Andy Rourke and The Smiths: The four Manchester-Irish friends who took on the worldThe bassist will be remembered as an able lieutenant to Morrissey and Johnny Marr. He deserves to be seen as so much moreFri May 19 2023 - 11:59
Refreshing documentary humanises prisoners without trying to obscure their crimesTelevision: Schmaltz is thankfully kept at bay and the Mountjoy inmates shy away from self-pityThu May 18 2023 - 14:23
Rebekah Vardy: Jehovah’s Witnesses and Me is a candid insight into a traumatic childhoodTelevision: Whereas it was easy to chuckle at Vardy’s Wagatha Christie trial, there is little cause for laughter in this moving new filmWed May 17 2023 - 16:39
With Patricia Arquette’s High Desert, Apple TV+ cements its status as the home of deranged drama Television: The star gives it everything, but this is a prestige-TV mirage – the closer you look, the less there is to seeWed May 17 2023 - 09:46
Peter Broderick: ‘Musicians like to pretend they play music all the time. Often we’re putting stuff on social media’The music industry has changed drastically. For one Galway-based American songwriter being on a label like Erased Tapes is vitalTue May 16 2023 - 05:15
Steeltown Murders: A riveting true-crime drama about the 30-year hunt for a serial killer in WalesTelevision: Life on Mars star Philip Glenister plays a careworn copper back looking for the murderer of teenagers Geraldine Hughes and Pauline FloydMon May 15 2023 - 22:00
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – Fun, beautiful and addictively immersiveWhile the emphasis on tinkering and problem-solving initially takes getting used to, it soon becomes hugely satisfyingMon May 15 2023 - 14:02
Clean Sweep, RTÉ’s new slow-burn psychological thriller, has a dirty little secret Television: Charlene McKenna plays an ‘average’ Irish mother whose secrets come rushing back in the bloodiest fashionSun May 14 2023 - 22:30
Taking Sides: Britain and the Civil War: ‘History that Irish people may prefer not to know’Television: A quasi-official ambassador for the British perspective, Michael Portillo brings viewers on a fun dash through the archivesWed May 10 2023 - 22:35
Setting aside the question of historical accuracy, Netflix’s Cleopatra docudrama is deathly dullTelevision: As the legacy of Cleopatra blazes on, the true shame is that Netflix didn’t make a more interesting documentaryWed May 10 2023 - 10:42
Eurovision 2023 TV review: One of the finalists will haunt your dreams even more than Conor O’Donohoe’s gold catsuitWhere does Ireland go from here? Not to the Eurovision final, which, once again, will have to get by without Irish representationTue May 09 2023 - 22:56
Eurovision 2023: Who are Ireland’s entry Wild Youth, when do they perform in first semi-final, who are the favourites and moreEverything you need to know about this year’s first Eurovision semi-final, which sees Ireland attempt to qualify for Sunday’s finalTue May 09 2023 - 08:20
Annie McCarrick: What’s haunting is knowing that someone watching probably knows what happenedMissing: Beyond the Vanishing Triangle uncovers new details about the American woman’s disappearance, in 1993, but also does her a disserviceMon May 08 2023 - 23:44
Simon Le Bon: ‘I’ve had a lot of fun in Ireland. I once ended up in Lisdoonvarna. I was the only guy with a girlfriend’At 3Arena in Dublin on Sunday, Duran Duran did a magnificent job of reeling in the years and rolling out the hitsMon May 08 2023 - 10:58
Kin season 2 finale: For an often patchy show, the conclusion is shockingFor an often patchy show, this is a more than respectable end to the second seriesMon May 08 2023 - 06:03
The Eurovision entry that brought down a government, and 11 other dramatic song contest momentsWild Youth will be singing for Ireland in Tuesday’s semi-final. They’re taking part in a competition with an eventful historyMon May 08 2023 - 05:45
Joe Elliott of Def Leppard: ‘Taylor Swift listened to our music in her mother’s womb’Life has turned circle for the Sheffield rockers, who are touring with their old glam-metal contemporaries Mötley CrüeSat May 06 2023 - 06:00
Meet Queen Charlotte, who makes Marie Antoinette seem tame in Netflix’s Bridgerton prequelNetflix’s Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story is not a history lesson. Best to enjoy on its own ridiculous termsThu May 04 2023 - 11:05
Ed Sheeran: The Sum of It All – Compelling look at singer’s struggle to create a place of calm for himself and his familyTelevision: The music documentary does exemplary work capturing one of the world’s most streamed artists at the crossroadsWed May 03 2023 - 13:00
Brìghde Chaimbeul: ‘From your typical piper to a death-metal fan in leather – my audience is varied’Brìghde Chaimbeul’s appearance on Caroline Polachek’s new album – think the Chieftains jamming with Lady Gaga – is catapulting her into the mainstreamTue May 02 2023 - 05:15
Prince Andrew: ‘I was about to ask this prince ... about his sex life. I started to feel really sick’The Problem Prince is a compelling documentary about one of the most extraordinary interviews in the history of British televisionMon May 01 2023 - 22:00
Fatal Attraction reboot: this bunny boiler-free retread is all fur coat and no knickersThis show has beamed in from a pre-#MeToo eraMon May 01 2023 - 13:06
Help Me Buy a Home: ‘I feel like I’m a 27-year-old teenager sometimes’Television: The real star of Virgin Media’s new series about the property crisis is buyer’s agent Liz O’KaneSun Apr 30 2023 - 21:00
Andy Cairns of Therapy?: ‘If I had said anything against loyalism, people knew where my mother and father live’The Northern Ireland singer on the band’s DIY punk roots in Troubles-era Larne, the joys of listening to Kneecap and what it’s like to live in EnglandSat Apr 29 2023 - 05:00
A Bond-like thriller will never work here. The spies would have to commute from PortarlingtonCitadel opens with a ridiculous set-piece and from there orbits ever-expanding circles of ludicrousnessFri Apr 28 2023 - 02:00
Jerry Springer cast TV into a cesspit from which it is still trying to escapeWhen he realised he could boost ratings by lowering the tone, the talk show host - who died on Thursday - let it ripThu Apr 27 2023 - 19:16
The Mysterious Mr Lagerfeld: It’s a shock when a normal person walks through the doorTelevision: Director Michael Waldman crafts the film in the image of his subject – it is wry, a bit elusive and ultimately fascinatingThu Apr 27 2023 - 11:16
The Silent Civil War review: A gripping story of ordinary people who felt they had to do terrible thingsTelevision: Part one of this two-part documentary explores the bloody Irish conflict over which a collective memory fog descended the moment it endedWed Apr 26 2023 - 22:35
Paul Mescal has released his first song. We don’t expect it to trouble the chartsSlip Away is a fine showcase for the star’s plangent, expressive voice. He’s squeaky, but it’s a heartfelt squeak layered with painMon Apr 24 2023 - 19:59
Malpractice: Another Irish thesp may be about to go full Ted HastingsTelevision: Niamh Algar is riveting in UTV’s hospital thriller, a kind of Line of Duty with stethoscopesMon Apr 24 2023 - 11:17
‘These aren’t wild places. They’re peopleless places. That’s what gives it that strange wild magic’Television: On Ireland’s Wild Islands, Eoin Warner is on a soulful quest to discover the spirit of Ireland itselfSun Apr 23 2023 - 19:30
Waxahatchee: ‘Our last stop on this tour is Ireland. It’s very nice to go out with a bang’In the first of three Dublin shows, the singer treats the sell-out audience to an evening of tidal emotions strummed simply on an acoustic guitarSun Apr 23 2023 - 11:01
Dead Ringers review: Rachel Weisz is electrifying and full-on maniacal from the first sceneTelevision: If you’ve ever flinched watching the Channel 4 maternity ward series One Born Every Minute, Dead Ringers will have you diving behind the couchFri Apr 21 2023 - 09:25
Davy’s Toughest Team: The cameras stop rolling – a sign of genuine crisis on reality TVTelevision: ‘Things have got too dangerous,’ Davy Fitzgerald says as the group prepare to scale an Icelandic volcano. ‘We have to get to the jeep’Thu Apr 20 2023 - 12:42
The Diplomat: Think Emily in Paris crossed with Hogwarts and a Boris Johnson after-partyTelevision: Netflix’s new series, starring Keri Russell, is an overcooked example of the streamer’s ‘American goes abroad and is confused’ genreThu Apr 20 2023 - 01:00
The Mandalorian: Wacky casting, imploding ratings, tumbling appeal. What’s gone wrong with the Star Wars spin-off?Television: Jon Favreau’s ‘well-made pulp’ became a phenomenon. But season three has been a letdown. Can its finale arrest the decline?Tue Apr 18 2023 - 21:00
Sometimes a simple act of kindness can make all the difference in the worldTelevision: Am I Here? is a challenge to anyone who has ever stepped over, brushed past or otherwise ignored a homeless person. To all of us, in other wordsMon Apr 17 2023 - 22:35
999 Faoi Oiliúint: Would a bit more ow factor be too much to ask for? Television: RTÉ’s new series about emergency-service recruits training for the front line has plenty of training but little front lineMon Apr 17 2023 - 20:30
Angela Scanlon’s Ask Me Anything: The anti-Late Late with an eclectic bunch of headersTelevision: Meath native is one of those rare Irish presenters who comes across as entirely comfortable in their skin, and that makes her hugely watchableSat Apr 15 2023 - 22:30
Mark Sheehan: Humble driving force who guided The Script to worldwide successGuitarist conjured vast, empathic soundscapes, his virtuosity charged by a desire to connect with the listenerSat Apr 15 2023 - 12:09
The National: ‘The Irish are such great singers and musicians – it’s almost daunting in a way’The music almost deserted the Cincinnati band when they began to write their latest albumSat Apr 15 2023 - 05:00
Metallica, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin and more: 20 of the best hard rock albums of all timeMetal giants Metallica have just released their long awaited new album. Where do the US band sit in the pantheon of rock gods?Fri Apr 14 2023 - 05:30
Home Rescue: The Big Fix – banishing the ‘floor-drobe’ is the new frontier in home makeoversDesigner Dee Coleman is off to a flying start in her first venture into DIY tellyThu Apr 13 2023 - 22:30
For an erotic thriller, Obsession’s sex scenes are as titillating as doing the weekend choresTelevision: Enniscorthy actor Charlie Murphy and Richard Armitage star as doomed lovers sucked into a whirlpool of mutual desire and destructionThu Apr 13 2023 - 03:30
Fenne Lily: ‘I find it so frustrating to be angry about stuff. I’m trying to be more chill’Everything isn’t amazing. Not for Lily, an indie songwriter whose melancholic new album, Big Picture, was forged amid upheavalWed Apr 12 2023 - 05:45
‘What are you crying about? You’ll get another wife’: John McAreavey speaks about Michaela’s murder investigation in new documentary Television: BBC NI documentary follows reporters Darragh MacIntyre and Allison Morris as they track down one of the accusedTue Apr 11 2023 - 11:29
Michaela McAreavey murder: ‘We had no sense of what was to come... it is probably a good job we didn’t’In the first episode of Murder in Paradise documentary, the sense is that the bombshells, if there are any, are to followTue Apr 11 2023 - 10:37
Succession: Bombshell for the ages drops in latest episodeThe outstanding prestige show of its era has at once stunned viewers while introducing a twist hidden in plain sight all alongMon Apr 10 2023 - 12:14
‘We needed him and he was there’: how Fr Alec Reid got the IRA to talk peaceTelevision: RTÉ's The Secret Peacemaker is an excellent portrait of Fr Alec Reid and his pivotal role in persuading the IRA that talking was in the end more productive than slaughterMon Apr 10 2023 - 00:15
Boom! Boom! The World vs Boris Becker: A long, gripping ride from teen prodigy to financial basket-caseTelevision: Becker remains an enigma throughout this exhaustive – occasionally exhausting – filmFri Apr 07 2023 - 13:02
