The Way We Were finds moments of wit and humanity amid our bleak social historyTV review: Despite the wall-to-wall misery, the first episode strikes a tone of optimismTue Mar 08 2022 - 15:07
What lessons did Stacey Dooley learn while living in a convent? Nun whatsoeverTV review: The usually empathetic presenter just wasn’t on the sisters’ wavelengthTue Mar 08 2022 - 00:15
‘The story of my life is a search for acceptance. Believe in minds that work differently’TV review: This heartfelt documentary follows Fiacre Ryan, a poet with non-verbal autismFri Mar 04 2022 - 15:25
Nilüfer Yanya: ‘There is still a double standard. There’s still not equality’The secret to getting inside Nilüfer Yanya’s propulsive music is understanding that she is an outsider. For the Londoner singer, identity and belonging are complicated subjectsWed Mar 02 2022 - 05:00
Killing Eve: Even the best TV eventually wears out its welcomeTV review: This concluding series is flailing, silly and, worse yet, often simply drearyTue Mar 01 2022 - 23:10
Peaky Blinders, never a great drama, returns without the electrifying Helen McCroryTV review: The BBC show is still a triumph of style over plot but it hasn’t lost its swaggerSun Feb 27 2022 - 23:55
Mrs Brown comes to Netflix, but the Irish mammy is now a ‘mummy’Brendan O’Carroll might be unstoppable after guest starring in A Madea HomecomingFri Feb 25 2022 - 15:25
Mark Lanegan, the self-destructive musical underdog who came ‘home’ to KillarneyThe grunge icon, who has died aged 57, never stopped making raw, rhapsodic musicTue Feb 22 2022 - 23:23
‘Vincent Hanley’s spirit and kindness were so huge. We have to remember him’TV review: For all the tragedy, this new documentary is an unflinching celebration of Hanley’s lifeMon Feb 21 2022 - 22:35
Unlike Dermot Bannon’s design choices, Room To Improve will never go out of fashionTV review: Episode one of a new series follows parents doing everything they can for a childSun Feb 20 2022 - 22:30
Tears for Fears: ‘Life spiralled out of control. It took a while to reclaim it’The pop duo have funnelled personal tragedy into an extraordinary comeback albumSat Feb 19 2022 - 05:00
Úna Ní Bhroin climbed a tree so that Greta Thunberg could take on the worldTV review: TG4’s Finné is a fascinating study of 1990s eco-activism in IrelandSat Feb 19 2022 - 05:00
An unflinching story of self-harm, by Gemma Collins of The Only Way is EssexTV review: Collins blames her parents and upbringing for her history of self-harmFri Feb 18 2022 - 12:31
Fontaines D.C. get political, slamming ‘the gall of Fine Gael and the fail of Fianna Fáil’I Love You, the band’s ‘devastating’ angst-rock new song, lambastes the Government’s recordFri Feb 18 2022 - 06:00
Home of the Year: It’s not MMA, but an architect-designer squabble is the next best thingTV review: The season is off to a lively start. Hopefully the judges will continue to disagreeWed Feb 16 2022 - 09:18
Inventing Anna: With this scam artist drama, Netflix is hustling its audience a little tooTV review: This mini-series falls flat and offers no insight into Anna Delvey or her crimesFri Feb 11 2022 - 12:00
Generation Dating: The real love affair is the friendship between Tony (81) and Isabel (22)TV review: Virgin Media’s new dating show proves friendship can blossom in unlikely placesWed Feb 09 2022 - 22:00
Big Thief: ‘Sideways’ songs and hard work leave them poised for the next levelNot even the divorce of two members or a pandemic could derail the band’s progressWed Feb 09 2022 - 05:00
This Is Going To Hurt: A bruisingly real medical drama, brimming with comedyTV review: Based on the diaries of a doctor, you’ll be glad you stayed with this – even if you’re squeamishTue Feb 08 2022 - 16:16
Late Late Eurosong Special: Only RTÉ could make Eurovision stranger than it already wasYou wonder if you are watching television or are trapped in a waking dream, writes Ed PowerSat Feb 05 2022 - 11:00
The late Frank Callanan has his final say on Joyce and UlyssesTV review: RTÉ’s 100 Years of Ulysses is a fitting swansong for the barrister and scholarThu Feb 03 2022 - 23:15
Pam & Tommy: X-rated yuck-fest too silly to be seriousTV review: Disney+ show has the craziness of a Mötley Crüe video, the zaniness of BaywatchWed Feb 02 2022 - 12:45
‘I don’t have many friends. Do they just want to be your friend because you’re Janet Jackson?’TV review: Sky’s Janet Jackson works best as a rumination on fame and the toll it extractsTue Feb 01 2022 - 11:13
Cate Le Bon was stranded in Wales so she made a lockdown album‘Flipping between despair and optimism’, her sixth album, Pompeii, emergedSat Jan 29 2022 - 05:00
Katie Price morphs into Dermot Bannon with hair extensions and a barbie tracksuitTV review: Katie Price’s Mucky Mansion sees the return of the ultimate marmite celebrityThu Jan 27 2022 - 15:06
The Irish Times Winter Nights Festival: Paul Howard meets a rugby greatAt our online festival, Brian O'Driscoll talks about life during and after his rugby careerWed Jan 26 2022 - 22:55
The Gilded Age – with its kind rich people and racist Irish maid – has nothing to sayTV review: Julian Fellowes gives Americans a romanticised take on their own historyWed Jan 26 2022 - 19:00
Damon Albarn’s criticism of Taylor Swift is ‘hopelessly out of date’Comment: He wrongly said she didn’t write her own songs – revealing a pop-vs-indie snobberyTue Jan 25 2022 - 13:24
Black Country, New Road’s tale of triumph unfolds in the shadow of tragedySuper-charged septet follow up on their ‘utterly mesmerising’ debut by going brighter and bolderSat Jan 22 2022 - 05:00
Meat Loaf’s ‘warm memories’ of a ‘middle-of-nowhere’ Irish tour that restored his passion for rockCareer: He sang some of rock’s most enduring hits, faded away, then had a huge 1990s comebackFri Jan 21 2022 - 10:48
Ozark returns this week for its final season. Here’s why it’s a must-seeJason Bateman returns as the money-laundering creep in Netflix’s hit crime dramaFri Jan 21 2022 - 06:00
‘Women whose lives have been ruined by sociopathic creeps’TV review: Stalking victims must be hyper-vigilant every hour, says Stacey DooleyThu Jan 20 2022 - 13:02
Why Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein made such a ghastly pairingReview: According to ‘Ghislaine, Prince Andrew and the Paedophile’, she ‘normalised abuse’Wed Jan 19 2022 - 12:16
Aurora: ‘Enya has been medicine to me my whole life’The Norwegian singer on new music and why the world needs a more feminine outlookWed Jan 19 2022 - 05:00
Dancing With the Stars week 2: Erica-Cody and Jordan Conroy wow the judgesEvening pivots from torture to scorcher as sound glitches followed by sizzling entranceSun Jan 16 2022 - 21:30
Dancing With The Stars 2022: Everything you need to knowThe show returned last week after two years, with some familiar and some new facesSun Jan 16 2022 - 06:00
Boy Harsher realised their new album was a soundtrack, so they made a film tooConsidering the dystopian pop duo’s film background, their latest album is a nice fitSat Jan 15 2022 - 05:00
Ricky Gervais: Britain’s most controversial comedian is actually a softieTV review: After Life’s saving grace is the cast of lovable freaks around GervaisFri Jan 14 2022 - 06:00
The Apprentice: Alan Sugar fires former Leinster rugby player Conor GilsenanTV review: The Irish self-described ‘corporate panther’ exits the backstabbing BBC showThu Jan 13 2022 - 22:15
Orlando Weeks: ‘I was nervous the strains of parenthood would be too much’The Maccabees frontman on fatherhood, new music and life after the band break-upWed Jan 12 2022 - 05:00
Couples Therapy: The birthday threesome was a nice gesture, but her heart just wasn’t in itTV review: This is first-rate curtain-twitcher television. Your inner nosey parker will love itTue Jan 11 2022 - 14:40
Dancing with the Stars returns to RTÉ, meaner and leaner than BBC’s StrictlyTV review: Jockey Nina Carberry’s natural athleticism carries the day in Episode 1Sun Jan 09 2022 - 22:51
Brian Friel – Shy Man, Showman: Conventional tribute to an experimental geniusTV review: This quietly stirring documentary is a straightforward record of life and careerFri Jan 07 2022 - 01:00
Screw: Derry Girl Jamie-Lee O’Donnell goes to prisonTV review: Her first big post-Derry Girls project is as prisoner to a so far poor scriptThu Jan 06 2022 - 23:00
Operation Transformation 2022: Should the ‘triggering’ show be decommissioned?Eating disorders group seeks ‘more inclusive’ approach. Others just want the show cancelledWed Jan 05 2022 - 14:50
‘Donie O’Sullivan: Capitol Man’ could have aired only on Irish TVTV review: A film on the talented CNN reporter from Kerry felt like two documentaries in oneWed Jan 05 2022 - 12:25
‘Spouting gibberish to the opposite sex’: Channel 4 borrows the Irish mating ritualTV review: The Language of Love places British and Spanish monoglots in an Andalusian villaWed Jan 05 2022 - 06:00
Around the World in 80 Days doesn’t quite take to the skiesTV review: The BBC’s bumpy new adaptation of Jules Verne’s book may yet soarSun Dec 26 2021 - 19:30
Mrs Brown’s Boys Christmas Special: Hold the double entendres – Agnes gets earnestBrendan O’Carroll is as sincere as he is potty-mouthed in a sentimental special episodeSat Dec 25 2021 - 22:10
How streaming services have taken sword and sorcery mainstreamA decade ago the critics laughed at Game of Thrones but it launched a viewing revolutionThu Dec 23 2021 - 05:00
