Kin review: Letâs hope the finale is better than the uneventful penultimate episodeItâs hard not to feel that episode 7 could have been efficiently compacted into episode 8Mon Oct 25 2021 - 00:15
Tori Amos: âWe all carry around our damageâOcean to Ocean is the artist's latest album, written shortly after the death of her motherSat Oct 23 2021 - 05:00
Four Hours at the Capitol: âI was not going to die on the f**king floor of CongressâTV: The January 6th riot looked like a closing scene of the Trump freak show. It was much worseWed Oct 20 2021 - 22:30
Impeachment: Another Monica Lewinsky story, another easy smearing of a womanTV: American Crime Story flubs its retelling of Lewinskyâs affair with President Bill ClintonTue Oct 19 2021 - 22:15
Succession series 3 review: TVâs smartest, cruellest, funniest show runs out of storylineThird time out, the novelty, such as it was, is starting to wear slightlyMon Oct 18 2021 - 22:00
Kin episode 6 review: The Michael Corleone of the Kinsellas emergesClare Dunne is the black sheep who rejects a life of crime, then becomes the brains of the outfitMon Oct 18 2021 - 00:26
Adele, the wine-bar Wagner, is back. So is her new single any good?With Easy on Me, after a six-year recording hiatus, Adele is back in the business of being AdeleFri Oct 15 2021 - 09:53
Reservation Dogs: Deliciously bingeable and quietly provocative underdog taleTV: New series set on Native American reservation upends coming-of-age narrativesThu Oct 14 2021 - 09:05
Barney Curley: The life story of a very Irish sort of scoundrelTV: The Man Who Beat the Bookies told the tale of a hustler turned philanthropistTue Oct 12 2021 - 09:41
Kin episode 5 review: Family bonds crack as an explosive finale beckonsCiarĂĄn Hindsâs thuggish godfather targets the Kinsella children Anthony and AnnaSun Oct 10 2021 - 22:30
The Altered Hours inject doomed Irish romanticism into psychedelic rockThe bandâs gorgeously melodramatic second album, Convertible, is a gripping listenSat Oct 09 2021 - 05:00
Finneas OâConnell: âBeing as famous as Billie seems like a dragâBillie Eilishâs brother on working with his sister, setting career goals and his new LP, OptimistSat Oct 09 2021 - 05:00
Ian Rankinâs Murder Island: Forget whodunnit. This is more of a whywatchit?The superstar crime writerâs contribution to this reality show wonât enhance his reputationWed Oct 06 2021 - 12:53
The Wolf of Wall Street meets Glenroe: Ireland at the height of the Eircom bubbleSold: The Eircom Shares Saga is riveting as an oral history of another great Irish debacleMon Oct 04 2021 - 22:35
Agnes OâCasey looks like she is going to be a starTelevision: Sean OâCaseyâs great-granddaughter is riveting in BBCâs Ridley RoadMon Oct 04 2021 - 10:30
Kin is slowly turning into RTĂâs best drama in yearsEpisode four review: A tense confrontation shows the crime drama at its bestSun Oct 03 2021 - 22:30
âIs this some This Is Your Life s***e?â Bob Geldof looks uncomfortable on his Late Late hagiographyTwo-hour broadcast is brisk and banter-filled while Mary Robinson creates sparkSat Oct 02 2021 - 12:47
What is Squid Game, Netflixâs ultraviolent breakout hit show?Heavily indebted people play games in the hope of winning a cash prize. You lose, you dieThu Sept 30 2021 - 11:45
James Arthur: âIf X Factor is finished, then Iâm part of the history of thatâThe singer on lockdown anxiety, imposter syndrome and picking fights on TwitterThu Sept 30 2021 - 05:00
Hector Ă hEochagĂĄin meets the people for whom Irish is âmore than a languageâThe high-octane travel TV presenter talks to people who have moved to Ireland from abroadWed Sept 29 2021 - 22:30
âThe best course of action was to have my leg amputatedâTV: Bernadette Hagansâs cancer surgery spurred her to enter Miss Northern IrelandWed Sept 29 2021 - 20:00
Kin episode 3 review: The slow-burner finally roars to lifeContains spoilers ... Part 3 of the crime drama delivers dark secrets and explosive set-piecesMon Sept 27 2021 - 00:01
Foundation: It stars Jared Harris, was filmed in Ireland and cost $45m to make. So is it any good?Apple TV+âs $45m epic is Game of Thrones in space, made for the bingewatch generationFri Sept 24 2021 - 12:00
Ringo Starr: I had parties in the 1970s, but youâll never find any photos of themThe 81-year-old former on rock stars, The Beatles and changing the world with his new EPFri Sept 24 2021 - 01:00
Natalie Imbruglia on Tornâs success: âI got a bit agoraphobic. Thereâs a lot of pressureâThe singer on megastardom, being âdifficultâ and overcoming writerâs block in NashvilleThu Sept 23 2021 - 05:00
Sex Actually TV review: âI guess I was thinking ⊠is Kayla enjoying it?ââI was not prepared for the reality of watching people have sex two metres from my faceâWed Sept 22 2021 - 23:05
The Great British Bake Off review: Remember when it was controversial?TV: Paul Hollywood, Prue Leith, Noel Fielding and Matt Lucas return with 12 new contestantsTue Sept 21 2021 - 21:30
Kin episode 2 review: Itâs the Plodfather, Part IIThe brooding drama so far lacks the cranked-up energy viewers might have expectedSun Sept 19 2021 - 22:46
Patrick Kielty is back to psychoanalyse Northern IrelandTV review: The comedian explores the Northâs centenary in One Hundred Years of UnionThu Sept 16 2021 - 23:59
Cheap Irish Homes: âThereâs great value out there all over the countryâTV review: Enthusiastic Maggie Molloy seeks out super-cheap but non-luxurious dwellingsThu Sept 16 2021 - 21:00
Garth Brooks, you are welcome here. But no drama, please â weâve been through too muchAfter the Covid crisis and Electric Picnic uncertainty, we canât handle a year of Garth-guessingWed Sept 15 2021 - 13:00
Fr Niall Molloy: Unpacking the financial dealings between the priest and the FlynnsâThe Killing Of Father Niall Molloyâ part 2 concludes the community averted its gazeMon Sept 13 2021 - 23:06
Kin starts like a gloomier Love/Hate â then goes off like a powder kegAidan Gillen, CiarĂĄn Hinds and cast excel in this tale of a blood feud between Dublin gangsSun Sept 12 2021 - 22:40
Colin Farrell â boozy, bearded and brawling â is in his elementReview: The Irish actor brings a Ronnie Drew voice and Dumbledore beard to The North WaterFri Sept 10 2021 - 22:30
Only Fans: Irelandâs X-Rated â âIf thereâs money to be made you have to workâTV: Virginâs documentary is cheap and cheerful, but its chirpiness comes at a priceTue Sept 07 2021 - 15:20
Claire Byrne, a live audience and no bijou shed in sight. Is this the new normal?TV: The returning Claire Byrne Live doubles down on its magazine-show formulaTue Sept 07 2021 - 10:20
The Killing of Fr Niall Molloy feels too extraordinary to have been realTV review: There was a body in an upstairs room. Blood on the carpet. And a culpritMon Sept 06 2021 - 22:35
The Late Late Show is all over the place - thatâs what makes it authentically IrishTV review: Ryan Tubridy - the Timothy Dalton of Late Late anchors - revels in the topsy-turvySat Sept 04 2021 - 10:00
Abba are back â but with weary, washed-out, stiff-jointed musicAbbaâs new songs never ignite as you want them to, but if you try to like them you probably willFri Sept 03 2021 - 13:00
RTĂ has tried something new and refreshing: hiring Maura HigginsTV review: Glow Up Ireland is emotional, but it doesnât have mascara running down its faceThu Sept 02 2021 - 22:35
Surviving 9/11: âIf I hadnât gone to the lobby, I would have seen the plane coming towards meââThere always is that question: why did I make it out? Itâs a huge part of who I amâTue Aug 31 2021 - 12:01
Kanye Westâs Donda is, among other things, a message to his estranged wife Kim KardashianThe juddering, relentless album features a cameo from the disgraced Marilyn MansonMon Aug 30 2021 - 12:51
Paul McCartney: The Beatles wrote memorable songs âbecause we had to remember themââMcCartney 3, 2, 1â explains why the early Beatles tunes were so supernaturally hummableWed Aug 25 2021 - 13:05
Aaron Dessner: âIndie or alternative music is kind of a myth nowâThe musician on Taylor Swift, his âgood friendâ Lisa Hannigan and latest album with Justin VernonWed Aug 25 2021 - 06:00
Charlie Watts, Croke Park, 2018. âHe looked like an office worker clocking in for the dayâThe late drummer was the cool, calm presence who kept the Stones rolling right to the endWed Aug 25 2021 - 00:40
Love Island 2021: If you didnât like the series, you werenât watching properlyWinners Millie Court and Liam Reardon provided much-needed drama in a show many found dullMon Aug 23 2021 - 23:50
25 years after interviewing Donald Trump, Ruby Wax is still getting over itâTrump scared the s*** out of me,â says Wax of her interview with the then future US presidentMon Aug 23 2021 - 06:00
Love Island 2021: Five questions the final episode must answerWill Kaz or Tyler win? Will the winner split the cash? And other hugely important questionsMon Aug 23 2021 - 05:30
My dad is gone. There will be no last-minute All-Ireland tickets this yearMemories of matches are precious to me, they were how I got to know my dadSat Aug 21 2021 - 06:00
Nicole Kidmanâs new series: As addictive as a Tayto party pack in a detox retreatTV: In Nine Perfect Strangers the actor gives her wellness guru the full Goop loop-the-loopFri Aug 20 2021 - 11:23
