All Together Now: Homage paid to Sinéad O’Connor at Waterford festivalThe mood was celebration rather than grief as artists performed covers of the singer’s hitsSun Aug 06 2023 - 20:00
Lisa O’Neill at All Together Now: Folk singer pays thoughtful tribute to Sinéad O’Connor All Together Now 2023: ‘I loved her … Sinéad got into trouble but it was the right kind of trouble’Sat Aug 05 2023 - 21:26
The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart: Sigourney Weaver is magnificently aloof in hypnotic show that gets under your skinTelevision: This adaptation of Holly Ringland’s bestseller is as grim as anything and beautifully absurdFri Aug 04 2023 - 16:49
Dara Ó Briain takes on the moon and the places ‘Irish people know but the British seem never to have heard of’Television: The Irish comedian’s new show, Wonders of the Moon, has the gently rambling quality of a lecture conveyed by a funny, eccentric professorTue Aug 01 2023 - 22:00
Noël Browne had a vision for a healthy, compassionate Ireland. The church and the medical profession blocked himTelevision: Alan Gilsenan’s film The Seven Ages of Noel Browne profiles the ‘problematic’ minister, champion of the mother-and-child schemeMon Jul 31 2023 - 23:10
Dot Allison: ‘My name comes at the end of the credits – a bit of everyday sexism’The Scottish singer had her moment in the pop spotlight almost three decades ago, but her music continues to delight and inspireSat Jul 29 2023 - 05:00
Good Omens: Neil Gaiman’s bromance is as silly as a vicar in a tutu – and perfect escapismTelevision: Michael Sheen and David Tennant return in a second season that benefits from plenty of fun, and surprisingly gory, plot paddingFri Jul 28 2023 - 06:43
Sinéad O’Connor’s 10 most important songs: From Mandinka to The Skye Boat SongThe one constant in Sinéad O’Connor’s musical journey was her refusal to be pinned downThu Jul 27 2023 - 13:50
The Girl from Plainville: A teenage friendship, a suicide and a mission to untangle the truthElle Fanning is excellent as real-life Michelle Carter, whose relationship with Conrad Roy ended tragicallyWed Jul 26 2023 - 23:00
Bethany Cosentino: ‘It’s tough not to grab on to things an absolute stranger says about you’The musician, formerly half of Best Coast, is indie-rock royalty. That doesn’t mean she has had an easy rideWed Jul 26 2023 - 05:15
Women’s World Cup: Before Ireland v Canada, it’s time to settle the clash of the songs Sweetlemondae’s Turn the World and Zrazy’s Come on Ireland will be blaring out today. Which is better?Wed Jul 26 2023 - 05:00
Million Dollar Pigeons review: ‘Two million dollars? Relax, mate. It’s a pigeon’Million Dollar Pigeons never gets its feathers in a flap as it shows how pigeon racing has gone from backyard pursuit to cash-rich industryMon Jul 24 2023 - 23:25
Fifteen-Love: Ella Lily Hyland and Aidan Turner are searing together in this gripping tennis dramaTelevision: Hyland plays a tennis wunderkind fallen on hard times, with Turner as her slimy former coach, in this Prime Video seriesMon Jul 24 2023 - 08:09
Georgia: ‘My drinking got quite heavy over lockdown’On new album Euphoric, a big, emotion-filled pop odyssey, the musician sheds that bleakness and lives in the momentSat Jul 22 2023 - 05:00
This TV show’s title made some contributors quit. But it’s a grippingly heartfelt filmTelevision: In Am I a R*tard? the comedian Rosie Jones lays bare the abuse she faces every day because of her disabilityThu Jul 20 2023 - 23:05
Aslan’s final song with Christy Dignam: The Fields Of Athenry - uninhibited and emotiveReview: Band bring epic polish to the last ever recording with Dignam, whose vocals give the release a shiny stadium rock glossThu Jul 20 2023 - 16:00
The Bear: When Jamie Lee Curtis and Olivia Colman sign up for cameos, you know you’ve hit the big time Television: Back for a second season, Disney+’s surprise hit sticks to the recipe that sustained the first seriesWed Jul 19 2023 - 02:00
The Murdochs: Empire of Influence – A crash course in relentless ambition Television: If Succession’s Roys were a nasty bunch, their real-world equivalents are no less ruthlessTue Jul 18 2023 - 23:20
The Sixth Commandment: Éanna Hardwicke gives a masterclass in creepy understatementTelevision: Irish actor plays the murderer Ben Field, who inveigled his way into the lives of two vulnerable older peopleMon Jul 17 2023 - 22:00
It’s the first post-Paxman University Challenge. The smarty-pants students are still hereTelevision: Amol Rajan becomes only the third host in the quizshow’s 61 years – a bit like The Late Late Show without the payments controversyMon Jul 17 2023 - 21:00
Morrissey in Dublin review: There’s a surprise towards the end of this cathartically cranky gigAt the first of two sold-out Vicar Street gigs, flashes of the controversial singer’s old drollness emerge between moments of trolling ireSun Jul 16 2023 - 10:22
Forever Young Festival 2023: Stage times, full line-up, ticket info, weather forecasts and moreEverything you need to know about the music festival at Palmerstown House Estate, Kildare, on Friday, July 14th to Sunday, July 16thSat Jul 15 2023 - 14:27
Foundation: Set phasers to Overambitious – season two is like Game of Thrones on psychedelicsTelevision: Naked robot wrestling sets the scene for the new season of Apple’s daft take on Isaac Asimov’s sci-fi sagaFri Jul 14 2023 - 12:06
The Waterboys in Dublin review: Preshow nerves, then Mike Scott’s dewy-eyed stomper lights up the nightThe first of two sold-out concerts at the Iveagh Gardens is a home-town triumphFri Jul 14 2023 - 10:43
‘The British are always the heroes. That isn’t the reality’: English radio host discovers his Irish rootsUK radio presenter Dev Griffin digs into an Irish revolutionary past in Who Do You Think You Are?Thu Jul 13 2023 - 22:00
Tubridy at Oireachtas: By the final curtain, the eyes are red, the mouth pursed. ‘It’s all changed now’Television review: Tubridy has two settings – super-jaunty and hyper-sincere. Nobody wanted jauntiness so the hyper-sincerity bubbled upTue Jul 11 2023 - 20:38
Dairy’s Dirty Secret: A squealing calf is tossed, terrified, into a truck. First-rank reporting shows what happens nextRTÉ Investigates: Milking It is a grisly exposé of the mistreatment of livestock in parts of the Irish dairy industryMon Jul 10 2023 - 22:30
A Spy Among Friends: fascinating portrayal of well-connected British chaps realising their days are numberedWhile the espionage thriller never goes entirely James Bond, the real-life tale of skulduggery in the British intelligence services is slow burnerSun Jul 09 2023 - 22:15
Lana Del Rey in Dublin: ‘I’m sorry I didn’t give you enough notice’An ecstatic performance doubles as full-throttle love-in with the anti-Adele in the 3ArenaSat Jul 08 2023 - 09:40
Waiting for news on Taylor Swift tickets is the stadium pop version of the Hunger GamesEd Power: Only a percentage of those who registered with Ticketmaster will be ‘selected’ for a ‘purchase link’ to – potentially! – nab one. It’s a far cry from sleeping bags outside HMVWed Jul 05 2023 - 12:34
Wham! on Netflix: Two ordinary boys mucking around who happened to write some of the greatest pop songs ever Television: The story of George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley’s rise to pop stardom may lack a neat finish, but it is great fun and brims with teenage nostalgiaWed Jul 05 2023 - 11:15
The Heiress and the Heist: Rose Dugdale was a figure almost too riotous for real lifeBritish debutante turned IRA armed robber reminds us how during The Troubles truth was routinely stranger than fictionTue Jul 04 2023 - 22:30
Brigid Mae Power: ‘I underestimated how vulnerable I would feel with everyone knowing my business’Galway-based songwriter says on her #MeToo experience and arguing with nuns in schoolTue Jul 04 2023 - 05:00
The Idol: The Weeknd’s TV project plumbs dire depths not witnessed since the end of Game of ThronesWho thought this hollowed-out cringe fest was a good idea?Mon Jul 03 2023 - 22:00
Julie Byrne: ‘It’s a memorial to the moments between us. And that includes grief and heartache’Buffalo-born singer-songwriter on her new album The Greater Wings which was a collaboration with a beloved friend whose death has both overshadowed and fuelled its completionMon Jul 03 2023 - 05:00
Give Me a Crash Course in... Why Lewis Capaldi is taking a breakThe 26-year-old songwriter from a village near Edinburgh is taking a break from touring to focus on his mental health. It means he’ll be skipping Electric PicnicSun Jul 02 2023 - 05:00
John Torode’s Ireland: The Return of the King of tourist-board advertorialsTelevision: You would hope we had arrived at a point where visitors were not astonished that everyone is walking upright – but apparently, there is still a way to goFri Jun 30 2023 - 21:30
Hijack: An excellent showcase for Idris Elba - shame about the angry Irishmen Television: The real-time thriller on Apple TV+ draws on many influences to conjure that is moslty engaging, though predictableWed Jun 28 2023 - 16:15
Your Home Made Perfect: The BBC gets the right amount of Angela Scanlon sizzle Television: The Co Meath presenter introduces just the right amount of sizzle on the BBC, compared with her RTÉ outputWed Jun 28 2023 - 11:12
‘The throuple was intense. I’m really happy I had that experience. I’m equally happy I’m no longer in it’Amber Bain, aka The Japanese House, has made an extraordinary album after her fraught three-way relationshipTue Jun 27 2023 - 05:15
Elton John at Glastonbury delivers a send-off to remember, Britney or no BritneyThe Sunday night grandee slot goes to the Rocket Man singer playing his last ever UK showSun Jun 25 2023 - 23:53
Today’s Ryan Tubridy Show is about to begin. Then a deathly silence fills the airwaves Oliver Callan stands in for the first post-Tubs Ryan Tubridy Show, there is a sense of an embattled institution circling the drain and picking up speedFri Jun 23 2023 - 14:49
And Just Like That ... : Even diehard Sex and the City fans may wonder if it’s time the lights went outTelevision: Episode one gives a crash course on why this reboot of the iconic 1990s dramedy remains so redundantWed Jun 21 2023 - 16:00
Secret Invasion: The Marvel hero with a Dublin accent we did not know we neededJoyless TV series proves we are a long way from the bright early days of MCUWed Jun 21 2023 - 02:00
Dave Fanning missed the point about Aslan. Fans loved the fact that they were underdogsPeople loved Aslan. Theirs wasn’t a rags-to-riches story. It was more compelling than thatTue Jun 20 2023 - 11:31
Pet Shop Boys at 3Arena: Five stars for a landslide of arch, tart, ageless hitsThere isn’t much banter at Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe’s outstanding Dublin show, just one smash after anotherTue Jun 20 2023 - 09:30
Litvinenko: David Tennant captures the sense of a man haunted by his stolen futureUTV’s retelling of the murder, though well-intentioned, fails to locate the drama in the storyMon Jun 19 2023 - 22:00
Labyrinth, Excalibur, Sandman and more: Behold the 20 ultimate fantasy movies and TV seriesWe embarked on an epic quest to find the mightiest fantasy tales ever screened. Lo, here is our top 20, in reverse orderMon Jun 19 2023 - 05:30
Martin Phillipps of The Chills: ‘There’s common link between New Zealand and Ireland. We’ve both been done wrong’It’s a long time since Martin Phillipps and his band were the next best thing, but his story of survival is remarkableSun Jun 18 2023 - 05:45
Untameable: This should be a bogwater-dull documentary. Instead it’s grippingTelevision: The tone is elevated, as you would expect from a film about bogs from a text by Colm Tóibín, and focusing on Seamus HeaneyThu Jun 15 2023 - 23:34
