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
Victoria Beckham on Netflix: A controlled infomercial that reveals little about its subjectTelevision: An opportunity for the former Spice Girl and original WAG to give her version of events morphs into an infomercial for Victoria Beckham, fashion designerThu Oct 09 2025 - 11:50
Tony Cascarino - Extra Time review: Gripping profile doubles as love letter to Italia ’90 IrelandTelevision: This is a fun valedictory for an unlikely Irish sporting hero, though there’s one small wrinkle in the tale Tue Oct 07 2025 - 10:23
How Are You? It’s Alan (Partridge) review: It’s aha-mazing to have him backTelevision: Steve Coogan, who has played Partridge since the 1990s, seems more comfortable than ever being back in Alan’s boat shoesFri Oct 03 2025 - 15:05
Why have Boyzone decided to re-form – and why now?The 1990s boy band are performing a farewell concert in London in June 2026 Fri Oct 03 2025 - 06:00
Five stars for Taylor Swift’s new album: Travis Kelce at the heart; as is disdain for fellow starThe Life of a Showgirl: Actually Romantic lyrics take aim unnamed pop star who called Swift a ‘Boring Barbie’Fri Oct 03 2025 - 05:01
Silent Hill f video game review: Brilliantly compelling and a worthy addition to gaming’s creepiest canonThe new game still fantastically unsettling – cranking up the dread to the point where it borders on unbearableTue Sept 30 2025 - 16:36
Blue Lights review: Superior Belfast thriller comes down with a bad case of Love/Hate syndromeTelevision: BBC show is in danger of becoming another generic cop caper, with a side-serving of Dublin gangland sensationalismTue Sept 30 2025 - 12:30
The Trial of Richard Satchwell review: The story of an innocent woman who became the victim of a violent husband Television: Tina Satchwell was murdered in 2017 by her husband, but the case was not upgraded to a murder investigation until 2023Mon Sept 29 2025 - 21:55
The Walsh Sisters review: Disappointing adaptation has a weird attitude towards middle-aged womenTelevision: You have to wonder if there was a budget issue, as several scenes appear to have been shot on the Fair City setSun Sept 28 2025 - 22:27
Olivia Dean: ‘Why do I have to be in distress to make good music? Why can’t I just be happy?’For the newly chart-topping singer, love is not a slurpy indulgence but a call to arms in a hate-filled worldSun Sept 28 2025 - 05:22
Sprints: All That Is Over review – Irish postpunks go thermonuclear in songs of unfiltered furyKarla Chubb and co follow up the spectacular Letter to Self with an irresistible wrecking ball of a sequelFri Sept 26 2025 - 12:25
The Hack review: Great story of the British tabloid phone-hacking scandal is let down by wackinessTelevision: David Tennant was one of the celebrities whose phone messages were illegally hacked, which might explain the fervour he brings to the showThu Sept 25 2025 - 16:08
Slow Horses review: Dour, dumpy and depressed, is this the broken Britain of spy dramas?Television: It says a lot about Britain that it’s now represented by wisecracking underdogs rather than a mercurial womaniser such as James BondThu Sept 25 2025 - 12:02
House of Guinness on Netflix: Like Succession with shillelaghsTelevision: Steven Knight, creator of Peaky Blinders, shows his understanding of Ireland under colonialism is rudimentary at bestThu Sept 25 2025 - 10:58
Traitors Ireland finale: A tense and thrilling conclusion to a spectacular first seasonWho of Nick, Ben, Oyin, Vanessa and Kelley will leave Slane Castle with the prize pot?Tue Sept 23 2025 - 21:32
Traitors Ireland contestant Faye: ‘When everyone’s coming at you, it’s hard not to take it personally’Television: Faye was ‘taken aback’ when branded a ‘mean girl’ while Wilkin reveals he did not understand the series formatTue Sept 23 2025 - 14:02
The Traitors Ireland: There are twists to come as things go insane in SlaneKnives are out among the faithfuls in Monday’s episode, while the back-stabbers have a wobbleMon Sept 22 2025 - 22:30
Traitors Ireland evictee Joanna left ‘heartbroken, devastated’ by online backlashShe is second contestant to criticise toxic online comments relating to RTÉ reality gameshowMon Sept 22 2025 - 18:02
David Bowie was right: this German pop professor is a geniusMichael Rother, the musical maverick behind Neu! and Harmonia, is an antidote to the cynicism of the modern music industryMon Sept 22 2025 - 10:35
Joy Crookes: ‘England has a way of screwing people over constantly’Mercury-nominated singer Joy Crookes on colonialism, resilience and regarding Sinéad O’Connor as her musical godmotherMon Sept 22 2025 - 05:13
Traitors Ireland review: Things take a nasty turn as another falls at the roundtable Television: With Paudie gone, the few remaining faithful turn on one another and it’s horrible to watchSun Sept 21 2025 - 22:30
Patti Smith: ‘After the Taylor Swift song, what made me happy was that kids were buying Dylan Thomas books’The 78-year-old poet, artist and musician on the 50th anniversary of Horses, rock’n’roll as revolution and the first time she heard U2Sat Sept 20 2025 - 05:28
NewDad: Altar review – Irish rock’s godfathers of glum reign supreme on brilliant second albumJulie Dawson’s dolorous voice is the magic ingredient, as it was on Madra, the Galway band’s debut long-playerFri Sept 19 2025 - 04:52
Black Rabbit on Netflix: A grungy US drama about a dingy upmarket city restaurant? Come again?Television: Jude Law and Jason Bateman play odd-couple brothers whose adventures in hospitality go disastrously awryThu Sept 18 2025 - 18:00
Jimmy Kimmel profile: Who is the TV host at centre of Charlie Kirk controversy?TV host placed on indefinite leave by ABC after Charlie Kirk comments, prompting debate on whether the land of the free is becoming a dystopia Thu Sept 18 2025 - 17:28
