Claire Kinsella and Laura Quirke form the duo Lemoncello, now one of the most important young folk acts in Ireland

If you appreciate music that’s in little hurry to be liked, Aldous Harding is the acquired taste you’ve been looking for

Television: Excellent drama about an unglamorous cabal of customs officers tackling gangs who are flooding the UK with heroin

The world’s most famous chat show host visits Dublin in September

Television: Amandaland’s greatest asset is not its cast but a steady supply of zingers, which keep the action ticking along

Sadly, a letter from a posh man on the BBC - the same one who turns 100 on Friday - was not seen as that big a deal back then

Review: The programme brings a satisfyingly human touch to our understanding of the 1926 census, showing the complicated lives behind the raw facts and figures

The actor, who also had roles in The Clinic and Love/Hate, was born in London to Irish parents and returned to Wexford as a child

Hanging out with The Beach Boys’ troubled genius a signpost for still-youthful industry veterans Michael and Brian D’Addario

Television: With contract-renewal negotiations seemingly in limbo, there’s a chance the RTÉ host won’t be back next season

The LP tries to be both a plunge into Irish mysticism and an anti-Trump protest. The singer is reluctant to fully commit to either vision

Adrienne Lenker and her bandmates provide a night of highs, lows and heartbreaking digressions

Television: This second season feels like a regression from series one and the earnestness with which it tackled mental health

Television: Comedy-horror starring Matthew Rhys does not veer into nastiness or gore, making it all the more unsettling

Superheroes deserve some of the backlash they’ve been receiving of late, but is there a risk of throwing Batman out with the bathwater?