Love Island: It’s a bounty of begorrahs as Salma and Kaila arrive. Who’ll be the new Maura?TV: The Dubliners are joined by Matthew MacNabb, a shrug-at-destiny sort from BelfastMon Jul 26 2021 - 23:00
Jack Antonoff: ‘Irish music has had a huge influence on me – it’s steeped in celebration and sadness’Prolific producer of Taylor Swift, Lana Del Rey and Lorde albums on new Bleachers projectSat Jul 24 2021 - 05:00
Sexy Beasts, Netflix’s animal-mask dating show, is irredeemably terribleBut as long as everyone is talking about how bad it is, maybe it’s mission accomplishedWed Jul 21 2021 - 11:52
The Dark Side of Horse Racing: Chilling footage from inside the slaughterhouseTV: Panorama reveals inhumane treatment of racehorses sent from Ireland to BritainTue Jul 20 2021 - 12:24
Nigel Farage on GB News: How did this man change the world?TV review: Farage tries to rescue GB News with critiques of refugees, wokeness and the EUTue Jul 20 2021 - 01:10
Love Island halftime review: The 2021 cast aren’t fussed about fame or money. Or loveOnce seen as highly exploitative reality TV, it is now a kind, cuddly place to hang outMon Jul 19 2021 - 00:39
Anne-Marie: ‘I had to turn to therapy to talk through what my brain was saying to me’The singer on opening up and not holding back for her new album TherapySat Jul 17 2021 - 05:00
War of the Worlds: Grouchy Gabriel Byrne and creepy Daisy Edgar Jones get under your skinTV review: This interpretation of HG Wells’s work is dour and slow, but full of mysteryFri Jul 16 2021 - 12:23
Why don’t you turn off Love Island and go play some sport instead?TV review: Cork camogie star Anna Geary tries to assemble an underage ladies football teamThu Jul 15 2021 - 22:30
Londoners will love Aisling Bea’s This Way Up. We might roll our eyes a littleTV review: The Kildare comedian explores the irritations and melancholy of modern lifeThu Jul 15 2021 - 19:37
Michaella McCollum of the ‘Peru Two’: ‘That’s me, owner of the world’s most infamous up-do’TV review: ‘High – Confessions of an Ibiza Drugs Mule’ is always colourful, never forensicTue Jul 06 2021 - 20:34
Ireland’s Rich List 2021: Oh for an Irish Elon Musk, whom we could envy and deride equallyThe list includes concrete moguls, widget sellers, dotcom zillionaires and a bookmakerMon Jul 05 2021 - 22:35
‘I literally begged for HSE intervention to save lives’TV review: ‘RTÉ Investigates’ probed deaths in nursing homes during the third waveThu Jul 01 2021 - 23:27
The Go! Team: ‘I want to form a supergroup with Huey Lewis and Jessie J’The band’s Ian Parton on their new album and living with Meniere’s diseaseThu Jul 01 2021 - 05:00
Belle Gibson: The Melbourne wellness guru who duped the world with her brain cancer storyTV: Bad Influencer – The Great Insta Con is a reminder to be wary of what you see onlineThu Jul 01 2021 - 00:15
Two Sophie Toscan du Plantier films, two verdicts. Which should we believe?What the high-profile new series say about the unsolved murder and its chief suspect, Ian BaileyTue Jun 29 2021 - 06:00
Love Island 2021: Episode 1 has all the fervour of an auld fella’s pub on a wet TuesdayThe biggest issue is that the ‘love hungry’ singletons aren’t attracted to each otherMon Jun 28 2021 - 23:45
Love Island 2021: Everything you need to know as the reality-TV juggernaut returnsThe feelgood series, with host Laura Whitmore, is back for the summer. Here’s what to expectMon Jun 28 2021 - 12:40
A refreshing portrait of Bray and its people, just before Covid-19 struckTV review: The big-hearted Our Town shows a new side to this corner of Co WicklowThu Jun 24 2021 - 22:30
Sophie: A Murder in West Cork. Netflix’s ‘poisonous propaganda’ series is grippingReview: It makes Sophie Toscan du Plantier the main character, and has strong views on the caseTue Jun 22 2021 - 00:01
The Handmaid’s Tale, once an urgent parable for our times, has become merely adequateSeason 4 review: Elisabeth Moss is the best thing about an only occasionally gripping seriesSun Jun 20 2021 - 22:10
Murder at the Cottage allows you to conclude that Ian Bailey was stitched up by gardaíTV review: ‘Murder at the Cottage : The Search for Justice for Sophie’ is captivatingSun Jun 20 2021 - 06:00
The Saw Doctors, 1991: ‘For about a year, you couldn’t hear anything else on the radio’In March 1991, the band hit the streets with their fathers and photographer Frank MillerSat Jun 19 2021 - 05:00
One Irish singer makes the cut for music streamer’s 100-strong ‘billions club’Spotify unveils 100 tracks that have each clocked up at least a billion streamsFri Jun 18 2021 - 15:36
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
