TV & RadioSilent Witness review: Cosy crime drama delivers plenty of killer blowsTelevision: Back for a murderously enthusiastic 28th season, Silent Witness brings a jot of bloody consistency to an unpredictable worldBy Ed PowerTue Jan 14 2025 - 22:00
TV & RadioComedian Tony Slattery dies aged 65 after heart attackSlattery was a regular on comedy shows Whose Line Is It Anyway? Just A Minute and Have I Got News For YouTue Jan 14 2025 - 14:28
Subscriber OnlyThe Medieval Irish Kings and the English Invasion review: Insightful history from an Irish perspective Seán Ó Hoireabhárd offers clear narrative and succinct analysis of political evolution of Irish kingship
BooksDublin Literary Award 2025: Seven Irish authors on longlist for €100,000 prizeIrish authors Paul Lynch, Colin Barrett, John Boyne, Sinéad Gleeson and Nuala O’Connor also among 71 nominees for €100,000 fiction prize
FilmKneecap film and Cillian Murphy’s Small Things Like These lead Ifta nominationsIrish Film and Television Academy awards: Say Nothing and Bad Sisters among other nominees
When it comes to clutter are you more like Michael D Higgins or minimalist Marie Kondo?Unthinkable: Preserving only that which is joyful is philosophically problematicBy Joe Humphreys
Lyle Lovett: ‘I’ve never enjoyed anything more than being my children’s dad’The singer is loving his relatively newfound role as a father, which began at the age of 59By Siobhán Long
Ringo Starr on holidaying in Ireland: ‘We hopped over on a plane, rented a car and found a little guesthouse for two nights’ The Beatles drummer on his former band and his new country album, Look Up, which features a line-up of Nashville starsBy Shilpa Ganatra
Timothée Chalamet: A Complete Unknown soundtrack review – In what world does this Dylanless Bob Dylan album make sense? By Ed Power
Skinner: New Wave Vaudeville – Spasmodic shot of art rock walks the tightrope between high culture and backstreet scuzz By Ed Power
One Leg One Eye review: Forget Fairytale of New York. This is a soundtrack of the real Irish ChristmasIan Lynch and George Brennan offer a wonderful ghost-train ride through droning electronica, warped uilleann pipes and spirals of unfiltered noiseBy Ed Power
Kneecap film and Cillian Murphy’s Small Things Like These lead Ifta nominationsIrish Film and Television Academy awards: Say Nothing and Bad Sisters among other nomineesBy Donald Clarke
Oscar nominations postponed for second time because of Los Angeles wildfiresThe film industry’s highest honours will now be announced on Thursday, January 23rd
The Girl with the Needle review: Splendid but sombre serial-killer-inspired fairy tale for grown-ups By Tara Brady
The Damned review: Chilly horror powered along by suspicion, atmospherics and an unforgettable landscape By Tara Brady
Dublin Literary Award 2025: Seven Irish authors on longlist for €100,000 prizeIrish authors Paul Lynch, Colin Barrett, John Boyne, Sinéad Gleeson and Nuala O’Connor also among 71 nominees for €100,000 fiction prizeBy Martin Doyle
The Medieval Irish Kings and the English Invasion review: Insightful history from an Irish perspective Seán Ó Hoireabhárd offers clear narrative and succinct analysis of political evolution of Irish kingshipBy Anthony Candon
Silent Witness review: Cosy crime drama delivers plenty of killer blowsTelevision: Back for a murderously enthusiastic 28th season, Silent Witness brings a jot of bloody consistency to an unpredictable worldBy Ed Power
Comedian Tony Slattery dies aged 65 after heart attackSlattery was a regular on comedy shows Whose Line Is It Anyway? Just A Minute and Have I Got News For You
‘He was my baby, and he died needlessly’: Former child star Rory Sykes dies in LA firesSykes’s mother says ‘all phone lines were down’ and local fire station had ‘no water’By Ellie Iorizzo and Hannah Roberts
Dancing with the Stars review: Waltz by meteorologist Joanna Donnelly in memory of her mother leaves everyone in tearsTelevision: week two of DWTS 2025 sees goosebumps abound and emotions flowBy Ed Power
Madeira: Secrets of Sisters review – Four siblings, three actors and a tale that penetrates emotional barriersTheatre: Two pairs of sisters visited by a moment of reflective clarity gain a new understanding of familyBy Tom Lordan
Abbey Theatre gets €9.5m in strategic funding from Arts Council, €1m more than last yearAlmost €60 million spread across nationwide arts bodiesBy Tim O'Brien
Periodical Review 14: A Language to Shout In - Transformation and deterioration preoccupy Irish contemporary art Visual art: Exhibition features 20 artists selected by guest-curators Miguel Amado and Valeria CereginiBy Tom Lordan
Killarney then and now: Aspects recognisable from when Harry Kernoff painted them in 1943Some of the views Irish artist Harry Aaron Kernoff painted of Killarney while on a cycling trip with Patrick Kavanagh haven’t changed much in more than 70 yearsBy Bryan O'Brien
