Subscriber OnlyGrumpy 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●Fri May 17 2024 - 05:00
Subscriber OnlyWhat does it mean to love someone today? To be a gay person? To be Irish?Mícheál McCann’s collection Devotion centres on Keen for A–, a queer retelling of Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill’s Caoineadh Airt Uí LaoghaireBy Mícheál McCann●Fri May 17 2024 - 04:55
Subscriber OnlyCork Stories: pleasing tales with serious themes laced with inimitable Cork humourThis vivid collection includes short stories by Anne O’Leary, Danny Denton, Kevin Barry, Danielle MacLaughlin, Fiona Whyte and Sean Tanner
Subscriber OnlyWhat does it mean to love someone today? To be a gay person? To be Irish?Mícheál McCann’s collection Devotion centres on Keen for A–, a queer retelling of Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill’s Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire
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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
Bruce Springsteen concert in Cork: Tell us your verdictSpringsteen in Ireland: We would like to hear about your experience of seeing The Boss perform on his Irish tour
Bruce Springsteen in Cork: Setlist, weather forecast, transport info for Páirc Uí Chaoimh concertEverything you need to know about Thursday’s concert, The Boss’s third date on his Irish tourBy Ronan McGreevy
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
Ro Yourell: Commencer revivew – A coming-of-age album but not as you might imagine By Siobhán Kane
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
Inside Ireland’s national cheerleading team: ‘Remember, ladies, the higher your hair is, the closer it is to God’For Eat/Sleep/Cheer/Repeat, the film-maker Tanya Doyle has followed Irish cheerleaders as they compete in the World ChampionshipsBy Tara Brady
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
Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg – Scarlett Johansson voices the evocative recollections of the Rolling Stones muse By Tara Brady
What does it mean to love someone today? To be a gay person? To be Irish?Mícheál McCann’s collection Devotion centres on Keen for A–, a queer retelling of Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill’s Caoineadh Airt Uí LaoghaireBy Mícheál McCann
Cork Stories: pleasing tales with serious themes laced with inimitable Cork humourThis vivid collection includes short stories by Anne O’Leary, Danny Denton, Kevin Barry, Danielle MacLaughlin, Fiona Whyte and Sean TannerBy Helena Mulkerns
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