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+’s $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 you’ll 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 Torn’s success: ‘I got a bit agoraphobic. There’s a lot of pressure’The singer on megastardom, being ‘difficult’ and overcoming writer’s block in NashvilleThu Sept 23 2021 - 05:00
Sex Actually TV review: ‘I guess I was thinking … is Kayla enjoying it?’‘I was not prepared for the reality of watching people have sex two metres from my face’Wed 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: It’s 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 North’s centenary in One Hundred Years of UnionThu Sept 16 2021 - 23:59
Cheap Irish Homes: ‘There’s great value out there all over the country’TV 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 – we’ve been through too muchAfter the Covid crisis and Electric Picnic uncertainty, we can’t handle a year of Garth-guessingWed Sept 15 2021 - 13:00
Fr Niall Molloy: Unpacking the financial dealings between the priest and the Flynns‘The Killing Of Father Niall Molloy’ part 2 concludes the community averted its gazeMon Sept 13 2021 - 23:06
Kin starts like a gloomier Love/Hate – then goes off like a powder kegAidan Gillen, Ciarán Hinds and cast excel in this tale of a blood feud between Dublin gangsSun Sept 12 2021 - 22:40
Colin Farrell – boozy, bearded and brawling – 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: Ireland’s X-Rated – ‘If there’s money to be made you have to work’TV: Virgin’s 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 - that’s 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 – but with weary, washed-out, stiff-jointed musicAbba’s new songs never ignite as you want them to, but if you try to like them you probably willFri Sept 03 2021 - 13:00
RTÉ has tried something new and refreshing: hiring Maura HigginsTV review: Glow Up Ireland is emotional, but it doesn’t have mascara running down its faceThu Sept 02 2021 - 22:35
Surviving 9/11: ‘If I hadn’t gone to the lobby, I would have seen the plane coming towards me’‘There always is that question: why did I make it out? It’s a huge part of who I am’Tue Aug 31 2021 - 12:01
Kanye West’s 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 ‘because we had to remember them’‘McCartney 3, 2, 1’ explains why the early Beatles tunes were so supernaturally hummableWed Aug 25 2021 - 13:05
Aaron Dessner: ‘Indie or alternative music is kind of a myth now’The musician on Taylor Swift, his ‘good friend’ Lisa Hannigan and latest album with Justin VernonWed Aug 25 2021 - 06:00
Charlie Watts, Croke Park, 2018. ‘He looked like an office worker clocking in for the day’The 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 didn’t like the series, you weren’t 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 it‘Trump scared the s*** out of me,’ 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 Kidman’s 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
Changing Rooms 2.0: ‘Can you smell my thighs burning?’ yells Laurence Llewelyn-BowenTV: The home-makeover show is back from the great crushed-velvet boudoir in the sky. Why?Thu Aug 19 2021 - 13:05
Christy’s Life on the Road: It’s a crying shame they didn’t call it The Bodhrán IdentityTV: Much like Christy Moore, this film is rambling, loquacious and brimming with charmWed Aug 18 2021 - 23:10
The White Lotus: The couch-potato equivalent of a rainy staycationTV: The hyped resort-set satire about privileged Americans is a strictly three-star affairTue Aug 17 2021 - 13:00
Lorde: ‘In my life at home, I could not be more invisible to people’New Zealand singer’s new album represents stark departure from exquisite bedroom pop of her debutSat Aug 14 2021 - 05:00
Kit Harington pulls off a surprisingly convincing Dublin accentTV: Modern Love’s second season features two stories with a cast of familiar Irish facesFri Aug 13 2021 - 00:00
What does it mean to cross the Border? After this woozy documentary I’m still not sureTV: Borderline – Four Seasons in One Day is an art-house rumination on the two IrelandsWed Aug 11 2021 - 11:29
So Captain Carter’s biffing bad guys with a weaponised Union Jack. Which is pretty BrexityTV: What If...? is Marvel though the looking glass. And perhaps a bit of an MCU stopgapWed Aug 11 2021 - 00:01
I Am Victoria: Suranne Jones is searing as a woman whose drive is corroding her soulTV: The actor has based Victoria’s struggles on her own experiences before and during therapyFri Aug 06 2021 - 09:35
Young, gay and raised to believe she was the spawn of the DevilTV: Pray Away is a devastating portrait of vulnerable people led astray by conversion therapyFri Aug 06 2021 - 08:18
The 8th: Ireland, the abortion referendum. You can feel the tectonic plates shiftingTV: This highly watchable film chronicles the Repeal side’s winning campaign of 2018Wed Aug 04 2021 - 16:30
Paris Hilton’s eyeballing a leprechaun at the supermarket. Please say she’s in on the jokeTV: Netflix’s irritating Cooking with Paris doubles down on all the cliches about the reality starWed Aug 04 2021 - 06:00
Baptiste: A persuasive Fiona Shaw is front and centre of this brooding – and sometimes confusing – thrillerTV: Given the choice between being confusing or predictable, Baptiste will opt for the former all day longSat Jul 31 2021 - 06:00
So long, The X Factor. These top Irish contestants will always remind us of youSimon Cowell’s talent show changed the world of pop music. Any maybe Ireland tooFri Jul 30 2021 - 11:21
What Hollywood lost when Chadwick Boseman diedTV: In Off Camera with Sam Jones, the trailblazer knows his career is about more than bums on seatsThu Jul 29 2021 - 23:15
A lesson in life on Earth from the anti-David AttenboroughTV: In the charming Walk That Made Me, Chris Packham show nature’s power to calmWed Jul 28 2021 - 21:00
Dermot Kennedy: Better Days – A great big Michael Flatley of a torch songWith U2 on hiatus, and Hozier working on his man bun, it’s an ideal time for Kennedy’s new singleWed Jul 28 2021 - 19:38
Love Island: It’s a bounty of begorrahs as Salma and Kaila arrive. Who’ll be the new Maura?TV: The Dubliners are joined by Matthew MacNabb, a shrug-at-destiny sort from BelfastMon Jul 26 2021 - 23:00
Jack Antonoff: ‘Irish music has had a huge influence on me – it’s steeped in celebration and sadness’Prolific producer of Taylor Swift, Lana Del Rey and Lorde albums on new Bleachers projectSat Jul 24 2021 - 05:00
Sexy Beasts, Netflix’s animal-mask dating show, is irredeemably terribleBut as long as everyone is talking about how bad it is, maybe it’s mission accomplishedWed Jul 21 2021 - 11:52
The Dark Side of Horse Racing: Chilling footage from inside the slaughterhouseTV: Panorama reveals inhumane treatment of racehorses sent from Ireland to BritainTue Jul 20 2021 - 12:24
Nigel Farage on GB News: How did this man change the world?TV review: Farage tries to rescue GB News with critiques of refugees, wokeness and the EUTue Jul 20 2021 - 01:10
