'Cardboard Gangsters' trailer

Cardboard Gangsters, Mark O'Connor's gritty new Dublin drama starring and co-written with John Connors, is out in Irish cinemas on 16 June. It follows a group of wannabe "cardboard gangsters" trying to gain control of the drugs trade in Darndale.

Frankie Gaffney live in the Gingerman pub

Frankie Gaffney reading from his debut novel Dublin Seven in Dublin earlier this month, filmed by Dave Lordan of Bog TV.

More on Irish trio's 'Riviera' crime series

More details from Sky Atlantic on its crime drama Riviera by Neil Jordan, which is co-written by John Banville and based on an idea by former U2 manager Paul McGuinness.

'Class A' gangland drama for August release

Dublin gangland crime drama Class A will be in selected cinemas this August.

Update, 27/08/16: the premiere of Dublin gangland crime drama Class A will be on September 11th 2016 at the Underground Film Festival in the Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire.

'Class A' teaser trailer

In Class A, Deep Web Films' upcoming Dublin crime drama, two dealers seem untouchable thanks to an innovative drug importation system, until a corrupt detective intervenes.

More updates at facebook.com/classafilm and facebook.com/deepwebfilms.

Gallery: 'Class A' in production

Exclusive: latest stills from the Dublin gangland drama Class A, which began filming recently...

Two new dramas set in gangland Dublin

Two crime dramas set in Dublin's drugs underworld are in the pipeline. Currently in post-production is Cardboard Gangsters, co-written by director Mark O’Connor with frequent collaborator John Connors (pictured above), who starred in three seasons of Love/Hate.

'Mammal' comes to Dublin film festival

Among the highlights of the Audi Dublin International Film Festival later this month is Rebecca Daly's award-winning drama Mammal.

Bruen and Starr are back

Ten years after first teaming up, Ken Bruen and Jason Starr are back next spring with their fourth novel, PIMP.

Frankie Gaffney's D7 thriller

Out this week, Frankie Gaffney's debut novel Dublin Seven (Liberties Press) is a coming-of-age gangster tale set at the end of the Celtic Tiger era.