‘Narratively ingenious with gorgeously toothsome art and character design’: The best graphic novels of 2024
From Lynda Barry’s moving and frequently hilarious workbook for making and thinking to Seán Hogan’s ripping yarn set in a Tipperary town
Best of the Year
Reviews and previews of culture events
From Notify to Ani DiFranco: The top five trad/folk albums of 2024
Joyful Irish traditional music and politically charged folk feature in our LP picks of the year
From Christian Lee Hutson to Oisín Leech: The top five roots albums of 2024
Our pick of the year’s roots albums take in Malin Head, Missouri and points between
The 50 best films of 2024 – a full list in reverse order
The 10 highest-grossing titles were all sequels – but none is in our 50-best list in a year audiences turned out in numbers for ‘cultural cinema’
Top five Irish jazz albums of 2024, from Mary Coughlan to Adjunct Ensemble
‘Thank God I’m alive,’ Mary Coughlan sings on her album Repeat, Rewind. Hear, hear
The music of 2024: Our critics’ verdicts on the best albums and acts of the year
Fontaines DC top the 2024 Ticket critics’ choice lists, with Kneecap hot on their heels, but right across Irish music the profusion of excellence shows zero signs of stopping
The art of 2024: 10 of Ireland’s best exhibitions of the year
From big group shows exploring topics as vast as time to small but beautifully formed solo painting exhibitions, art has rewarded on many levels this year
2024 in radio: chaotic exodus of Doireann Garrihy, Jennifer Zamparelli and the 2 Johnnies hangs over 2FM
Many presenters left RTÉ's pop station but Radio 1 had a much more stable year and Newstalk sailed serenely on. The online sphere and the threat of podcasts looms ever larger
From Baby Reindeer and The Traitors to Bodkin and The 2 Johnnies Late Night Lock In: The best and worst television of 2024
The glory days of streaming are over, but TV has never been more unpredictable
The 10 worst films of 2024 – and Gladiator II is one of them
We gave you the best films, now here’s the worst. Is it a surprise half of these are sequels?
The 50 best films of 2024 – the top 10 movies of the year
We reach our top 10 favourite movies released in Ireland this year
The best Irish-language books of 2024, another bumper year for all ages
A taster of the finest books as Gaeilge for adults and children published over the past year
The 50 best films of 2024: No 30 to No 21
We continue our countdown of our favourite movies released in Ireland this year
The 50 best films of 2024: No 50 to No 31
The 10 highest-grossing titles were all sequels – but none is in our 50-best list in a year audiences turned out in numbers for ‘cultural cinema’
The Irish Times best books of 2024: Anne Enright, John Boyne, Joseph O’Connor, Mia Levitin and more reveal their favourites
Books by Ferdia Lennon, Miranda July, Donal Ryan, Mary Costello, Alan Hollinghurst, Christine Dwyer Hickey and Sally Rooney feature prominently in this trawl of the year’s best titles
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