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Brendan O’Carroll’s hammy Irish Mammy, Agnes Brown, has made the Dublin comedian famous and wealthy – and widely detested by comedy purists/snobs (delete according to perspective). This festive period, as fans look forward to the latest Mrs Brown’s Boys Christmas special – and the rest of the world trembles in horror – O’Carroll may well spare a thought for his own mother, Maureen. Christmas, after all, is a time for looking back and reflecting on...

Laura Linney is upstaged by older co-stars Smith and Kathy Bates in this sentimental tale about a group of Dublin women who go on a spiritual journey together

JENNIFER Gibney is an Irish actress, best known for her role in Mrs Brown’s Boys.She appears alongside her husband Brendan O’Carroll in the BBC sh

MRS Brown's Boys has an army of dedicated fans across Britain, with viewers amused by Agnes Brown and her outrageous comments.But who is the funny ma

"I'm tired of English and American actors playing Irish roles, because the reverse is not true. There are a lot of really brilliant Irish actors and actresses...

Darina Molloy reports on celebrity news from the Pope's meeting with U2 to up-and-coming model Erin McQuatters

There’s a sublime awfulness and condescension to this American vision of Ireland, adapted by writer-director John Patrick Shanley from his Broadway stage hit: a mind-boggling stew of bizarre paddywhackery that makes John Ford’s The Quiet Man look like a documentary about crack dealers. Two of its stars, Emily Blunt and Christopher Walken – both playing Irish people – engage in a colossal intergenerational battle for who can do the worst Irish...