Laura Slattery
Journalist at Irish Times
Woman from the year 2025. Work tweets @IrishTimesLaura (but taking a break at the moment)
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3 weeks ago |
irishtimes.com | Laura Slattery
Sometime in April a new fantasy dropped: a walk-in wardrobe swish enough for Jon Hamm to want to break into it. Hamm’s role as Andrew “Coop” Cooper, a sacked hedge-fund manager turned neighbourhood burglar, in Your Friends & Neighbors has been a rare source of unalloyed television pleasure this year, with each Friday episode notification from Apple TV+ becoming the starting pistol for the weekend. Still, forget what I said about wardrobes.
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3 weeks ago |
irishtimes.com | Laura Slattery
Tall Tales & Murder, a new darkly comedic crime drama from the writer of Love/Hate, has gone into production in Dublin. The drama, which stars Ella Lily Hyland and Aidan Gillen, has been commissioned for two series by RTÉ and BBC Northern Ireland in association with Screen Ireland, with the first six-part run due to premiere in 2026.
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3 weeks ago |
irishtimes.com | Laura Slattery
Fresh from submitting a batch of student grades, the novelist and poet Elaine Feeney bursts into the Oyster Bar accessorised with a Penguin-branded tote from her “lovely publishers” and the exuberance of someone who thought she might be late thanks to a train delay but isn’t. We’re not in the Hardiman Hotel on Eyre Square in Galway for oysters or cocktails, yet it feels like a celebratory occasion: the publicity push for Let Me Go Mad in My Own Way, Feeney’s third novel, is officially under way.
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4 weeks ago |
irishtimes.com | Laura Slattery
Bernie Collins is not long home from a grand prix when she makes a quick pit stop in Dublin. The Sky Sports Formula One analyst is brighter-eyed than most people would be if they missed a night’s sleep while returning to Warwick, England, from the Saudi city of Jeddah via a stopover in Doha, only to repack two days later. But after more than a decade of frequent-flying to often far-flung places, the Co Fermanagh woman’s travel recovery tactics have been well-honed. “It’s fine.
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4 weeks ago |
irishtimes.com | Laura Slattery
Summer is on the minds of Will Rolfe and James Aiken – the summer of 2026, that is. “We already have some headliners confirmed,” says Rolfe, promoter, curator and creative director of Pod Festivals. “Just when everyone is getting excited for this year, we‘re starting to get excited for next year.
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