Stephen Fry “prepared to go to prison” over Twitter joke trial
Fry made the comments at a benefit gig for Paul Chambers, the man convicted for sending a menacing communication via Twitter in which he jokingly threatened to blow an airport up.
View ArticleThe 9 at 9: Friday
Nine things you need to know by 9am: New ministers from north and south of the border meet for the first time today; more protests on the way in Syria, and the unthinkable…a Father Ted rip off.
View ArticleFather Ted tribute show makers ‘a bunch of chancers’, says Graham Linehan
The dinner-comedy act is staged by UK company Laughlines – whose director hung up on TheJournal.ie when asked if they had permission to use the characters.
View ArticleVita Cortex workers say they will escalate protest
The workers, who have been occupying the company for 135 days say they are disgusted at the rejection of resolution proposals.
View ArticleEngland’s top judge to hear appeal in ‘Twitter joke trial’
Paul Chambers is appealing his conviction over an angry tweet in which he joked he would blow an airport “sky high”.
View Article#TwitterJokeTrial: Man wins appeal against conviction after airport bomb tweet
Paul Chambers sent a tweet in January 2010 in which he joked he would blow up Robin Hood Airport in Yorkshire.
View ArticleColumn: The Twitter joke trial shows freedom of speech has to include comedy
It doesn’t matter if comedy is offensive or upsetting – free speech must allow for all speech, writes Simon Carty.
View ArticleTweet Sweeper: Vogue McFadden is experiencing gym rage
Our pick of the week’s tweets from famous people.
View ArticleHere’s what to expect from Graham Linehan’s new Irish sitcom
The Walshes was partially filmed in Dublin, co-produced by RTÉ, and drawn from your 1980s childhood.
View ArticleHere’s the first trailer for Graham Linehan’s new Irish comedy The Walshes
And it looks a bit great.
View ArticleGraham Linehan says there’s absolutely no chance of a Father Ted revival
Maybe it’s just better off this way… maybe.
View Article“It’s not another Ted”: Meet the people behind Graham Linehan’s new sitcom
The new three-part series makes its TV debut on RTÉ this Thursday night.
View ArticleRTÉ’s new show The Walshes has thoroughly divided the nation
The comedy, written by Father Ted’s Graham Linehan, aired its first episode last night.
View ArticleGraham Linehan has a clear message for critics of new show The Walshes
The three part series premiered on BBC 4 last night.
View ArticleHere’s what the UK thought of new Irish sitcom The Walshes
The three-part comedy aired on BBC Four last night.
View ArticleThe Sun criticised for ‘irresponsible’ front page of boy with ‘devil mark’
The newspaper, however, says it is conscious of the code and guidance around paying parents for stories.
View Article7 of the best cult comedies you can watch on Irish Netflix
Allow us to hunt down the best shows on Netflix, so you don’t have to.
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