Max streaming service, home of HBO series, will launch in Ireland in early 2026
Sky Ireland customers and Now entertainment members will receive the app at no extra cost, succeeding Sky’s current deal with Warner Bros Discovery
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‘I took one pill and my whole body was gone’: Kathy Bates on opioids, ageing and selfish co-stars
Actor plays lead in new version of 1980s legal drama Matlock, which sees lawyer avenging her daughter, who has died of opioid overdose
Paying hundreds for your phone each year? Here’s how to dial down the costs
A guide to cutting mobile phone costs, from switching providers at the end of your contract to avoiding overcharges on data
The Day of the Jackal review: Eddie Redmayne is underwhelming in the cat and mouse drama that cries out for more heart
Television: Who better to embody an international man of mystery than Redmayne who seems half invisible even with the lights on?
The Franchise review: Sharp satire and punchy energy aside, this parody of superhero films is a miss
Television: If you want to properly satirise a genre, you can’t look down on it to this extent
Switching mobile networks? Here’s how to pay only for what you need and avoid roaming charges
A comparison of plans from Three, Vodafone, Eir, Virgin Mobile, Sky Mobile, 48, An Post Mobile, Tesco Mobile and GoMo
Derry couple convicted of operating illegal TV streaming service
Cormac McGuckin jailed for two years and Maura McGuckin gets suspended sentence following PSNI investigation into ‘dodgy box’ services
Sky broadband blues: ‘During the day, it stayed working. After 8pm, zilch’
‘During the day, it will work and stay working ... until around 8pm. After that zilch,’ writes Peter from Greystones
The Penguin review: Colin Farrell’s powerhouse performance is the best thing about this Batman spin-off
Television review: As a showcase for Colin Farrell, the series has its charms but The Penguin is hugely uneven and often extremely slow as a moribund script gets in the way
‘My IP address reads as being in Croydon’: Sky customers blocked from RTÉ and other Irish channels
Some Sky users found themselves blocked from accessing streaming services geo-restricted to Ireland
Eir, Ryanair and Sky most likely to be referenced by callers as consumer complaints rise 18%
Vodafone, Harvey Norman and Currys were also among the top 10
Sky, Netflix, Virgin and sports: How to manage your TV and streaming expenses
Special offers, contract savings and why you should try to swerve the new ‘streaming TV’ services if you like recording programmes
GAA open up rights to championship games currently shown by GAAGo
The GAA has invited ‘expressions of interest’ for media rights, potentially opening up the market for the likes of Virgin Media, TG4 or Sky
Danny Dyer could play a flautist in wartime Budapest, Percy Bysshe Shelley or Jesus Christ. He’s just that good
Instead he must play a cockney geezer with a penchant for violence but a heart of gold, over and over. He’s good at that, too
House of the Dragon has finally found its roar with this jaw-dropping episode
Television: The Game of Thrones spin-off has finally kicked up a gear, becoming fantasy at its finest
The Sympathizer review: top-rank TV and a ruthless deconstruction of American imperialism
Television: Adaptation of Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel focuses on the Vietnamese caught in the Cold War clash between the United States and Soviet Union
TV guide: 12 of the best new shows to watch, beginning tonight
From war reporting to legendary Irish songs, from the chirping of birds to the Grand Tour, from Gilbert & George to O’Connell Street, here is a guide to what’s worth watching on TV
Irish envoy’s UK election bet comes in at 9/1
Sky’s Kay Burley reckoned election would be called in November, but Irish ambassador Martin Fraser was on the button
It’s hard to say goodbye: What Curb Your Enthusiasm’s finale got right, and what others get wrong
Donald Clarke: What Larry David did with the ending of his comedy feels unique in the troubled history of televisual valedictions
Patrick Freyne’s favourite TV shows of 2024: An Irish national treasure, bickering hitfolk and the best actor of her generation
Andrew Scott in Ripley and Donald Glover and Maya Erskine in Mr & Mrs Smith are among the highlights thus far
TV over the internet is here but be sure to read the small print
Offerings might look similar, but beware that some are available only with a broadband package, some include annual ‘inflation’ price rises, and some are limited in terms of recording and other features
Mary & George review: a super-explicit and cheerily debauched tale of royals behaving badly
Television review: Julianne Moore has great fun but the grim comedy style weighs down this story of scheming courtiers like mud on the hem of a dress
Company bosses ‘shy away’ from topics of national importance in social media posts
Sky’s Stephen van Rooyen tops Reputations Agency’s ranking of most influential CEOs on LinkedIn, ahead of Meta’s Anne O’Leary and Primark’s Paul Marchant
Virgin Media Ireland has ‘no plans’ to add Sky Sports Tennis channel
Broadcast rights to the US Open and most men’s and women’s tour events have moved to Sky, but Virgin customers paying for Sky Sports won’t have TV access
Website will increase public awareness about media ownership, says DCU
Mom Ireland project, the first of its kind in Europe, is supported by Coimisiún na Meán with co-funding from the EU
A charismatic perpetual child star performing lots of grisly operations? What more could you ask for?
Patrick Freyne: Disney+ having the beloved Artful Dodger carry out surgery is a wonderfully deranged, and actually pretty Dickensian, choice
TV in 2024: 26 of the best new and returning shows to watch in the 12 months ahead
True Detective, The Tourist, First Dates Ireland, The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Bodkin, Ripley and Blackshore among highlights
Premier League agrees new £6.7bn TV rights deal with Sky and TNT Sports
Sky Sports secured four of the five packages on sale, a minimum of 215 live matches
Six Silent Killings: Ireland’s Vanishing Triangle - a British perspective on futures never lived
Colette Camden’s thoughtful documentary on Sky avoids true crime sensationalism
Sky’s the limit for reader fined by company for doing what he was told
Pricewatch: ‘I am a long-time customer of Sky and am appalled by their attitude’
Steamy sex and secret lesbians: Apple’s content creators muscle in on Bridgerton territory
Patrick Freyne: The Buccaneers is about a bunch of wild and crazy girlbosses who like to party, as Edith Wharton no doubt would have described her novel
TV guide: 12 of the best new shows to watch, beginning Sunday night
From Liz Bonnin’s Caribbean adventure to the true story of an Irish serial killer in London
Sky Ireland boosts broadband services through wholesale deal with Virgin Media
Partnership allows Sky to enhance its offer to customers and comes amid a €200m network upgrade by Virgin
Meath man who set up two companies selling ‘dodgy boxes’ to be sentenced next week
Michael McGrane (47) has pleaded guilty to two counts of selling ‘protection-defeating’ devices used to access stations such as Sky Sports
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