TV & Radio‘Love you all, it’s been a privilege’: Joe Duffy presents last Liveline as he retires from RTÉTaoiseach and President pay tribute to the broadcaster who was ‘the voice of the people’By Órla RyanFri Jun 27 2025 - 15:30
MusicDuran Duran at Dublin’s Malahide Castle: Set list, ticket information, how to get there and more Everything you need to know about the iconic band’s concert on Monday, June 30thBy Natalie ButlerFri Jun 27 2025 - 14:14
Subscriber OnlyNo Straight Road Takes You There by Rebecca Solnit: A writer who gives us hope for today, and tomorrowHope-engineering essays are crafted like soft waves of power crashing upon barriers of imbecility
Music‘There’s people being bombed from the f**king sky’: Kneecap’s Mo Chara would ‘get over’ US visa being revokedKneecap are due to perform a much-anticipated set at Glastonbury on Saturday
MusicLewis Capaldi releases new music amid speculation of Glastonbury set Scottish singer last performed at festival in 2023 before taking a break, citing anxiety
We like to romanticise Ireland’s past, but too much remembering could be bad for usUnthinkable: To create a shared future on this island, and internationally, we must move beyond uncritically celebrating the actions of any particular tribeBy Joe Humphreys
Duran Duran at Dublin’s Malahide Castle: Set list, ticket information, how to get there and more Everything you need to know about the iconic band’s concert on Monday, June 30thBy Natalie Butler
‘There’s people being bombed from the f**king sky’: Kneecap’s Mo Chara would ‘get over’ US visa being revokedKneecap are due to perform a much-anticipated set at Glastonbury on SaturdayBy Órla Ryan
Neil Young and Van Morrison at Malahide Castle: Decades on these voices have never sounded betterVan Morrison makes it funky while Neil Young strides through an inspiring celestial set to fans in DublinBy Siobhán Kane
Iron Maiden in Dublin: All killer(s) no filla in a near perfect setlist hits the high notes every timeFifty years on, the band remain undimmed and even energised by a seventh member: the stunning digital displayBy Ronan McGreevy
Olivia Rodrigo at Marlay Park: A fantastic show in a tremendously awkward venueRodrigo is not just another Disney-approved star but a Gen Zer with a deep headbanging spiritBy Ed Power
James Bond: Denis Villeneuve to direct new 007 film for Amazon Oscar-nominated Canadian film-maker most recently directed the blockbusters Dune and Dune: Part TwoBy Sian Cain
Hot Milk: A heated affair, an overbearing Fiona Shaw and some shameful Irish sexualityThe acclaimed director explains why she is ‘very interested in outsiders’ and why she decided to give an Irish angle to her adaption of Deborah Levy’s novel By Tara Brady
From Hilde, with Love: A powerful, elegiac story of resistance to the Third Reich By Tara Brady
The Moon Is Upside Down: This poignantly awkward dramedy could feature cinema’s clumsiest sex scene By Tara Brady
No Straight Road Takes You There by Rebecca Solnit: A writer who gives us hope for today, and tomorrowHope-engineering essays are crafted like soft waves of power crashing upon barriers of imbecilityBy NJ McGarrigle
Once the Deed is Done by Rachel Seiffert: Close to collapse on the Western Front This historical fiction is a powerful panorama of postwar GermanyBy Kristen Malone Poli
‘Love you all, it’s been a privilege’: Joe Duffy presents last Liveline as he retires from RTÉTaoiseach and President pay tribute to the broadcaster who was ‘the voice of the people’By Órla Ryan
Ciara Kelly and Shane Coleman excel at jaded on-air grumblingRadio: Newstalk Breakfast duo adopt a resigned air while Joe Duffy celebrates his retirement with grim nostalgiaBy Mick Heaney
The Bear review: The restaurant needs a recipe for success if it is to survive, both on screen and in realityTelevision: The restaurant needs a recipe for success if it is to survive, both on screen and in realityBy Ed Power
Natasha review: Moving insight into brutal personal experience that became a national lightning rodTelevision: Documentary about assault of Natasha O’Brien and her subsequent fight for justice makes for sober viewingBy Ed Power
Static review: A stranded astronaut, an Irish radio ham and snatches of a strange, poignant frequencyJimmy McAleavey’s play, at the Peacock, fictionalises and slightly flattens a moment of unlikely connectionBy Ruby Eastwood
Six in Dublin review: Henry VIII’s wives are recast as pop princesses. One above all deserves the crownTheatre: On a hot first night, the cast of this well-oiled touring production has to work hard to win the audience overBy Sara Keating
Jack B Yeats’s painting of mournful scene after Bloody Sunday 1920 is acquired by National GalleryPicture once owned by late Ben Dunne was acquired with taxpayers’ money and help of a donorBy Stephen Conneely
Dreamtime Ireland review – Blockbuster show tied together by piquant focus on nationhoodVisual art: Sean Lynch has assembled dozens of works, across a range of media, spanning the years since the 1990s By Tom Lordan
