‘I’ve been so lucky. It’s important you can acknowledge it. Otherwise you’re lying to yourself’ – The Irish Times

When Domhnall Gleeson was 14 he saved up for a school trip to Egypt to see the pyramids of Giza. He went with a group of classmates from Malahide Community School, and it’s not that the moment was wasted on him, but he says getting to see the pyramids again with “an adult brain”, for … Read more

Brendan Gleeson to return to the stage for the first time in 10 years in Conor McPherson’s play The Weir – The Irish Times

Brendan Gleeson is to act on stage for the first time in a decade in Dublin this August, in a new production of The Weir, the play written – and now, for the first time, directed – by Conor McPherson. After its four-week run at the 3Olympia Theatre ends, on September 6th, the show, which … Read more

I regret being too busy to spend time with people who didn’t have a lot of time left – The Irish Times

How agreeable are you? It depends on the context. I love a good debate. I would be agreeable in the sense that I’d be very accommodating and I would like to think that I’m very kind. I can have my bitchy days, like anyone, but I’m a very charitable person. If I’m with friends and … Read more