The Latest Breaking News from Brian Gleeson

Grand National racegoer wins staggering payout after £100,000 bet on horse

A Grand National punter placed a £100,000 bet on a horse to win Saturday's race, shocking presenter Brian Gleeson.

The Independent UK · Apr 11

The Brightening Air at the Old Vic review: this slice of 1980s Irish life is hilarious and achingly moving

4/5 Conor McPherson is a singular writer and a phenomenal director

Evening Standard · Apr 25, 2025

Bad Sisters season two on Apple TV+ review: the return of the brash, bold, murderous Garvey sisters is a total treat

4/5 Sharon Horgan and her ragtag group of Garvey sisters have done it again (and we’re not just talking about the murder)

Evening Standard · Nov 13, 2024

More Grand Slam glory for Ireland as under-20s go back to back in the Six Nations

Richie Murphy's squad, including three of last year's winners, celebrated as they picked up the win they needed against England in an exciting encounter

Irish Mirror · Mar 19, 2023

A Dream To Share delivers emotional Cheltenham win for handlers young and old

Teenage jockey John Gleeson won the Champion Bumper on his first Cheltenham ride, as 85-year-old trainer John Kiely finally ended his drought

The Independent UK · Mar 15, 2023

Cheltenham Festival 2023: JP McManus’s kind gesture to entrust schoolboy with ride on 70th winner

John Gleeson, 18, had never ridden at the Cheltenham Festival but steered A Dream To Share to victory after new owner JP McManus let him keep the mount in the Champion Bumper

Daily Mirror · Mar 15, 2023

Inside Brendan Gleeson's private life as The Banshees of Inisherin hit cinemas - surprising past career, wife, famous sons and net worth

Filmed in the late summer of 2021 on Achill in Co Mayo and Inis Mór in County Galway, the movie has already received a 15-minute standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival and has been credited as one of Brendan's greatest performances

Irish Mirror · Oct 20, 2022

Death of a Ladies’ Man review – Gabriel Byrne charms in Philip Roth style dramedy

The Irish actor is compelling as a womanising professor who begins to realise his best days are over, with added Leonard Cohen

The Guardian - UK · Jul 18, 2022

Barry Keoghan and Brian Gleeson confirmed to join Netflix hit Top Boy for third and final series

The streaming site announced the Irish actors will both play new characters in the crime drama

Irish Mirror · Jul 7, 2022

Constellations review – a stirring love story with infinite possibilities

This intricate production of Nick Payne’s high-concept romance poses existential questions with elegance and levity

The Guardian - UK · May 13, 2022