio service … Read more
By Ciara Fahy The Forster and Kelly family papers, preserved in Clare County Archives, document more than three centuries of Irish history. They include leases, wills, correspondence and estate accounts, but it is the rent books and ledgers that most clearly show the everyday running of estates in north Clare and the gradual decline of … Read more
By Sarah Arnold and Kasandra O’Connell Film-maker Flora Kerrigan, born in Cork in 1940, attended Crawford Art College before becoming an active member of the Cork Cine Club in the late 1950s and 1960s. Over eight years, she crafted remarkable animation and live-action shorts on 8mm film, earning international accolades and an airing on RTÉ. … Read more