Liz Hurley playing The Deceased on a Channel 4 game show? It’s camp and it’s on-trend
In an era when TV presenters win major awards for their host personas, it’s no surprise that more stars are signing up
Is Taylor Swift poised to release a new album? Let’s decode the cryptic clues
Swifties believe the singer is ready to drop her next record – but they could be just clowning
Eurovision 2025 second semi-final live updates: Ireland’s Emmy is knocked out before grand final
Austria, Finland, Israel and Malta among the 10 qualifiers in Basle tonight as Ireland goes home
Who you gonna call? Time for the Midwife Cinematic Universe to shine
With a feature film and a spin-off prequel on the way, the BBC has taken intriguing baby steps to turn Call the Midwife into a franchise
Lovesong writer Abi Morgan: ‘I feel incredibly grateful to be here. It’s nearly seven years since Jacob collapsed’
Abi Morgan’s enduring play, which is opening at Dublin's Gate Theatre, tracks the ebb and flow of a long marriage
Generation gamble: the invisible addiction crisis gripping Ireland’s teenagers
The State’s new gaming regulator is preparing to start work, but experts still fear that gambling is becoming ingrained at younger ages
Ed Sheeran has the closest thing to a song of the summer. Is that a ‘recession indicator’?
Summer music falls into two broad categories: songs that make you feel better about the life you have and songs that offer a fantasy of a more glamorous, more exotic existence that is somehow as magically affordable as the drinks at Club Tropicana
Why the ‘shock’ Last of Us exit doesn’t technically count as a shock TV death
Pulling off surprises in television drama is harder than ever in an era of on-demand viewing, online chatter and pre-existing IP
Trump took over the Kennedy Center. In Ireland we have a much subtler way of diminishing the arts
JD Vance’s arrival at the Washington venue sparked a viral drama. In Dublin, the National Concert Hall has suffered from decades of political indifference
You don’t have to have a hide like an especially thick rhinoceros to be a screenwriter, but it helps
They might be ‘daggers in the screen’ to some writers, but notes from producers are also a marker of success
Meghan Markle’s new podcast: An ego-fluffing conversation underlining the culture gap between Ireland and the US
Confessions Of A Female Founder podcast: The Duchess of Sussex and Bumble dating app founder chat on
The Traitors Ireland: Slane Castle heir on how reality TV show marks new chapter for a venue ‘full of stories’
Irish version of hit series, which is hosted by Siobhán McSweeney, was filmed over last fortnight at Co Meath venue
RTÉ news boss Deirdre McCarthy: ‘Tackling disinformation has to be much more of a focus now’
The woman who leads Ireland’s largest newsroom on disinformation, the ‘digital election’ and RTÉ’s new Clarity mark: 'you will hear that we’re a mouthpiece for the State, or that we’re only representing a certain view. But I think it’s up to us to push back on all the things that legacy media are accused of and tackle this head on.'
Charm offensive: The close personal encounters with charmers that leave us uneasy
We know charm is routinely weaponised in politics, business and personal relationships. Still, we’re not always immune to charming people, and maybe we don’t want to be
We’re told the menopause is now mainstream in culture, but is it really? And does it need to be?
Channel 4 comedy series and Women’s Prize shortlisted novel sit just beyond the mainstream, and maybe that’s okay