Hugh Wallace radiated sheer joy on the screen. His death leaves a huge gulfArchitect Hugh Wallace had battled career and personal challenges but his ‘second chance’ with Home of the Year made him a low-key national treasureMon Dec 01 2025 - 13:46
Warren Ellis of Dirty Three: ‘Marianne Faithfull always shot straight. Sometimes it hurt’The longtime Nick Cave collaborator on returning to his musical roots, the ‘horrendous’ aftermath of 10 years on Xanax, and the road backSat Nov 29 2025 - 05:16
Stranger Things on Netflix: Solid escapism hits the spot like an elixir from the TV godsTelevision: Netflix has had a patchy year, but its bet on Stranger Things has paid off with a four-episode drop crammed with thrills, spills and chillsFri Nov 28 2025 - 09:50
‘You have a traffic problem,’ Hans Zimmer tells Dublin before a mesmerising evening with the movie maestroAt 3Arena, Hollywood’s favourite composer performs some of the most moving scores in cinema historyThu Nov 27 2025 - 15:01
Beo Faoin bhFód (Buried Alive) on TG4: Bizarre and wonderful tale would make fantastic movieCharming documentary about a quirky rivalry for stardom between two Irishmen that slipped between the cracks of historyWed Nov 26 2025 - 22:10
Bob Dylan in Dublin: It’s gripping, baffling and something to beholdAt 3Arena, hits arrive as warped and rollicking distortions of the originals, wrapped up with a dusky tribute to Shane MacGowanTue Nov 25 2025 - 23:17
DJ Carey - The Dodger RTÉ One review: Riveting portrait of a flawed Kilkenny hurling hero The first of this two-part documentary depicts the GAA legend who had the world at his feet, but seemed to hunger for a lifestyle worthy of his stardomMon Nov 24 2025 - 22:00
Stranger Things has turned us inside out and upside down. Is the best yet to come? Geeks were already going mainstream before the sci-fi franchise landed, but the love letter to nerd culture took the trend to another levelSat Nov 22 2025 - 05:21
Keaton Henson: Parader review – An escape hatch from the tumult of everyday lifeKeaton Henson’s new album is partly informed by his teenage love of grunge. But don’t expect a headbanger’s delightFri Nov 21 2025 - 11:39
Mani from The Stone Roses: A born rock star who was fiercely proud of his Irish rootsGary Mounfield was part of a rich history of Manchester-Irish artists who would forever change musicFri Nov 21 2025 - 09:50
The Death of Bunny Munro review: It’s unclear how much of this is a Nick Cave fantasy, but it’s sordidTelevision: A sleazy protagonist, a child subjected to emotional neglect and bleak English seaside scenes - what is the point of it all?Fri Nov 21 2025 - 05:00
Summerwater review: These characters’ inner torment may have you reaching for the remote Television: Based on a novel, Summerwater’s story was perhaps best left on the pageThu Nov 20 2025 - 05:00
'Got death threats on my screen': Kneecap release new single about terrorism case against Mo CharaThe track is a collaboration with British producer Sub Focus, and comes ahead of the hip-hop trio’s upcoming Ireland and UK tour Wed Nov 19 2025 - 11:28
The Séance of Blake Manor: Irish-made game getting rave reviews has Irishness in its DNASpooky Doorway’s mystery game is a cross between Cluedo and a Martin McDonagh play - perfect for dark eveningsTue Nov 18 2025 - 09:44
The Beast in Me review: Claire Danes thriller is hokier than Fair City but viewers will be hooked Television: This supersized serving of cornball escapism starring Matthew Rhys opposite Daines is a perplexing watchMon Nov 17 2025 - 10:05
My Bloody Valentine: The story of the most important Irish band of the 21st centuryKevin Shields and co’s marrow-melting shoegaze sound has influenced everyone from U2 and Radiohead to Tame Impala Sat Nov 15 2025 - 05:24
If only Black and Blue had been the first Rolling Stones album to feature Rory GallagherAlbum review: Black and Blue is far from the abomination it was perceived to be in 1976, with or without the Irish guitaristFri Nov 14 2025 - 14:22
Trespasses review: This is far more fun than a Troubles drama should beTelevision: Adaptation of Louise Kennedy’s novel starring Lola Petticrew and Gillian Anderson isn’t perfect with moments of unintentional hilarityWed Nov 12 2025 - 14:55
Search for the Truth review: Might Caroline Flack have preferred be allowed rest in peace? Television: Documentary decries tabloid hysteria over Flack’s arrest and ensuing vitriol of strangers online, but is this what she would have wanted five years after her death?Tue Nov 11 2025 - 11:29
Hidden Assets review: Bilbao setting a welcome upgrade to this thumpingly generic crime dramaTelevision: Less hysterical than the likes of Love Hate and Kin, this is spectacularly average and on a random Sunday in November, that will do just fineMon Nov 10 2025 - 10:42
Celeste: ‘When stagnancy is in your life, it can take a lot to shift it’Woman of Faces, the singer-songwriter’s new album, is effortlessly beautiful and endlessly surprising. But getting it into the world has been a challengeSun Nov 09 2025 - 05:25
Even in their darkest moments, Cork City can surprise both their supporters and themselvesFans dream of FAI Cup glory as Logic has never had all that much sway with Cork City supportersSat Nov 08 2025 - 06:00
The Celebrity Traitors final review: A thriller ending worthy of a fascinating seriesTelevision: Show risked meddling with a winning formula, but it proved every bit as as absorbing as the regular version Fri Nov 07 2025 - 06:19
Lux, Rosalía’s new album, is a breathtaking odyssey into music’s further reaches The Spanish star wants to look forwards, not back – with results by turns thrilling, baffling and splendidly spookyFri Nov 07 2025 - 05:10
Pluribus review: Fascinating and charmingly weird show from streaming’s miracle workerTelevision: Nobody could accuse Vince Gilligan, maker of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, of playing it safe with this risky new seriesFri Nov 07 2025 - 00:01
All’s Fair on Disney+ review: Kim Kardashian’s stilted new legal drama is a proper atrocityTelevision: Ryan Murphy, Hollywood’s laureate of bad taste, has produced one of the worst things Disney+ has ever foisted upon its subscribersWed Nov 05 2025 - 10:40
Do bankers feel remorse for the tracker mortgage scandal? I wouldn't bet my house on itTelevision: Absorbing documentary is full of faceless villains acting with reckless abandonMon Nov 03 2025 - 22:30
Florence + the Machine: Everybody Scream review – A fantastically eerie album informed by personal traumaFlorence Welch emerges from a hurricane of angst with perhaps her finest and certainly her stormiest record to dateMon Nov 03 2025 - 13:40
Will Anderson of Hotline TNT on pulling the plug on Spotify - and having no regrets Any risk of the indie band becoming invisible is debunked as they continue to win new fans with their dreamlike alternative popSat Nov 01 2025 - 05:12
TV Review: At no point is Hector Ó hEochagáin in danger of doing anything originalTelevision: At no point is Hector in danger of doing anything original or surprising (the odd fusillade about politicians aside)Thu Oct 30 2025 - 22:25
Is there life in The Witcher after Henry Cavill’s exit?Showrunner Lauren Hissrich believes, as with James Bond, the character Geralt is bigger than any one actor portraying him. Can Liam Hemsworth avoid becoming the franchise’s George Lazenby?Thu Oct 30 2025 - 05:12
Down Cemetery Road review: Despite the illustrious cast, this show feels dead on arrivalTelevision: Illustrious cast wasted on Mick Herron adaptation with an implausible plot and an obnoxious lead characterWed Oct 29 2025 - 11:59
Haunted Dancehall: This is a hipster’s National Ploughing ChampionshipsThis is the National Ploughing Championship for hipstersWed Oct 29 2025 - 11:00
Celebrity Traitors: so much celebrity and so little sleuthing talent says it all about fameTelevision: If ever you wanted a reminder that even mildly famous people are nothing like the rest of us, Celebrity Traitors has proved itWed Oct 29 2025 - 06:00
Heat My Home on RTÉ One: Welcome to income redistribution, Irish styleTelevision: This is less aspirational programming and more like a foray into a fantasy of unaffordable upgradesTue Oct 28 2025 - 20:55
Lily Allen: West End Girl review – Unflinching account of doomed relationship is a tough listenA pop album is not the most suitable conduit for the singer’s grim portraits of the break-up of her marriageMon Oct 27 2025 - 12:28
Katie Ball of Just Mustard: ‘I don’t know if being the centre of attention comes naturally. I keep doing it anyway’Despite signing to the ultra-hip Brooklyn-based label Partisan, the introverted band have decided against leaving their hometown of DundalkSat Oct 25 2025 - 05:18
Nobody Wants This review: Quickfire banter and high wattage stars mark latest Netflix seriesThis is not a comedy anyone would need to spend the rest of their lives with – but a solid second series confirms there is no need to break things off just yetFri Oct 24 2025 - 06:00
Gogglebox Ireland review: Traitors’ Paudie and son Andrew settle in as armchair TV criticsTelevision: Addition of Traitors stars might give ratings a bump, but after 10 years the show’s format is a little staid Thu Oct 23 2025 - 11:03
Leonard and Hungry Paul review: Droll Dublin dramedy narrated by Julia Roberts is Normal People for nerdsAdaption of Rónán Hession’s book puts real Irish life on the screen without any compulsion to call attention to itselfMon Oct 20 2025 - 12:46
The Last Dinner Party: ‘People think they have the right, because they’re anonymous, to say the most awful thingsThe chart-toppers have released their second album, From the Pyre, which channels the uneasy spirit of the classic 1973 folk-horror movieSat Oct 18 2025 - 05:35
Irish actor Ruth Codd ‘murdered’ in Celebrity Traitors after taking aim at Jonathan RossShe didn’t go quietly either, squaring up to the veteran broadcaster at the second round table Fri Oct 17 2025 - 19:56
Deadbeat, Tame Impala’s new album, gets bogged down in angstKevin Parker staggers through this underwhelming, repetitive LP in a state of more or less permanent perturbationFri Oct 17 2025 - 12:45
What is K-pop and why is it everywhere?The huge success of the Netflix film K-Pop Demon Hunters has brought the Korean pop genre to the West, with near-sell-out Dublin and Cork shows on the way Fri Oct 17 2025 - 06:00
RTÉ isn’t dead and buried yet. Obituary is a genuinely engaging murder mysteryTelevision: Engaging murder mystery is an excellent example of what can happen when a broadcaster dares to do something differentTue Oct 14 2025 - 23:10
Made of Stone review: One man’s quest to revive ancient Celtic feat of strength Television: ‘Indiana Stones’ is an unlikely influencer who hefts celebrated Irish rocksMon Oct 13 2025 - 22:30
Living With Lucy review: Caitlyn Jenner seems quietly baffled by chatty Lucy KennedyTelevision: Former Keeping Up With the Kardashians regular reveals surprising views, and a firm loyalty to Donald TrumpMon Oct 13 2025 - 11:08
Khalid: After the Sun Goes Down review – The soul of bedroom pop, the ache of Billie EilishOn After the Sun Goes Down, his gorgeously gauzy fourth album, Khalid basks in the glow of love and freedomFri Oct 10 2025 - 05:00
Ray D’Arcy’s parting outburst not typical of broadcaster who shunned the limelightA born collaborator, D’Arcy was most comfortable bouncing off his crew, guests or listeners, and never basked in stardom Thu Oct 09 2025 - 18:52
Build Your Own Home review: Needs must, so welcome Room to Improve for Generation Priced OutTelevision: The biggest asset here is laid back and likeable presenter Harrison Gardner, who doesn’t try to impose his views on the householders starting from scratchThu Oct 09 2025 - 13:12
