CultureTony Awards 2025: Irish actor Laura Donnelly among the nominationsHollywood stars George Clooney, Sarah Snook, Mia Farrow and Sadie Sink also received nods from the committeeBy Michael PaulsonThu May 01 2025 - 15:44
FilmRobert De Niro supports daughter as she comes out as trans: ‘I don’t know what the big deal is’Actor made statement after Airyn De Niro gave magazine interview following her transitionBy Andrew PulverThu May 01 2025 - 12:58
Subscriber OnlyFun and Games by John Patrick McHugh: highly promising debut by a big talentAlthough this unapologetic portrait of a heterosexual teenage boy isn’t perfect, there is much to savour
MusicKneecap videos to be investigated by UK’s counter-terrorism policePogues, Fontaines DC and Lankum among Irish artists defending Kneecap against ‘political repression’
StageBrendan Gleeson to return to the stage for the first time in 10 years in Conor McPherson’s play The WeirA new production of the award-winning drama, directed by its writer, opens in Dublin in August before a West End transfer
Was Bono morally wrong to accept a US medal of freedom? It’s not that simpleUnthinkable: There may be lessons from Northern Ireland in responding to the horrors of the Middle EastBy Joe Humphreys
MusicThe Music Quiz: Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson star in a movie about a husband-and-wife tribute act to which music institution?
Kneecap videos to be investigated by UK’s counter-terrorism policePogues, Fontaines DC and Lankum among Irish artists defending Kneecap against ‘political repression’
‘Please know I am okay,’ says Katy Perry after backlash over Blue Origin flight and latest tourKaty Perry says internet is ‘a dumping ground for unhinged and unhealed’ people in message to fansBy Ben Beaumont-Thomas
Cormac Begley at Vicar Street review: Milestone performance from concertina master Fluid, freewheeling and unerring tunes blurred the boundaries between musician and concertinaBy Siobhán Long
New Irish albums reviewed and rated: Paddy Hanna, Lullahush, Cushla, Maria Somerville and Danny Groenland April 2025 releases include Oylegate, Ithaca, Tech Duinn, Luster and Burning RomeBy Tony Clayton-Lea
Sugababes in Dublin review: A steamroller of peerless pop and sisterhoodFounding band members Mutya Buena, Keisha Buchanan and Siobhán Donaghy replace old tensions with collective joyBy Ed Power
Robert De Niro supports daughter as she comes out as trans: ‘I don’t know what the big deal is’Actor made statement after Airyn De Niro gave magazine interview following her transitionBy Andrew Pulver
Magic movies: The 25 best comedies of the past 25 years – in reverse orderFrom Borat to Banshees of Inisherin, here’s the best comedies from the last 25 yearsBy Donald Clarke
Screamboat: Mickey Mouse as a violent psychopath is no classic, but gory twist on Disney knows its audience By Tara Brady
Amongst the Wolves review: This Irish drug dealer is in debt to a villain played by Aidan Gillen. That never bodes well By Donald Clarke
Fun and Games by John Patrick McHugh: highly promising debut by a big talentAlthough this unapologetic portrait of a heterosexual teenage boy isn’t perfect, there is much to savourBy Kevin Power
Open, Heaven by Seán Hewitt: a portrait of the sensualist as a young manThe poet’s first novel documents the totalising force of youthful infatuation with fidelity and tendernessBy Paraic O’Donnell
‘On which dating show did your parents meet?’ is a classic 2025 icebreaker On E4’s The Honesty Box, a bunch of hunks and hunkettes must obey the whims of a glowing red cube. Would that life were so simple for the rest of us!By Patrick Freyne
The Four Seasons review: Tina Fey and Steve Carell’s drama has stumbled upon an intriguing new premise - the midlife crisisTelevision review: Mean-spirited and pessimistic portrait of three couples going through midlife malaise is devoid of laughsBy Ed Power
Genius Game review: David Tennant’s new show deserves to be sent to dunce’s corner Television review: Doctor Who star’s baffling new show is a shameless Traitors rip-off By Ed Power
Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes review - Horribly riveting retelling of police killing an innocent manTelevision: If only Irish drama displayed the same willingness to unpack our own scandals and dark secretsBy Ed Power
Brendan Gleeson to return to the stage for the first time in 10 years in Conor McPherson’s play The WeirA new production of the award-winning drama, directed by its writer, opens in Dublin in August before a West End transferBy Deirdre Falvey
From a Low and Quiet Sea review: Excellent performances, but this Donal Ryan adaptation has taken a big riskThe novelist has an ability to connect Ireland’s historical roots with its modern realities, but the multiple monologues of his story can struggle on a bare stageBy Tom Lordan
Julianknxx on the roots of his art: ‘You go through war, seeing death – that trauma never leaves you’Julian Knox fled Sierra Leone with his family when he was nine. His astonishing Chorus in Rememory of Flight, at the Model in Sligo, grew out of all he experiencedBy Gemma Tipton
From a garda at prayer to Ireland’s first McDonald’s drive-through: Martin Parr’s revealing photographs of Irish lifeDublin Street Photography Festival 2025: The Magnum photographer has spent his career documenting everyday Ireland and BritainBy Tom Lordan
