Diarmaid Keane

Driving through Ballsbridge just now with an American colleague who says “that’s your President using the ATM right there.” Me, proudly: Yes, yes it is.

I wish this Philip Seymour Hoffman monologue was 48 minutes long.

Rory McIlroy said that in the weeks leading up to the Masters, there were days he would drop off Poppy at school, fly to Augusta, play a round, and make it back home in time for dinner. Perks of being the defending champ. 😂

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"Ramble On" is 56 years old and Robert Plant just walked onto The Late Show and made it sound like he wrote it this morning.

All the President’s Men turns 50 today. This famous “six‑minute shot” is a masterclass in phone acting and pure technical nerve. Director Alan J. Pakula and cinematographer Gordon Willis pull off a single, unbroken slow zoom: from a wide, humming newsroom to a tight close-up on Redford. No cuts. No safety net. Tension builds in real time. Redford carries it with typical quiet confidence. Six minutes of note-taking and talking into a phone, no flashy “Oscar clip.” He even flubs a name (“McGregor” for “Dahlberg”), corrects himself naturally, and Pakula keeps it because it feels authentic. The background is part of the story. As Woodward hones in on his phone call, everyone behind him huddles around a TV watching Senator Tom Eagleton resign. The contrast is deliberate: they chase the “obvious” headline, while the camera drifts past them to Woodward, and the real story. To hold Redford and the busy background in focus early on, they used a split‑diopter lens, then had to ease it out as the camera moves in. A technical tightrope. The timing of both actor and cinematographer is spot on. As Woodward closes in on the truth, the world literally falls away: the newsroom blurs, the noise fades, and we lock into his obsession. It’s one of cinema’s great moments: Redford doing almost nothing—and somehow everything at the same time. What makes this shot brilliant is the contrast it carves between Redford and the newsroom around him. The visual language does the talking: he’s locked in, disciplined, driven, all focus and fire. He stands apart because the work matters more than anything else.

And so it begins... Plus we ask Officer Watkins your questions!  #themasters

Hello, Moon. It’s great to be back. Here’s a taste of what the Artemis II astronauts photographed during their flight around the Moon. Check out more photos from the mission: nasa.gov/artemis-ii-mul…

Well that’s an instant iconic photo

One of the most interesting pubs in the country. More collections than many museums. A gem.

@GarNob And the best barman in Ireland!

There are no words.

We see our home planet as a whole, lit up in spectacular blues and browns. A green aurora even lights up the atmosphere. That's us, together, watching as our astronauts make their journey to the Moon.

🇮🇪 After 2 months of rain, today Ireland is expecting its first rain free day of 2026.

by far the most devastating in memoriam.

I'm not sure it's that widely known that the closing ceremony of this Milano Cortina Winter Olympics will be in Verona. As if we hadn't seen enough glorious images, the Games will end here on Sunday night... #WinterOlympics2026

This is some run down! 😳 @ChemmySki gives us a POV of the iconic Cortina downhill ⛷️⛷️⛷️ #WinterOlympics

@realBobbyHealy @MannaAero Great stuff Bobby!

Pretty proud moment for me and the @MannaAero team.

Poolbeg Lighthouse – Frank McNally on the death of a much-loved Dublin barman irishtimes.com/opinion/an-iri…

🎄1988

Troy Parrott, Irish hero 🇮🇪 #WCQ