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The groundbreaking anarchic, drug-soaked and political semi-biopic “Kneecap” opened the Galway Film Fleadh in 2024 on its way to a BAFTA award and a chance at an Oscar nomination, having been submitted by Ireland and making the Academy’s international film shortlist.

While Kneecap the band are still touring (they recently played at Glastonbury) and sparking headlines as they go, the film’s producer Trevor Birney returns to Galway this week with an altogether different project.

“The Negotiator” is a feature doc telling the story of George J. Mitchell, the U.S. senator who was instrumental in what would become 1998’s Good Friday Agreement that brought an end to the Troubles in Northern Ireland. The film charts Mitchell’s journey from Maine to Washington D.C. to almost six years as senate majority leader to being selected by Bill Clinton as the special envoy for Northern Ireland. But it also puts...

In football – and sport in general – there aren’t many who make their mark both as a player and a manager, but one man who did was Jack Charlton. Talented certainly, but it was the big man’s personality that really stood out, and this feature-length documentary captures it in some style.

Finding Jack Charlton is nothing short of a masterpiece, deftly balancing the film’s three main sub-plots: his glorious reign as manager of the Republic of Ireland, relationship with his brother, Bobby Charlton, and the unfortunate onset of dementia in his twilight years. The geniuses behind it all are ITV Sport reporter, Gabriel Clarke, who has also produced features on Joe Calzaghe and Brian Clough, and filmmaker Pete Thomas.

But this blows them all out of the water. The way each aspect of Charlton’s life is intertwined over and over again is filmmaking of the highest calibre.

230 world leaders, including 100 former prime ministers, presidents and foreign ministers have issued an emotional plea calling on the G7 to pay for vaccinating the world against Covid-19.

Former UK Prime Ministers Gordon Brown and Tony Blair, former leaders of Ireland, President Mary Robinson and Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern and leaders from every continent – former Un Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, former New Zealand Prime Ministers, Helen Clark and Dame Jenny Shipley, former Prime Minister of Pakistan Shauket Aziz, former premier of Korea, Han Seung-soo, and 15 former African leaders including Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria, John Mahama of Ghana, Fw de Klerk of South Africa are just some of the global pantheon of first citizens insisting the G7 summit take the necessary actions to make us all Covid-19 safe.

The unprecedented pressure from former world leaders ahead of Friday’s G7 summit comes as an opinion poll commissioned by Save the Children across...

A new trailer has been launched for the documentary on a legendary football icon ‘Finding Jack Charlton’.

Filmed during the last 18 months of Jack Charlton’s life, the doc is a portrait of an extraordinary man: an English World Cup-winning legend, who became an Irish hero. Shot on location in Ireland and England, the film also explores Jack’s life with dementia. This contemporary narrative forms a central theme of the story, offering an intimate, compelling insight into Jack the man and the challenge faced by thousands of families universally.

The documentary features key characters from throughout Jack’s career, with contributions from Jack’s family for the first time, including his wife Pat and son John. They are supported by major figures in football, music, film and politics, enabling the exploration of the major pillars of Jack’s life: Jack & England, Jack & Ireland, and Jack & his brother, Sir Bobby Charlton.

Both sides visit London, Belfast and Dublin to learn methodology and psychology that led to negotiations breakthrough

While Turkish and Kurdish leaders wait for the music to start in their fragile "peace process", they have already jointly taken to the dance floor, warily exploring whether enemies can become partners.

Two places they have been doing this are Britain and Ireland, with politicians from both sides visiting London, Belfast and Dublin to learn about the methodology and psychology of negotiations that led to the breakthrough Good Friday accords under Tony Blair.

"Although there are historical differences between Northern Ireland and Turkey, it was very important. I learned a lot," said Ayla Akat, a Kurdish MP who took part. She recalled meetings Jonathan Powell, Blair's chief of staff, and learning of his "bicycle theory" of conducting negotiations. "You've got to keep pedalling or you fall over."

Cengiz Çandar, a veteran commentator with...

Stephen Gately, a singer with the Irish boy band Boyzone who made headlines when he came out as gay a decade ago, has died while on vacation in Spain, the group said on its Web site. He was 33.Gately "tragically died" on Saturday while visiting the island of Mallorca, the band said in a brief statement. The cause of death was not immediately clear.Gerald Kean, a Gately family friend in Ireland, said Sunday the singer died of natural causes, without identifying them."There's no foul play involved, and it's not suicide. It's just a tragic accident is what we've been told, and we're happy that that is correct information," Kean said. "There is nothing untoward. It's not drugs, we don't believe. It's not suicide. It's not murder. It's not a fight. That's what we've been told."Kean said an autopsy was expected to be conducted Tuesday.

TV3's two part documentary 'Roy Keane – The Sunderland Story' will air tonight Monday, 30th March 2009 at 9pm while 'Roy Keane - A Life of Controversy', airs the following Monday April 6th. In the exclusive documentary , TV3 investigates former Irish footballer Roy Keane's tenure as Sunderland manager, what went on behind the scenes during Keane's reign, the true reason behind his devastating departure, and asks whether his tenure was a success or a failure. His relationships with Niall Quinn and investor Ellis Short are also examined. Made in-house by TV3 productions, the documentary features brand new interviews with Paul McGrath, Charlie Chawke, Bertie Ahern, Jason McAteer, John Aldridge, Brian Kerr, Andy Reid, Vincent Hogan, Micky Horswill, Graeme Anderson and Cathal Dervin.

Richard LaGravenese is returning to the director's seat with PS, I Love You for Warner Bros. Pictures. Wendy Finerman is producing. Based on the novel PS, I Love You by Cecilia Ahern, the story centers on a grieving young widow who discovers that her late husband has left her a list of tasks revealed in 10 messages, delivered anonymously, intended to ease her out of grief and transition her to a new life. The book was a best seller in the United Kingdom and was published in the United States by Hyperion this year. Ahern is the daughter of the Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern. Steven Rogers is adapting the novel. Polly Cohen is the creative executive for Warner Bros. LaGravenese directed Living Out Loud. His extensive writing credits include The Horse Whisperer, The Mirror Has Two Faces, Monster-in-Law and In Search of Ted Demme. He is completing the screenplay for The Secret Life of Walter Mitty for producers Samuel Goldwyn Jr. and John Goldwyn. Finerman produced Forrest Gump, Stepmom and Drumline. Rogers has worked with Finerman on Stepmom. He also wrote Kate & Leopold and Hope Floats. LaGravenese is repped by CAA. Rogers is repped by UTA.