Stories from the Street: This isnât misery porn. Itâs the grim reality of life without a homeTelevision: Luke McManusâs film, on Virgin Media One, lands its punches yet never strays into voyeurismTue Feb 28 2023 - 12:31
Unforgotten: SinĂ©ad Keenanâs fantastic as the new Nicola Walker. Whatâs with the accents, though?Television: The Irish actor takes over as the cold-case dramaâs outwardly tough, inwardly vulnerable lead detectiveMon Feb 27 2023 - 22:00
Bono, Edge and Letterman mooch about a Dublin so old and gloomy even the crowâs feet have crowâs feetA Sort of Homecoming: U2âs new album prompts the chatshow hostâs first visit to Ireland. He lands looking ready for St Patrick: The Grunge YearsMon Feb 27 2023 - 06:00
Dancing with the Stars week 8: Shane Byrneâs luck runs out as Brooke Scullion edges closer to victoryTV: Itâs a bittersweet sign-off from the rugby player â comic relief through most of the series â after his American smooth scores a not-at-all shabby 22Sun Feb 26 2023 - 20:55
Meghan Remy: âSinĂ©ad OâConnor was a marked woman. People wanted to take her downâU.S. Girls singer is still stung by the hypocrisies of her Catholic upbringing as she releases her new album Bless This MessSat Feb 25 2023 - 00:01
Whatever happened to GPO Girl? The mind-boggling tale of a serial scammer who landed in IrelandTelevision: In 2013 a young woman was discovered, dishevelled and in distress, on OâConnell Street in Dublin. Con Girl retells an extraordinary storyThu Feb 23 2023 - 11:02
Katie Priceâs Mucky Mansion: Celebrity Big Brother meets amateur Dermot Bannon Television: As property-makeover show, itâs fine. As a profile in celebrity, it stands on flaky foundationsWed Feb 22 2023 - 13:06
Fleishman Is in Trouble: A dose of fuel-injected narcissism starring Jesse Eisenberg and Lizzy CaplanTelevision: This superficially charming series will entertain those eager to breathe deep of life in chattering-class ManhattanWed Feb 22 2023 - 05:00
Radioheadâs Philip Selway: âIf Bono is reading, I know all Larry Mullenâs partsâThe drummer on his latest solo album, the perils of being a pampered rock star and lessons from their tour with REMWed Feb 22 2023 - 05:00
Super Agers:âI donât want to go to heaven just yet. I want to hang out here for a whileâTelevision: Super Agers never condescends to the septuagenarians and octogenarians it shows living their best lives at the outer limits of the ageing processMon Feb 20 2023 - 22:35
Dancing with the Stars week 7: Did the wrong sports star get voted off?Television: An early shower was always on the cards for the former Ireland soccer internationalSun Feb 19 2023 - 21:14
âWe donât want to dumb ourselves downâ: Nova Twins on racism, rocking riffs and ignoring male producersThe English duo ignored lazy industry suggestions they should âgo R&Bâ and are forging their own explosive soundSat Feb 18 2023 - 05:00
Carnival Row: Cara Delevingneâs South Dublin accent is alarmingly not-so-awfulActor Cara Delevingneâs alarmingly not-awful South Dublin accent still front and centreFri Feb 17 2023 - 06:15
Mary Kennedy: âI had to give up work when I was 65. I didnât choose to leave RTĂâFormer Nationwide presenter was obliged to retire. In Mary Kennedy: Fad Saoil she makes the case that older women still have an active role to playWed Feb 15 2023 - 22:30
Home of the Year is back, and a judge is triggered by a cupboard bristling with colourful wallpaperâThe patterns â they belong in there,â Amanda Bone says with a shudder as RTĂâs property series returns. âI belong out hereâTue Feb 14 2023 - 21:00
Dancing with the Stars week 6: âSuch a powerful performance, such a powerful messageâPanti Bliss, dancing as Rory OâNeill, dedicates his paso doble to the doctor who treated him when he was diagnosed with HIVMon Feb 13 2023 - 12:40
Weyes Blood review: Five stars for Natalie Meringâs gorgeously spectral Dublin concertSingerâs dazzling voice â not to mention banter â helps overcome technical glitches to give outstanding performance at Vicar StreetMon Feb 13 2023 - 09:32
Cops, robbers and nicotine stains: The Gold is a love letter to the 1980s Britain the Irish knew so wellThe BBCâs dramatisation of the Brinkâs-Mat heist is slow to get going, but it brilliantly evokes the era of Ford Capris and mandatory office-based sexismSun Feb 12 2023 - 22:00
Jeremy Clarksonâs back on his farm, selling âŹ40 crisps. But he could soon be put out to pastureTV: Clarksonâs Farm went down a treat in Britain, where fans queued up at the Diddly Squat shop. As the second season begins, his biggest headache is BrexitFri Feb 10 2023 - 04:00
âYou have a very strong accentâ: Miriam Margolyes hits peak Brit Abroad mode with Lynn RuaneIn Lady Gregory: Irelandâs First Social Influencer the unlikely pair have a merry time traversing Ireland to unpick the Abbey cofounderâs lifeThu Feb 09 2023 - 23:15
Florence at 3Arena: Fans in Midsommar-style garlands hold her gaze obsessively. âIs it a cult?â she jokes. âWhatâs going on?âFlorence + the Machine, back on the road after being derailed by a freak injury, put on a frilly, florid and ferocious performance in DublinThu Feb 09 2023 - 10:34
The Secret Artists: A balm for the mind and spirit in a noisy, overwhelming worldThe comic Colin Murphy and a former paramilitary are among the aspiring artists submitting work to the Royal Ulster Academy in Hilary Fennellâs documentaryWed Feb 08 2023 - 23:25
Consent: A teenage sexual attacker swans onwards. His victimâs life is in ruinsTelevision: The Channel 4 drama is a grimly plausible account of a sexual assault and ensuing cover-up at a posh English schoolWed Feb 08 2023 - 12:26
Happy Valley: Is this grim British cop show the best crime drama of the year?The much-hyped season finale packs a punch, even as it descends into sillinessMon Feb 06 2023 - 10:59
Smother: is it an edge-of-seat whodunnit or an over-the-top soap opera?The third and final season of the RTĂ' drama still cannot decide whether itâs an edge-of-seat whodunnit or over-the-top soap operaSun Feb 05 2023 - 22:30
Dancing with the Stars week 5: A one-way trip to light entertainment purgatoryPaul Brogan may have just been voted off the show â but he sounds like the happiest person under the disco ballSun Feb 05 2023 - 21:15
Late Late Eurosong special: Itâs not every day you see Jedward give advice to Johnny RottenEurovision 2023: The veteran pop-rock Dubliners Wild Youth edge out 19-year-old Connolly to go forward to this yearâs contest in LiverpoolSat Feb 04 2023 - 00:37
Guntherâs Millions: This dog has a mansion, a yacht and a personal chef. But somethingâs not rightFeaturing a crew of weirdos who help the Alsatian spend its fortune, this Netflix series wants to be the new Tiger KingThu Feb 02 2023 - 13:33
St Brigid the âkick-ass warrior poet and goddessâ: SiobhĂĄn McSweeney finds a very Irish superheroIt would be easy to for SiobhĂĄn McSweeney to become lost in the new-age psychobabble surrounding the saint. But this is a heartfelt, illuminating portraitWed Feb 01 2023 - 11:48
âEvery morning I see a penis I havenât asked to seeâ: The routine abuse of a woman in the spotlightCyberflashing is just part of what the TV presenter Emily Atack is bombarded with each day. Asking for It? is an unflinching account of many womenâs experiencesTue Jan 31 2023 - 22:00
Upfront with Katie Hannon: Strait-laced, a bit po-faced, except when itâs trying to be cuddly. Then it is unbearableTelevision: RTĂ new current-affairs show is off to a solid if not earth-shattering startTue Jan 31 2023 - 06:31
Pamela Anderson: âI blocked that stolen tape out of my life, and now itâs coming up again I feel sickâ Pamela: A Love Story, Ryan Whiteâs Netflix documentary about the Baywatch star, finally gives the traumatised actor a voiceTue Jan 31 2023 - 05:45
Dancing with the Stars week 4: Cruella de Vil and her pirouetting pooch axed after a spotty 101 Dalmatians foxtrotTelevision: âThere was a section where you really lost control,â Brian Redmond tells the second celebrity to be eliminatedMon Jan 30 2023 - 10:47
The 1975 at 3Arena: âYou Irish are a simple people. Youâre easily pleased â thatâs good to knowâMatty Healy lives up to his reputation for extravagant gobbiness at the exhilarating Dublin show of a band who know how to hold an arena in their thrallSun Jan 29 2023 - 23:36
Room to Improve: Dermot Bannon goes through the wringer at the end of a season that ânearly killedâ himTelevision: The wow wars are only the beginning of Ann-Marie and Andy Grayâs woesSun Jan 29 2023 - 22:30
Weyes Blood: âThe standard is so low in terms of what young people are used to hearing, it all gets a passâAfter her wisely acclaimed 2022 album, Natalie Mering thinks orchestral pop is more radical than âboringâ experimental noiseSat Jan 28 2023 - 05:00
BalconyTV: âThe Buzzcocks just looked at the balcony and went, âwhere the f**k are we playing?â âThe story of a Dublin music start-upâs extraordinary rise to global brand and fall to oblivion is told in a new three-part documentary podcastSat Jan 28 2023 - 05:00
Harrison Fordâs gone all funny and charming. Whatâs happened to cinemaâs grumpiest A-lister?Television: In Shrinking, on Apple TV+, the 80-year-old matinee idol brings gravity and dry wit to a psychobabble scriptFri Jan 27 2023 - 10:09
Joe Canningâs story, or the highs and lows of a down-to-earth superstarIn Laochra Gaela, the Galway hurling great gives a compelling insight into a unique career while showing that sport is never just about sportThu Jan 26 2023 - 22:25
Extraordinary: Never mind the, er, misfiring IRA gags. Watch it for star-in-the-making MĂĄirĂ©ad TyersTelevision: Emma Moranâs London-set Disney+ comedy needs to work on its gags, but the young Irish actorâs performance makes it worth your timeWed Jan 25 2023 - 12:04
TV review: Everyone Else Burns â Evangelical Christians bumping against social norms: comedy or horror story?While it may set the antenna of Irish viewers tingling, the Channel 4 sitcom fails to land its punchesTue Jan 24 2023 - 11:32
Dancing with the Stars week 3: âI gave it a shot,â says first ejected celeb. âI canât danceâWeek 3: âIâm feeling okay. With my limited dancing abilities it was always a very real possibility,â the actor says after she is voted outSun Jan 22 2023 - 21:27
10 great TV series to get hooked on, from modern classics to new releases Including The Sopranos, Only Murders in the Building, Alice in Borderland, The Last of Us and Secret InvasionSun Jan 22 2023 - 06:00
MĂ„neskin: âPeople are going to talk s**t about you. Itâs part of the gameâFrom X Factor to Eurovision to interstellar fame, the Italian rockers have turned not being cool into a superpowerSat Jan 21 2023 - 05:00
Travel Man: 48 Hours in Dublin â Like being trapped on an English stag weekend in Temple BarSomeone should have shredded Joe Lycettâs itinerary and asked him to work harder at bringing the real Dublin to the screenFri Jan 20 2023 - 21:00
Heilung: Blood-soaked horsehair, undead percussion and Valkyrie singing. Beat that, Toy Show the MusicalAt the Bord GĂĄis Energy Theatre the folk collective sweep the audience far away from Dublin on a chilly Thursday in JanuaryFri Jan 20 2023 - 10:26
That â90s Show review: Weed, free beer and, er, Alanis MorissetteNetflixâs reboot of the flimsy sitcom That â70s Show features creaky gags, gales of canned laughter and a certain rickety charmThu Jan 19 2023 - 05:00
Bring back Love Islandâs Irish contestants. The British ones can be, er, less than self-awareEntrants from Ireland aware of how absurd the entire fandango is, whereas Brits seem to believe this truly is their ticket to the big timeTue Jan 17 2023 - 11:31
George Hook on the ârape cultureâ comments that got him sacked and the despair he once feltOn Eating with the Enemy the media bruiser breaks bread with the comedian Martin Beanz Warde. But it becomes a bit of a one-sided conversationMon Jan 16 2023 - 23:35
Love Island 2023: Everything you need to know before the new series beginsBuckle up for lashings of banter and âgraftingâ as the show goes south for winterMon Jan 16 2023 - 06:00
