I’m a Celebrity: Andrew Maxwell has always seemed overwhelmed by lifeThe Irish comic was miserable on the reality show. Pasty and peeved, he felt like one of usMon Dec 02 2019 - 13:10
I’m a Celebrity 2019: What’s gone wrong for Irish comedian Andrew Maxwell?The Dublin comic might quit after his run-ins with Ian Wright. Nadine Coyle looks far happierFri Nov 29 2019 - 12:57
U2’s new song Ahimsa: the verdict on the first new music since 2017Review: Ahimsa suggests U2 are slotting in as the missing link between the Rolling Stones and ColdplayFri Nov 22 2019 - 11:15
I’m A Celebrity: A curious comment from Andrew Maxwell proves an early talking pointReview: Caitlyn Jenner is the star, though the competition’s hardly mind-blowingMon Nov 18 2019 - 10:25
The Crown season 3 review: Olivia Colman glides snugly into role of queenLatest instalment of Netflix series is expensively put together yet ever so slightly dullSun Nov 17 2019 - 15:28
Anyone got a number for the Simon Cowell of composting?Climate change meets reality TV, as RTÉ asks three Irish families to out-recycle one anotherTue Nov 12 2019 - 19:59
The Young Offenders contains more Cork accents than in past decade on RTÉReview: It’s almost as if metropolitan life exists beyond Dublin. What dark alchemy is this?Mon Nov 11 2019 - 22:05
Why does The Crown have a problem with Ireland?There’s no room for Northern Ireland or the Troubles in The Crown series 3, set in 1964-77Mon Nov 11 2019 - 06:00
Bono on Gaybo: ‘If you didn’t get on the Late Late, you didn’t feel you existed’The Late Late Show Gay Byrne Special: A night of bittersweet memories and classic footageTue Nov 05 2019 - 23:56
Apple TV’s The Morning Show is aggressively okayFlagship series is a shrug of indifference catalysed as €13m per episode blandnessFri Nov 01 2019 - 09:55
Kanye West: Jesus Is King review – A giant, exhausting shout-out to the LordThe follow-up to Ye sees Kanye West trapped in a cage of ego, guilt and insecuritySat Oct 26 2019 - 23:15
‘Enya is up there with the Beatles’Natalie Mering, who performs as Weyes Blood, on climate change, Greta Thunberg and Enya’s influence on her musicSat Oct 19 2019 - 05:00
‘We all know our lives have been f**ked by the internet’Torquil Campbell, the frontman of Canadian indie posters Stars, on free speech, The Smiths and the impact of musicFri Sept 27 2019 - 06:00
Mercury Prize 2019: ‘F**k Boris’ stunt overshadows Dave’s winThe rapper Dave wins for his album Psychodrama in a highly politicised ceremonyThu Sept 19 2019 - 22:50
Electric Picnic aftermath: Campers leave fewer tents, but plenty of chairs and gazebosOrganisers estimate ‘30 per cent more tents’ were taken home from campsites this yearMon Sept 02 2019 - 17:07
Electric Picnic 2019: Best gigs of the weekendReviews: Florence, Billie, Charli and Christine, plus Hozier and Richard AshcroftMon Sept 02 2019 - 10:03
‘Hello, Dublin!’ Electric Picnic 2019’s best and worst momentsFrom Charli XCX and Billie Eilish to a sea of plastic cups and a big geographical failMon Sept 02 2019 - 06:00
Florence + the Machine at Electric Picnic: An incandescent finaleReview: The festival’s closing set leaves the audience stirred and gasping for moreSun Sept 01 2019 - 23:59
Richard Ashcroft at Electric Picnic: 'I’m so happy to be let off my leash in Laois'Review: The singer harks unashamedly back to The Verve’s glory days in a big-hearted setSun Sept 01 2019 - 20:45
Electric Picnic’s perfect moment came late on Saturday afternoonA glittering rainbow signalled the rain’s end, bathing the field in the colours of toleranceSat Aug 31 2019 - 16:29
Electric Picnic 2019: ‘Ferocious’ Scary Éire party like it’s 1991Review: Dublin-Tullamore crew Scary Éire played the Salty Dog stage in the woods at 1amSat Aug 31 2019 - 12:35
Ezra Furman: ‘It’s in my blood to have a fear about encouraging fascism’The cult indie singer on his angry new album, falling out of love with Morrissey, Trump’s treatment of refugees and why being gender non-conforming brings everyday perilSat Aug 31 2019 - 05:00
Hozier at Electric Picnic: Stirring homecoming from an Irish starReview: ‘I can’t put a name on being in front of a home crowd,’ says an emotional HozierFri Aug 30 2019 - 23:49
Dermot Kennedy at Electric Picnic: A hard-punching main-stage performanceReview: Welcome to the evening the festival finally achieves peak Irish troubadourFri Aug 30 2019 - 22:36
Billie Eilish at Electric Picnic: ‘I’m part Irish, dude… This is my home’Review: The 17-year-old force of nature performs a knockout setFri Aug 30 2019 - 21:05
Electric Picnic director tells festivalgoers: ‘Take your tent away’Event grows to record high of 57,500 attendees for 2019, up 2,500 from 2018Tue Aug 27 2019 - 16:45
Let’s Eat Grandma: ‘It’s easy to access young girls in the music industry’The British pop savants on #MeToo, friendship and overcoming stereotypesSat Aug 24 2019 - 05:00
Cillian Murphy: ‘We all have contradictions within us’The Peaky Blinders star on gangsters, the IRA and playing one of the great anti-heroesSat Aug 17 2019 - 05:00
Inside the Secret World of Incels: Misogyny, murder and cowardiceReview: This alarming film vindicates the stereotype of the awkward, seething outcastThu Aug 01 2019 - 09:00
I Am Kirsty: A great British kitchen-sink dramaReview: Samantha Morton excels as a struggling single mother who turns to sex workWed Jul 31 2019 - 13:35
How Animals Work: Putting the yeeeugh into yoof TVReview: The RTÉ show should really be called What Animals Look Like When Turned Inside Out – and Isn’t It Disgusting?Tue Jul 30 2019 - 10:08
The Handmaid’s Tale: The most searing episode of the season yetReview: The third season of the dystopian drama is rising with dread to its end gameFri Jul 26 2019 - 10:00
The Mercury Prize hasn’t favoured Irish acts before, but this year might be differentDublin’s Fontaines DC make shortlist dominated by jittery, outspoken musicThu Jul 25 2019 - 15:58
The Great Hack: The story of Cambridge Analytica, Trump and BrexitReview: The Netflix documentary has many villains, few heroes and needs a through lineWed Jul 24 2019 - 09:36
Panorama, America’s Abortion War: A nuanced look at both sides of the debateReview: A documentary on the fights to keep and outlaw abortion in the US southTue Jul 23 2019 - 09:40
Bob Dylan smiles on Kilkenny, but the night belongs to Neil YoungReview: The grizzled pair deliver a jaunty Johnny Cash duet in baking-hot Nowlan ParkSun Jul 14 2019 - 23:40
Versatile Dublin rappers: I'd like to thank all the smack heads on Abbey StreetThey stormed this year’s Longitude festival and they've announced a gig at the 3 Arena, but not all is as it seems in the rap duo’s world. Or is it?Thu Jul 11 2019 - 11:59
Lana Del Rey’s birthday gig in Malahide is playful one minute, riotous the nextReview: She enters under a hazy summer sun – as minor, but beloved, pop royaltySun Jun 23 2019 - 10:46
Taylor Swift has dialled up the sweetness – and the politicsNew single You Need to Calm Down. "Good you’ve made up with Katy Perry.. But don’t lose the grit"Tue Jun 18 2019 - 10:34
Top Gear review: A mash-up of Mad Max and a stag-party videoNew boys Paddy McGuinness and Freddie Flintoff are no Formula One-grade banterersSun Jun 16 2019 - 21:00
Unknown Pleasures: Joy Division’s accidental masterpiece at 40In 1979, four Manchester kids went into a Stockport studio to record a noisy punk record, but came out with something different, darker, utterly astonishing and deathlessWed Jun 12 2019 - 05:00
Netflix: The 9 best new films and shows to watch in JuneBlack Mirror and Jessica Jones return, Tales of the City and The Black Godfather debutMon Jun 03 2019 - 06:00
Game of Thrones series 8 debate: Perfectly pitched or creative flop?Séamas O’Reilly and Ed Power argue the merits and demerits of the drama that has divided fansSun May 19 2019 - 12:26
Game of Thrones has descended into bumbling spectacle and senseless plotsOpinion: Daenerys Targaryen has lost the plot, and so has Game of ThronesTue May 14 2019 - 14:48
Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber’s new song: Weepiness cranked up to 11I Don’t Care is a pop mind-meld where it’s difficult to say where Bieber ends and Sheeran beginsFri May 10 2019 - 12:20
Game of Thrones: The final contenders for the Iron ThroneWe assess the chances of 12 contenders: Lannisters, Starks, Targaryens and moreTue May 07 2019 - 17:43
Where did Arya jump from? The Game of Thrones battle was riddled with problemsBattle of Winterfell episode contained numerous non-sequiturs and plotting problemsTue Apr 30 2019 - 17:08
Fat White Family: ‘Everyone thinks we’re complete c***s’New release Serfs Up! is the kind of album to slap on if the world is about to endFri Apr 26 2019 - 06:00
Bonding: Sex and life lesson from a dominatrixReview: Netflix’s new micro-dose series sees a dominatrix and a comedian grapple with the wounds of adolescenceWed Apr 24 2019 - 11:30
Lough Derg pilgrimage: Like an Alcatraz for the soulTV review: Turas Cosnochta is a charming, unchallenging portrait of St Patrick’s PurgatoryTue Apr 23 2019 - 11:50
