Ireland excels at a lot of things. Literature. Preachy rock stars. Potato-based snacks. But in television we have long punched below our weight: compare and contrast our history of underachievement on the small screen with the ambitious, cutting-edge TV produced by nations of a similar size, from Borgen (Denmark) to Wellington Paranormal (New Zealand). Still, … Read more
Ireland has gone through so much since the earliest days in black and white RTÉ has produced its fair share of memorable shows and moments over the years This year marks the centenary of the first public demonstration of television. Scottish inventor John Logie Baird invited 50 scientists and a reporter to a London attic … Read more
The Irishman, ‘one of the greatest front-line soldiers of all time’, and his life after the war Jack O’Connell as Paddy Mayne in ‘SAS: Rogue Heroes’ As the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II approaches, many veterans of that conflict will be honoured in memory. But will that include a famous Ulsterman, … Read more