Frankenstein director Guillermo del Toro: ‘Mary Shelley was a Protestant girl. I’m a Catholic boy. Big difference’

The director’s quest to adapt Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel has spanned more than 30 years, marked by false dawns and studio ...
Opinion

Sports, culture and the art of diplomacy in uncertain times

Promoting the arts is a strategy adopted by the Irish government that encourages cultural exchanges. Music, film and sports enrich what the Irish ambassador memorably described as the “forever romance ...
RTÉ Ireland

Bord na Móna peat briquettes: warmth, an icon of Irish industrial design and the end of an era

The briquettes were not only once a convenient, inexpensive fuel for Irish people, they were also an industrial design icon ...
Fighting Irish Wire

Trump in Florida for MAGA event same weekend as No Kings. A look at his Mar-a-Lago visits

Trump spoke at a $1 million-per-plate MAGA fundraiser Oct. 17, 2025, at Mar-a-Lago in Florida. No Kings protests are Saturday ...

’Frankenstein’ U.K. Premiere: Mia Goth on Her Surprise Second Role, Felix Kammerer on What He Checked off His Bucket List

Jacob Elordi, Guillermo del Toro, Christoph Waltz, Charles Dance, Alexandre Desplat and more also walked the BFI London Film ...