Eoin O'Donnell

At face value, The Long Walk is hardly the recipe for a surefire studio blockbuster. With a plot consisting of a literal slow death march, it’s a supposed crowd-pleasing thriller comprised of action set pieces served up at no more than a brisk walking pace, broken up with the occasional nonchalant execution.

Despite less than 2% of Ireland speaking the language on a daily basis, more and more filmmakers are showing an interest in how Gaeilge can be incorporated into cinema.

End of Life Ireland on Tuesday delivered a petition supporting “the right to die with dignity” at Leinster House, with almost 5,000 signatures calling for urgent action on introducing end-of-life legislation to Ireland.
Gino Kenny TD, a long-time advocate for improved end-of-life care who introduced the Dying with Dignity Bill in 2020, said the issue would be the focus of the next special Oireachtas committee.
Although a date has not yet been set for when the committee will convene, he hopes ...

Donning the hijab was not an easy process for Lorraine O’Connor. “To practise being a Muslim at home is easy, to do your five prayers and to live that lifestyle… It’s when you come out of the house that it becomes problematic.”
O’Connor, a Dublin native and mother of four, encountered scepticism and resistance when she converted to Islam in 2005. “There were people who told me to ‘go back to where I came from’, and I say, ‘Where, Coolock?’” she said. “Suddenly that would turn into, ‘You’ve fo...

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Taoiseach Micheál Martin is “disappointed” that some of those entitled to the €1,000 Covid-19 pandemic recognition payment for their work during the crisis have still not received their money.
He said “there is an urgency to get this done”, but he pointed out that 123,750 staff in the HSE had received the payment.

Following an explosive episode, the first season of Daredevil: Born Again, the MCU's revamped comeback for the Netflix-era shows, has come to a close. The finale gave viewers a deadly consolidation of Fisk's power, the long-awaited Daredevil-Punisher team-up, and set up plenty of threads for its second season to pick up on.
Daredevil: Born Again faced its share of issues throughout its development, undergoing a full creative overhaul and extensive reshoots. As a result, the first season was a...

With their latest release Adolescence continuing to dominate the Netflix charts globally, the production team at Warp Films have wasted no time in setting their next target- a fresh adaptation of a controversial, terrifying drama about nuclear war.
Released in 1984, Threads is a British drama focusing on the impact of nuclear Armageddon on the citizens of Sheffield in England. The escalation in scope and stakes might make it seem an unusual fit for producers of social dramas and satires like ...

For years, Star Wars fans have asked for the franchise to expand into other genres, and horror has often been at the top of that list.
According to Andor showrunner Tony Gilroy, those fans might get their wishes granted soon. The director had previously mused about the possibility of more genre-bending Star Wars projects, including suggesting a horror installment in the long-running franchise.
He recently mentioned the possibility of a Star Wars horror film again. Speaking to Business Insider...

Eager viewers tuning into Andor season 2 might be surprised by the new state of affairs after the one-year timejump following the explosive first season's finale. After what seemed like a galvanizing moment of rebellion against the Empire, the survivors of Ferrix are now lying low, the fight mostly out of their hands, with the obvious exception of Cassian.
This new status quo might seem like a shock, but it was actually predicted and outlined by a key character in season 1. Nemik, one of the ...

With the latest batch of video game adaptations appearing to break the curse that affected the genre for so many years, gamers and filmmakers alike have been weighing in on the properties they’d like to see done right next. Despite a handful of adaptations which either never made it to fruition or failed to meet expectations, fans of Bioshock and Doom have been among the most vocal.
Apparently among the fans clamouring for proper adaptations of these properties is Alex Garland, director of An...

Following the reports of Robert Pattinson joining the star-studded cast of Denis Villenueve’s Dune: Messiah, fans have been awash with speculation about his potential role in the film.
Alongside the upcoming sequel to The Batman, Pattinson is currently in production on Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, ahead of production beginning on Messiah this Summer. He would be joining a cast including Timothee Chalamet, Zendaya, and Florence Pugh, who have so far been announced to return, while others, ...

Sony’s upcoming film adaptation of their beloved horror franchise Until Dawn has been hotly anticipated, but not all fans have been convinced that it’s faithful enough to the source material.
Like the game, Until Dawn follows a group of teens arriving at a remote cabin in the snowy wilderness, though viewers were quick to note the drastically different characters and monsters featured in the trailer. Despite some familiar iconography, the film appears to be following a largely different story...

Warner Bros has faced some harsh realities at the box office and in the press in recent years, but after a few recent smash hits, the studio is full steam ahead once again.

Modular housing for 2,000 Ukrainian refugees expected to be ready by the start of next year is now likely to be delayed until the spring of 2023, the Department of Equality and Integration has said.