CultureIn a Word...PrejudiceMaybe I’m being too hard on golf, but I hate itBy Patsy McGarry●Sat May 18 2024 - 00:30
Subscriber OnlyPoem of the Week: Sonnet for a Deer TickA new work by Luke MorganBy Luke Morgan●Sat May 18 2024 - 00:30
Subscriber OnlyPrivate Equity by Carrie Sun: A tale of corporate burnoutMost observers of this condition will sense what lies in store but our narrator has a beatific view of the corporate world
Music‘Dancing in the Páirc’: Bruce Springsteen brings fans ‘tears of joy and nostalgia’ on rainy night in CorkA rousing rendition of Santa Claus is Coming to Town was among the highlights of The Boss’s Páirc Uí Chaoimh gig
MusicBruce Springsteen in Dublin: Croke Park concert setlist, weather forecast, ticket information and moreEverything you need to know about the final date of Springsteen’s Irish tour
Are we over-using terms like ‘far-right’, ‘racist’ and ‘fascist’?Concerns are being raised about ‘conceptual inflation’ whereby ‘use of a term expands too much relative to its meaning’By Joe Humphreys
‘Dancing in the Páirc’: Bruce Springsteen brings fans ‘tears of joy and nostalgia’ on rainy night in CorkA rousing rendition of Santa Claus is Coming to Town was among the highlights of The Boss’s Páirc Uí Chaoimh gigBy Ellen O’Donoghue
Bruce Springsteen in Dublin: Croke Park concert setlist, weather forecast, ticket information and moreEverything you need to know about the final date of Springsteen’s Irish tourBy Ronan McGreevy
Eric Clapton in Dublin review: guitar hero rocks the grey-haired faithful with a night of classicsEric Clapton, at 79, made light of his advancing years in delivering a stirring 80-minute setBy Joe Breen
Billie Eilish: Hit Me Hard and Soft review – Her third album is not quite a genre bender, but this star is growing in sophistication By Lauren Murphy
Arab Strap: I’m Totally Fine with It – Aidan Moffat ramps up his campaign for the best-songwriter-of-his-generation award By Lauren Murphy
Barry Keoghan on playing a working-class dad: ‘I see a lot of traits in Bug that remind me of home. He’s a pure chancer’Cannes diary 2024: Meryl Streep ‘didn’t quite nail’ the Australian accent and Megalopolis staggers its way to nowhere worth goingBy Donald Clarke
Cannes 2024 opens with tears, #MeToo, a Palme d’Or for Meryl Streep and plenty of IrishCannes Diary: Juliette Binoche was choked up, Meryl Steep was classy and Greta Gerwig didn’t hold backBy Donald Clarke
Tiger Stripes review: Female puberty horror is a world away from Pixar’s Turning Red By Tara Brady
Eat/Sleep/Cheer/Repeat review: Competitive cheerleading in Ireland? It’s like coming across yak racing in Carlow By Donald Clarke
A rambling comedian, a dark memoir of motherhood, and a novel about Leonard CohenReviews in brief of Billy Connolly, Phyl Herbert and Jeffrey Lewis
Grumpy boomer bingo: Cliches abound as Pat Kenny plays to stereotypeRadio review: Unfortunately, the Newstalk host stops short of mentioning ‘snowflakes’, so denying listeners a full houseBy Mick Heaney
Bridgerton review: Nicola Coughlan swaps Little Miss Nasty role and shines in the spotlightTelevision: Galway actor Coughlan shines as she finally gets her moment in the spotlight in season threeBy Ed Power
Patrick Freyne: Doctor Who’s Space Babies definitely went to an Educate Together schoolPatrick Freyne: Doctor Who allows adults to enjoy swashbuckling adventures without feeling patronised and allows children to access something dark and weird while feeling safeBy Patrick Freyne
The Dry review: This Irish sitcom sparkles once you get past the alcoholism clichesTelevision: Series two is a huge improvement on the first iteration of this Dublin-set show starring Ciarán HindsBy Ed Power
Impasse choreographer Mufutau Yusuf: ‘I can’t have fixed ideas. Difference often opens up into something completely better than I imagined’Dublin Dance Festival 2024: The dancer and choreographer has always valued collaboration, but it has been key to the creation of his new workBy Michael Seaver
Waterford drama group triumphs again at RTÉ All Ireland Drama Festival Ballyduff Drama Group wins overall prize for the second time in three years in AthloneBy Ronan McGreevy
Behind the smile: mystery of Mona Lisa background decrypted by geologistAnn Pizzorusso, a geologist and renaissance art historian, claims she has found evidence that the Mona Lisa is set in Lecco, Italy. Video: David DunneBy David Dunne
Inside Ireland’s government nuclear fallout shelter: ‘It’s more a basement than a bunker’A ‘secret’ facility in Athlone was designated the national control centre during the cold war. We visit with a group of artistsBy Gemma Tipton