Esther McCarthy
Journalist at Freelance
News and Features Editor at Irish Examiner
Journalist. News/features @IrishExaminer, @sundayworld @INM. Irish film @ScreenDaily. Film on Movies & Booze @SeanMoncrieff. helloesthermccarthy@gmail
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1 week ago |
irishexaminer.com | Esther McCarthy
This week’s tale is one of heartbreak and sorrow. Reader, I can honestly say — without hyperbole — that this has been the hardest breakup of my life, and I never even saw it coming. The worst part? I thought we were really happy, you know? I just feel so damn blindsided. Ugh. I believed we had something special. That I wasn’t just one of their many adoring fans. Because, I’d heard their name around, I knew of them, they had quite the reputation — but never imagined they’d pick me.
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2 weeks ago |
sundayworld.com | Esther McCarthy
ex-factor | “All I will say is that I cannot think of a better way for a reboot to happen”Gillian and David Duchovny could be returning in a reboot of The X FilesAnderson and Isaacs in The Salt PathToday at 15:39She shot to fame as FBI agent Scully in one of the most successful TV shows ever. Now, over three decades after The X-Files first became a smash, nobody is more intrigued than Gillian Anderson that the show could be returning to our screens.
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2 weeks ago |
irishexaminer.com | Esther McCarthy
I had a birthday recently. And a few people inquired if it was a roundy one. “The nerve! How very dare you!!” was my outraged reply, clutching my pearls at my saggy decolletage, as if they’d suggested I was for camogie players having to wear skorts or something. But it did make me ponder why my gut reaction was one of such indignation. I’m pro-positive ageing, you guys.
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2 weeks ago |
sundayworld.com | Esther McCarthy
'IT'S JUST AMAZING' | Mum Denise believes her son Iarla is “is the picture of what organ donation can do” after the life-changing operation. Iarla Fahy-Rabbitt with his proud mum DeniseIarla Fahy-Rabbitt with his medalSat 17 May 2025 at 12:52When little Iarla Fahy-Rabbitt was diagnosed with a serious liver condition, his worried family watched the impacts it had on their little boy.
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3 weeks ago |
sundayworld.com | Esther McCarthy
RALLYING CRY | This is one of the passionate documentaria most ambitious projects to date – and it is stunningDavid Attenborough stands at the coast in Southern England. (Credit: Silverback Films and Open Planet Studios/Keith Scholey)A bait ball in the open ocean near Azores. (Credit: Silverback Films and Open Planet Studios/Doug Anderson)A humpback whale breaches.
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As Fastnet Film Festival @FastnetFilmFest approaches, my @irishexaminer feature on its growing popularity and what this year’s festival has in store. https://t.co/0ztjGXSLas
RT @IEArtsCulture: Fastnet Film Festival in Schull: 'There is no red carpet. There's no dress code'. Being a small village without a cinema…
Celine Song's Past Lives arrives to Netflix today and is one of the great romantic dramas and one of the best films of the last few years imho. There it is now if you haven't seen it yet or want to see it again. https://t.co/H17e4d7rpA