Traitors host Siobhán McSweeney speaks out for Philomena’s Law at Labour conference
Call for legal change to protect British-resident survivors of Irish mother and baby homes from welfare cuts
Siobhán McSweeney
Annie Fletcher: ‘Once you’ve breached my anger, it takes a lot to get the trust back’
The Imma director and lay canon at Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, on Dutch directness, the ‘Annie dance’ and Leonardo da Vinci influencing her career choice
TV guide: the best new shows to watch, starting tonight
September 28th-October 3rd highlights: including The Walsh Sisters; How Are You? It’s Alan (Partridge); and Monster: The Ed Gein Story
Traitors Ireland: ‘Poetic justice’, say the winners, but will the show return to RTÉ?
Live screening of finale brings whoops and cheers, with the winners far from the only people celebrating
Traitors Ireland finale: A tense and thrilling conclusion to a spectacular first season
Who of Nick, Ben, Oyin, Vanessa and Kelley will leave Slane Castle with the prize pot?
Traitors Ireland contestant Faye: ‘When everyone’s coming at you, it’s hard not to take it personally’
Television: Faye was ‘taken aback’ when branded a ‘mean girl’ while Wilkin reveals he did not understand the series format
The Traitors Ireland: There are twists to come as things go insane in Slane
Knives are out among the faithfuls in Monday’s episode, while the back-stabbers have a wobble
The Traitors Ireland’s Kevin McGahern: ‘I think it’s miles better than the UK version’
Uncloaked, which airs after each Traitors episode, has given the comedian and writer an opportunity to demonstrate his chatshow chops
The Paudfather, breakout star of The Traitors, on winning hearts with his Irish-dad energy
Paudie and murdered Faithful Christine grapple with newfound fame and life on the outside
Derry Girls’ Saoirse-Monica Jackson: ‘Dyslexia shaped me. I’m always thinking two steps ahead’
The Derry Girls star on life after the Channel 4 hit; her marriage to Hector Barbour, aka DJ Denis Sulta; and how dyslexia has shaped her
The Traitors craic, wit and wolfhounds has restored my pride in Ireland
Ireland is full? Yeah, full of great telly, wit, wolfhounds and fabulous use of Donegal tweed
Traitors Tuesday review: A thrilling conclusion to a bizarre episode
Television: The blows fall as the contestants struggle to decide whether Paudie or Vanessa is the most suspicious
The Traitors Ireland: Stakes have never been higher as Paudie draws the line at hugging
In another ludicrously gripping instalment, the psychological torture cranks up for freshly recruited ‘faithful slayer’ Nick
The Traitors Ireland: Most dramatic round table yet as third traitor in a row gets the boot
With the grand final to take place in just over a week, can the faithful continue their winning streak?
The Traitors Ireland: That RTÉ is operating on a relative shoe-string budget is obvious
The Traitors Ireland differs only from other versions in that the contestants are a mite swearier and the budget is visibly lower
The Traitors Ireland review: Faithful remain guileless, while Traitors turn on each other
After banishing yet another innocent, the Faithful are proving inept at unmasking the Traitors in their midst
Patrick Freyne on RTÉ’s The Traitors Ireland: ‘It’s crazy witchfinding b******t. That’s why it’s fun’
RTÉ’s version of the Dutch gameshow is a hit. Patrick Freyne explains why
The Traitors: My favourite character is Eamon, who is being radicalised before our eyes
My favourite character is Eamon the garda, who is being radicalised before our eyes
The Traitors Ireland review: RTÉ’s murderously enjoyable parlour game kicks off with an addictive opening episode
Television: Siobhán McSweeney presides over a made-to-measure version of the international social-deduction hit
‘A mix of Enya and Countess Markievicz’: Siobhán McSweeney dresses up for The Traitors
‘You can’t wear jeans and a nice top in a castle,’ says the presenter of the Irish version the TV show
TV guide: the best new shows to watch this week
August 31st-September 5th highlights: including The Traitors Ireland, Dev: Rise and Rule, and The Paper
The Traitors Ireland: ‘It’s a safe way to be a treacherous, backstabbing person’
At Slane Castle, where Siobhán McSweeney is hosting RTÉ’s big new TV show, skulduggery is the name of the game
RTÉ’s Traitors aftershow: Uncloaked will be part of the new not-TV-but-on-TV genre that’s still jarring
Companion show to The Traitors Ireland will be part visualised podcast, part regionalisation push
‘I love gowns, volume and a lot of drama’: Meet the young Irish designer creating outfits for CMAT and Chappell Roan
‘I love gowns, opera coats, a lot of volume and a lot of drama,’ says Oran O’Reilly, aka Oran Aurelio
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
In pictures: Nicola Coughlan and Maura Higgins stand out on TV Baftas 2025 red carpet
Baftas 2025 fashion: Irish stars bring both old-fashioned glamour and non-traditional looks to television’s big night
Paul Mescal to return to Irish stage in ‘taut, explosive, pressure cooker of a play’
Star will appear in Abbey and UK National Theatre coproduction of A Whistle in the Dark, by Tom Murphy
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
Pottery fever: ‘There’s a big demand for something different. People don’t want to go sit in a pub’
Pottery fever is catching in Dublin, where Síofra Murdock’s community ceramics studio is getting ready to expand
Amandaland review: Sharon Horgan comedy spin-off stands firmly on its own two feet
Television: Series sees Motherland’s obviously posh mum Amanda return as she juggles parenting with a career as an influencer
Roisín O’Donnell: ‘I became hyper-aware of the manipulative language used by abusive partners. I wanted to cut through that’
The author on Nesting, her novel about coercive control; her complicated identity; and misogyny on social media
Amandaland, Sharon Horgan’s new TV show, to air on BBC
Fans of Horgan’s Motherland can look forward to the spin-off which follows Lucy Punch’s character
TV guide: the best new shows to watch this week
December 29th-Jan 3rd – including The Traitors, Callan Kicks the Year, The Late Late NYE Show and Jools’ Annual Hootenanny
Aviation tycoon in major merger on Shrewsbury Road after buying €6.75m house next door
Plus: Derry Girls actress Siobhán McSweeney discontinues Liss Ard case, Denis O’Brien’s house fetches €3.26m and Imma patrons get to go away with the director
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