Physical: Rose Byrne stars in a bleak and disdainful portrayal of the 1980sApple + has made an aerobics show but neglected to give it a pulseFri Jun 18 2021 - 15:00
Together: Sharon Horgan digs deep in a pained performance opposite James McAvoyTV review: This BBC drama is rooted in the hopes, fears and claustrophobia of coronavirusThu Jun 17 2021 - 22:30
Sophie: A Murder in West Cork – Netflix releases trailer for Toscan du Plantier true-crime series‘Can you explain to me, why is this man free?’ one woman asks about Ian BaileyThu Jun 17 2021 - 15:14
Michael Portillo’s ‘Tory meets Paddy’ history lessons are no longer a noveltyPartition, 1921 TV review: The politician-turned-railway guru has reached the end of the lineMon Jun 14 2021 - 22:35
Virtual Bono belts out the official anthem of Euro 2021 in Rome. I’ve heard worseIt’s a little before 9pm in Rome and Bono’s giant head is floating above a soccer pitchFri Jun 11 2021 - 22:30
‘I tightened the screw as tight as I could.’ Raw, moving accounts of men’s mental healthTV review: This is a gripping film about emotional challenges for young menFri Jun 11 2021 - 00:11
Loki: Cracking chemistry as Tom Hiddleston and Owen Wilson sling back and forth through timeTV: For Marvel Cinematic Universe’s newest chapter, think Doctor Who remade by Wes AndersonTue Jun 08 2021 - 17:00
Dermot Bannon? Sure, where else would you get him?TV: With Super Small Spaces, he’s morphing into the Louis Theroux of home conversionsSun Jun 06 2021 - 22:30
Gay Byrne ‘brought terror for some and liberation for others’TV review: ‘Dear Gay’ is a big-hearted homage to Byrne’s humanity and his RTÉ radio showWed Jun 02 2021 - 22:35
Mare of Easttown finale: The bombshell goes off with a nauseating thudTV review: Kate Winslet achieved devastating perfection in this unflinching dramaMon May 31 2021 - 22:15
Ellie Rowsell: ‘There is a power in collective stories about harassment’Wolf Alice singer speaks about her experience with Marilyn Manson and online trollsSat May 29 2021 - 05:00
Dermot Bannon: ‘Every house needs three spaces – a head, a heart and a gut’The kitchen is the heart. The workings of the house are the gut. And we all need headspaceFri May 28 2021 - 06:00
The Road to Partition: You might as well call it The Idiot’s Guide to Irish HistoryTV: This documentary feels made for viewers who wouldn’t know de Valera from da VinciThu May 27 2021 - 22:00
Friends: The Reunion – The one where they’re all crinkly, creaky and BotoxyTV: It’s a sentimental nostalgiafest with the sitcom’s stars, but fans of the show will love itThu May 27 2021 - 12:28
It’s too soon for Reeling in the Years of Trump and BrexitTV review: This isn’t a warning from history – it’s a warning from just the other dayMon May 24 2021 - 16:30
Eurovision 2021 final: A late voting surge, a nail-biting finish, and victory for ItalyItaly’s Måneskin overtake Switzerland and France with their heavy metal song, Zitti E BuoniSun May 23 2021 - 00:15
Eurovision 2021: Portugal and Finland do what Ireland forgot to – thrill the crowdThe second semi-final was all about live performance for a flesh-and-blood audienceThu May 20 2021 - 23:15
Have you had your Harry and Meghan fix today yet?A Very Royal Baby: From Cradle To Crown is another addition to royal documentary mountainWed May 19 2021 - 22:00
The Pact is a stonking standout of a crime thrillerTV review: The BBC’s gripping new thriller is also a tautly-observed character studyWed May 19 2021 - 18:00
Eurovision 2021: Ireland’s Lesley Roy fails to wow the audience, the public or the juryIn the first semi-final of the returned Eurovision, songs pinged between sublime and ridiculousTue May 18 2021 - 22:09
Eurovision Song Contest 2021: Everything you need to knowWhat time is it on? Who’s representing Ireland? And what about this year’s controversies?Tue May 18 2021 - 06:00
Alan Parker wanted ‘urban decay’ for The Commitments. Early-90s Dublin offered plenty of thatTV: As Back to Barrytown recounts, the movie brought Hollywood to Ireland just when we needed itMon May 17 2021 - 11:08
Backstage in Rotterdam, Lesley Roy flashes a smile wider than Marty Whelan’s moustacheEurovision 2021: Turn on, top up your wine and enjoy the journey, says Ireland’s entrantFri May 14 2021 - 16:07
Davina McCall on menopause: ‘I couldn’t talk to anybody. I felt so alone’TV Review: McCall does her bit to demystify a process that 50% of people go throughWed May 12 2021 - 22:00
Motherland: Sparkling wine o’clock wit from Sharon HorganTV review: Beleaguered parents will enjoy putting up their feet and draining every dropMon May 10 2021 - 09:30
Remember the Dominic West-Lily James kiss shock? The show they were making is a shocker tooBBC’s The Pursuit of Love features a histrionic Andrew Scott and ladlefuls of whimsyMon May 10 2021 - 09:24
Do the Irish really swear more than other nations? Who gives a f***Ardal O’Hanlon’s charming documentary ‘Holy F***’ is based on a slightly rickety premiseSun May 09 2021 - 23:18
St Vincent: ‘I feel the 1970s are very similar to where we are now’Annie Clark is reclaiming the story of her dad’s incarceration on her funky new albumSat May 08 2021 - 05:00
Ian Wright: Home Truths – Abused in childhood, a black hole of suffering and rageThere are no happy endings when the Arsenal striker investigates domestic violenceThu May 06 2021 - 22:00
The Big DIY Challenge: A ropey construction that just about hangs togetherTV review: RTÉ is actually pretty good at this sort of low-stakes disposable entertainmentThu May 06 2021 - 21:00
The Battle for Britney: Wow. This is a Line of Duty-level anticlimaxTV: Louis Theroux might do the story justice. But this feels like showbiz reportage by numbersWed May 05 2021 - 22:00
Tommie Gorman’s Ireland, Cancer and Me could have been riveting, emotive TV. It wasn’tTV review: Most of the programme is about important but obtuse changes in the HSEWed May 05 2021 - 11:32
Inside the Northern Bank robbery: ‘I was waiting for the bullet in the back of the head’TV review: Several moments chill the blood in ‘Heist: The Northern Bank Robbery’Mon May 03 2021 - 22:35
Line of Duty finale: Have we just sat through our final Ted talk?TV Review: After ‘a mental 10 years’ it seems mad to quit the UK’s most popular dramaMon May 03 2021 - 10:58
Rag’n’Bone Man: ‘Every cool venue I used to go to is now gone’The music business has changed since Rory Graham hit big with Human – and so has heSat May 01 2021 - 05:00
GunPlot introduces us to a gallery of … well, were they rogues, patriots or victims?TV review: RTÉ’s Arms Crisis documentary has elements of a John le Carré thrillerWed Apr 28 2021 - 22:50
What is Death Note, and is it really Ireland’s Netflix favourite?An international survey of search data finds Ireland’s most Googled Netflix property in 2021Tue Apr 27 2021 - 13:43
Starstruck: A giddy confection that helps rehabilitate the romcomTV review: Rose Matafeo’s new show is Notting Hill for Generation InstagramTue Apr 27 2021 - 13:22
Secrets of the Whales: Is the House of Mouse taking the mickey?TV review: A visually stunning Disney+ series that improves with the mute buttonThu Apr 22 2021 - 14:37
A European Super League? The Derry City story shows what being a soccer fan is really aboutTV: Different League is a timely chronicle of Derry’s mid-1980s League of Ireland arrivalTue Apr 20 2021 - 16:25
Kate Winslet is riveting in Mare of Easttown. Her Irish pronunciation not so muchTV: This murder mystery is a Springsteen song repurposed as high-calibre proceduralTue Apr 20 2021 - 09:30
Colm Tóibín: ‘I don’t think I learned anything at all from cancer’TV review: On Memory’s Shore is an enjoyable portrait of the unshowy authorMon Apr 19 2021 - 22:30
Leonardo: Aidan Turner has great stubble, but don’t expect Bridgerton-with-brushesThe canvas cracks a bit when the Irish actor is called on to channel Leonardo da Vinci’s virtuosityFri Apr 16 2021 - 11:40
Game of Thrones 10th birthday quiz: Why did Jon Snow leave Winterfell?Can you name the direwolves? Tell Lyanna Stark from Lyanna Mormont? If so, play onFri Apr 16 2021 - 01:00
Frank of Ireland: If you like toilet humour, you’ll love Brian and Domhnall Gleeson’s new comedyTV: The Gleesons are a lively double-act, and the scatological jokes arrive at an impressive clipThu Apr 15 2021 - 22:30
Game of Thrones is 10 years old ... and already feels irrelevantTwo years ago, the world was transfixed by the TV fantasy show. Now we see how shallow it wasThu Apr 15 2021 - 06:00
The US version of The Circle is brasher, more annoying – and twice as addictiveSeason two review: Netflix has dropped four episodes at once, with more arriving weeklyWed Apr 14 2021 - 14:22
‘Fame? If you have any personal demons, you’re quite not prepared for it’Hannah Reid of London Grammar on saying whatever she wants after struggling with successTue Apr 13 2021 - 05:00
Mary Coughlan revisits her past: ‘It was everywhere. Bags of cocaine, champagne and tequila’TV review: In ‘Keys To My Life’, well known people travel to the places they have livedMon Apr 12 2021 - 10:00
Sarah McInerney and Fran McNulty are solid, but Prime Time has gone gaudyTV review: RTÉ made a song and dance about the show’s makeover and ‘super high tech’ studioWed Apr 07 2021 - 00:11