FilmCult film-maker and talent nurturer Roger Corman dies at 98Low-budget movie legend had keen appreciation of art cinema and operated at coal-face of industry’s economicsBy Donald Clarke●Sun May 12 2024 - 19:11
MusicSpringsteen and E Street band set to rock Kilkenny’s Nowlan Park City in the grip of Bossmania for several weeks in latest instalment of performer’s Irish love affair that has endured for 40 yearsBy Sarah Slater in Kilkenny●Sun May 12 2024 - 19:00
Subscriber OnlyFinal Verdict: A Holocaust Trial in the Twenty-First Century review: Deft analysis that takes in author’s family historyTobias Buck digs into how Germany dragged its feet on denazification and prosecutions for decades after war
MusicBruce Springsteen concert in Kilkenny: Tell us your verdictWe would like to hear about your experience of seeing The Boss perform on his Irish tour
StageWaterford drama group triumphs again at RTÉ All Ireland Drama Festival Ballyduff Drama Group wins overall prize for the second time in three years in Athlone
Should you have children? These five philosophical questions can help you decideUnthinkable: Procreating to ‘save the West’ is probably a bad idea, but what’s a good reason to have children?By Joe Humphreys
Springsteen and E Street band set to rock Kilkenny’s Nowlan Park City in the grip of Bossmania for several weeks in latest instalment of performer’s Irish love affair that has endured for 40 yearsBy Sarah Slater in Kilkenny
Bruce Springsteen concert in Kilkenny: Tell us your verdictWe would like to hear about your experience of seeing The Boss perform on his Irish tour
Bruce Springsteen’s first Irish gig of 2024: The Boss kicks off in Belfast with No Surrender, then builds a momentous setIt’s Springsteen’s first show in the North since 2013. He doesn’t say much until the band gets revving, an hour into the evening. But the songs say plentyBy Stuart Bailie
Villagers: That Golden Time review – Conor O’Brien delivers his most striking album yet By Tony Clayton-Lea
Beth Gibbons: Lives Outgrown – A powerful, wise and deeply loving piece of work By Siobhán Kane
Mitski at 3Arena review: a remarkable opening kick-starts a breathtaking night of melody and melodramaFrom the start Japanese-American pop star Mitski pulls the crowd into a spooky pop neverlandBy Ed Power
Cult film-maker and talent nurturer Roger Corman dies at 98Low-budget movie legend had keen appreciation of art cinema and operated at coal-face of industry’s economicsBy Donald Clarke
Four new films to see this weekKingdom of the Planet of the Apes brings the simian cycle full circle back to the ’60s original. Plus outstanding documentaries Much Ado About Dying, Big Banana Feet and Made in England: The Films of Powell and PressburgerBy Tony Clayton-Lea and Tara Brady
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger review – Martin Scorsese front and centre in a wonderful chronicle of influential duo By Tara Brady
Big Banana Feet: ‘Lost’ film of Billy Connolly’s 1973 tour of Ireland is a fine tribute to the fearless comedian By Tara Brady
Much Ado about Dying: A vital film about an extraordinary, infuriating human being By Donald Clarke
Final Verdict: A Holocaust Trial in the Twenty-First Century review: Deft analysis that takes in author’s family historyTobias Buck digs into how Germany dragged its feet on denazification and prosecutions for decades after warBy Oliver Farry
Tender, hopeful, empowering: YA titles to devour this MayMargaret McDonald, Amy Clarkin, Samira Ahmed, Rebecca Westcott and Sam Blake all write intelligent and entertaining fiction for young adultsBy Claire Hennessy
Bodkin star Siobhán Cullen: ‘I think I have always seen it as a game. How much can I bend the rules?’Dubliner talks about growing up in theatre, a fear of comedy scripts and her latest Netflix offeringBy Patrick Freyne
TV guide: 12 of the best new shows to watch, beginning tonightDerek Mooney explores climate catastrophe while young offenders Conor and Jock return to our screensBy Kevin Courtney
The Young Offenders review: Beloved anarchic comedy is back and as sweet as ever but why is it not on RTÉ?Television: Latest instalment of Cork-based series is showing on BBC a full year before its scheduled date on RTÉBy Ed Power
No news is bad news: Morning Ireland proves daunting but necessaryRadio: Radio 1 flagship dutifully covers the RTÉ crisis as Colm Ó Mongáin and Oliver Callan give cause for optimismBy Mick Heaney
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
Jilly Morgan’s Birthday Party review: Subversive chill brings unsettling edge to what seems to be a play about loveTheatre: Liam McCarthy’s decades-spanning new play portrays what might or might not have happened at a house party in Limerick in 1983By Mary Coll
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
Alan Phelan and Mark Swords: The List and the Line review - A riveting dialogue between past and contemporary aesthetic attitudesThe artists’ work, with its overt sensuousness and colourful bombast, is perfect for show at Casino MarinoBy Tom Lordan