Wet Leg at All Together Now 2025: Rhian Teasdale’s ex must feel his ears burning during this blistering setOn the Waterford festival’s first night, the zinging alternative anthems are by turns biting, bittersweet, loved-up and scathingSat Aug 02 2025 - 00:03
Mrs Brown’s Boys review: It’s surely time for this dreary and unfunny series to fade from our screensTelevision: After 14 years of this iffy humour, is it time for Brendan O’Carroll to pull the plug on his famous Finglas mammy?Fri Aug 01 2025 - 22:10
Reneé Rapp: Bite Me review – Killer closer brings a so-so second album out of its tailspinReneé Rapp’s grunge-infused track You’d Like That Wouldn’t You pinpoints her as an artist to watchFri Aug 01 2025 - 05:10
Football Families review: Affecting behind-the-scenes tale of what it takes to get to the topTelevision: Insight into Dublin club’s underage academies doubles as a picture of its imperial phase under erstwhile manager Damien DuffThu Jul 31 2025 - 23:10
Review: RTÉ must be commended for unflinching new documentary, but it’s a gruelling start to the weekIt’s a difficult but necessary viewing Tue Jul 29 2025 - 10:09
Billie Eilish at 3Arena review: Pop’s princess of pessimism conquers Dublin – but does she think she’s in the UK?The Birds of a Feather singer’s Dublin gig soars despite a geographical misstepSun Jul 27 2025 - 10:53
Joanna Lumley: ‘I love Ireland as much as you can if you’re not an Irish person’Lumley, a dedicated Hibernophile, was delighted to be in Wicklow filming the second series of Tim Burton’s Netflix hit WednesdaySun Jul 27 2025 - 05:21
Bob Geldof: ‘I never read about myself. I can’t stand the stupid f**king things I say’The singer and campaigner on how music is no longer a pillar of social protest and why it’s no surprise Live Aid sprang from the Irish communitySat Jul 26 2025 - 06:42
Veronica Electronica by Madonna: Lost album is like a postcard from the edge of the rave eraThere has never been a better moment for an outpouring of foot-to-the-floor Madonna nostalgiaFri Jul 25 2025 - 06:00
One Day in Southport: Heartbreaking, and a chilling insight into the new realityTelevision: Director Dan Reed tries to understand the anger that turned town centres across Britain into war zones last yearThu Jul 24 2025 - 22:00
Mrs Robinson review: Ireland’s first woman president deserves better than this often plodding filmStory of Mary Robinson is flattened out into a functional feel-good watchThu Jul 24 2025 - 09:03
Interviewing Ozzy Osbourne: ‘You can’t live that way forever. It catches up with you eventually’The Black Sabbath frontman and reality TV star has died aged 76. Ed Power met him in 2014Tue Jul 22 2025 - 20:42
The Murder Capital at Iveagh Gardens: A killer set subjects leafy Dublin to a satisfying salvo of mosh pit maniaJames McGovern’s onstage persona is a sort of Amnesty International Liam GallagherMon Jul 21 2025 - 13:20
The Narrow Road to the Deep North review: Unflinchingly savage war tale starring Ciarán Hinds is a gruelling watchTelevision: Justin Kurzel’s first foray into television marks a stark departure from the usual Sunday night staples of cosy crime or bingeworthy drama Mon Jul 21 2025 - 12:10
You’ll Be Alright, Kid by Alex Warren: expressive, exhaustive, angsty man-croonBehold, the TikTok star who needs to learn how to play to the gallerySat Jul 19 2025 - 06:00
What does the future hold for popular BBC show Masterchef?Presenter Gregg Wallace was accused of inappropriate sexual language and co-presenter John Torode of racist languageFri Jul 18 2025 - 08:05
Untamed review: Formulaic and a bit cheesy, but it has a nicely noirish zingTelevision: Eric Bana does well with the cliched part of a lone cop whose best friend is his horse, while Yosemite Park is the breakout starFri Jul 18 2025 - 06:00
Listen to the Land Speak review: A meandering love letter to a half-forgotten Ireland Television: Manchán Magan’s latest documentary is set against the backdrop of his stage four cancer diagnosis Thu Jul 17 2025 - 23:10
Mix Tape review: Unspools like a glorified cover version of Sally Rooney’s Normal People Television: Set in Sheffield but filmed in Dublin, the story hangs on the implausible premise of a rekindled teenage crushTue Jul 15 2025 - 21:30
Bill Callahan, high priest of 1990s bedroom angst: ‘Dublin was an early adopter of me’ For many years the indie songwriter refused to talk to journalists, but middle age and parenthood have brought a new mellownessTue Jul 15 2025 - 05:14
Wet Leg’s Rhian Teasdale: ‘I’m doing sexy body rolls, but I’m wearing lobster claws’On Moisturizer, the post-punk band’s thrilling second album, the Grammy-winning singer flexes her rock-star musclesSat Jul 12 2025 - 05:27
No laughing matter: Poor Creature on goth folk, Kneecap’s Gaza stance and their love of Philomena BegleyRuth Clinton and Cormac MacDiarmada talk about how the themes of the 18th- and 19th-century songs on their new album All Smiles Tonight still resonateSat Jul 12 2025 - 05:17
Dexter on Paramount+ review: One of modern pulp TV’s great creations is still tremendous funTelevision: This sequel series is grippingly giddy viewing – with the ever-reliable Hall joined by a high-wattage cast including Uma Thurman, Krysten Ritter and Peter DinklageFri Jul 11 2025 - 16:00
Wet Leg: Moisturizer review – Furious guitars, hummable melodies and pure, uncomplicated joyRhian Teasdale and co’s second album brilliantly refines all that was great about their brash, bouncy debutFri Jul 11 2025 - 04:59
Too Much review: This is the Netflix viral hit that everyone will be talking aboutLena Dunham, star and creator of Girls, has returned with a whipsmart comedy that is endlessly amusing in its idea of London Thu Jul 10 2025 - 14:00
RTÉ’s Noraid: Irish America and the IRA leans towards the Che Guevara version of history Television: First of two episodes leans ever so subtly towards Che Guevara version of history – never mind the body count; look at the cool poster we got out of itWed Jul 09 2025 - 22:35
Jessica Pratt: ‘I’m not in awe of many people’s bodies of work in the way I am with Brian Wilson’s’The creator of the extraordinary album Here in the Pitch discusses The Beach Boys, California and her dreamlike confessional popWed Jul 09 2025 - 05:10
Debbie Harry turns 80: what next for Blondie? The band have a new album on the way – although, following drummer Clem Burke’s death, it is unclear if they will tour againSun Jul 06 2025 - 06:00
Talos: Ólafur Arnalds on finishing Eoin French’s final album – ‘A lot of the time I could feel him next to me ’ For the Icelandic musician A Dawning is not a project about death so much as an outpouring of joy and an acknowledgment of the preciousness of lifeSat Jul 05 2025 - 05:31
Ólafur Arnalds & Talos: A Dawning review – Five stars for this emotion-filled celebration of Eoin French’s lifeThe musicians were so dialled into each other that it’s hard to say where one’s contribution ends and the other’s beginsFri Jul 04 2025 - 05:10
Squid Game review: A rewarding third season filled with thrills, spills and a gripping final twistTelevision: Impactful the end of Squid Game certainly is, and a marked improvement on underwhelming second seriesThu Jul 03 2025 - 17:40
The Phone Box Babies review: Hugely moving account from Ireland’s Handmaid’s Tale eraTelevision: The RTÉ documentary on three siblings abandoned as babies in the 1960s is grim and fascinatingWed Jul 02 2025 - 22:35
1923 review: Yellowstone prequel is a well-put-together drama apart from Helen Mirren’s Irish accent Television: More about mood than plot, this violent melodrama is filled with hard-bitten tales of inexpressive men bending the world to their willTue Jul 01 2025 - 22:00
Lana Del Rey in Dublin review: By far the strangest performance the Aviva has hostedThis gig raises the question of where artistic expression ends and doing right by your fanbase beginsTue Jul 01 2025 - 13:45
The days of families huddling around the Late Late Show or Glenroe are gone - and that’s no bad thingTV standouts such as Adolescence or Squid Game only underline a sense that the era of truly popular culture is slipping awaySun Jun 29 2025 - 07:00
Lorde: Virgin review – Glittery, gritty and fabulously absorbingElla Yelich-O’Connor’s fourth album is a brooding blockbuster as visceral and emotionally gory as Solar Power was darkly becalmedFri Jun 27 2025 - 12:16
The Bear review: The restaurant needs a recipe for success if it is to survive, both on screen and in realityTelevision: The restaurant needs a recipe for success if it is to survive, both on screen and in realityThu Jun 26 2025 - 12:37
Natasha review: Moving insight into brutal personal experience that became a national lightning rodTelevision: Documentary about assault of Natasha O’Brien and her subsequent fight for justice makes for sober viewingWed Jun 25 2025 - 22:34
Olivia Rodrigo at Marlay Park: A fantastic show in a tremendously awkward venueRodrigo is not just another Disney-approved star but a Gen Zer with a deep headbanging spiritWed Jun 25 2025 - 09:38
The Gilded Age review: Pretty but dour show about snobbish New YorkersTelevision: Julian Fellowes’s spiritual successor to Downton Abbey is lacking in both fun and a true understanding of blue blood upper-crust AmericaMon Jun 23 2025 - 21:00
Lorde: ‘Last time I was in Ireland I was deep in the weeds’When Ella Yelich-O’Connor was last in Ireland she was working through a break-up and the aftershock of an eating disorder. Her new album has helped make her whole again, she saysSat Jun 21 2025 - 05:25
Haim: I Quit review – Ferociously catchy, satisfyingly grudge-bearingDanielle Haim’s had her heart broken, and you’re going to hear all about in the sisters’ wonderfully vituperative songsFri Jun 20 2025 - 12:52
Grenfell Uncovered on Netflix: First-rate journalism highlights how working class victims were left waiting for answersTelevision: Immediate aftermath of tragedy carries clear echoes of official response to Stardust blazeFri Jun 20 2025 - 09:00
Heston Blumenthal: My Life with Bipolar: Gripping account of celebrity chef’s journey from denial to diagnosisTelevision: One of the themes of this fascinating and admirably honest film is Blumenthal’s fear that the drugs that help his mind may have snuffed out his creativity Thu Jun 19 2025 - 21:00
Story of a Song review: How Spandau Ballet’s Through the Barricades emerged from the TroublesTelevision: Engaging Aistear an Amhráin series is the sort of show RTÉ needs to make more ofWed Jun 18 2025 - 15:47
Charli XCX live review: Pop star fails to become queen of Malahide Castle as she brings Brat to DublinThe British singer gives a good account of herself at this fun, upbeat gig – but it is no blockbusterWed Jun 18 2025 - 10:50
Bruce Springsteen: Tracks II – Lost albums brim with emotional generosity, suppressed pain, and machismoThese 83 songs run the gamut from old-school rock’n’roll to rumpled country pop via new wave, indie rock and cinematic mood musicTue Jun 17 2025 - 00:00
Uncharted with Ray Goggins: Once Joe Canning thaws this tropical thrill ride is a fine full stop to a rewarding seriesTelevision: Hurler Canning and athlete Thomas Barr prove unusually personable by sports star standardsWed Jun 11 2025 - 22:35
Brian Wilson: Death of towering figure closes a chapter in music historyAs the tortured visionary behind The Beach Boys, Wilson helped shape the world we live in todayWed Jun 11 2025 - 20:01
Ed Sheeran has as much right to call himself Irish as The Pogues or The SmithsTelevision: What could be more Irish than a singer with a guitar emoting from the bottom of their boots?Wed Jun 11 2025 - 15:04
