Depeche Mode at Dublin’s 3Arena: ‘So much better than England,’ Dave Gahan tells crowd on seismic eveningBand in creative heritage rock stage of career honours fallen comrade keyboardist Andrew Fletcher with two hours of irresistibly pugilistic popSun Feb 04 2024 - 11:26
Róisín Murphy: ‘The Irish culture I grew up in is the main thing that made me who I am’Her childhood home is a balm for the singer, who, after the challenge of a social-media furore, is marking three decades in music with a string of sold-out concertsSat Feb 03 2024 - 06:30
The Last Dinner Party: ‘There are all-male bands signed to the same label as us who have never faced any backlash’Some claim the all-woman band are an industry creation. That just smacks of old-fashioned misogyny, according to possibly the hottest band on the planetSat Feb 03 2024 - 05:15
Mr & Mrs Smith review: Sharon Horgan makes a cameo in this joyless clunkerTelevision: Donald Glover’s dour thriller is blunt reminder that some things are best left in the pastFri Feb 02 2024 - 05:45
Apprentice review: The show has sprung free of its cryogenic chamber and is somehow still full of vimTelevision: Alan Sugar is still in his fake BBC boardroom terrorising frightened baby entrepreneursThu Feb 01 2024 - 22:00
Margo Price in Dublin review: Gut-quaking mayhem strewn through a rollicking eveningReturning after a costume change she’s back behind the drums, bringing Sunday-night fever to grey, sleepy DublinMon Jan 29 2024 - 10:46
Room to Improve: Dermot Bannon refuses to change, which is precisely what Ireland loves about himTelevision review: This year, RTÉ's most bulletproof brand has demonstrated signs of wear and tearSun Jan 28 2024 - 22:30
Dancing with the Stars: ‘It’s devastating’ – public votes tearful TikTok star Miriam Mullins off the showTelevision: Dancing with the Stars often takes its time to achieve lift-off. Four weeks in, this season is at last coming togetherSun Jan 28 2024 - 21:09
Late Late Show’s Eurosong special review: Bambie Thug wins as Patrick Kielty avoids any cringe momentsTelevision: This year’s Eurovision line-up was mould-breaking, daring and a bit scary as winner Bambie Thug's sugar-and-spice mix of pop and industrial metal will undoubtedly land with a splash in SwedenSat Jan 27 2024 - 11:02
How did The Smiths end up getting played at Donald Trump rallies?Trump plays Please Please Please, Let Me Get What I Want as part of his 2024 presidential bidFri Jan 26 2024 - 10:59
Masters of the Air review: Barry Keoghan shows there is more to him than high-concept shiftinessTelevision: The Dublin actor fits comfortably into the vast canvas of the show helping to keep airborne what will surely go down as one of the most epic projects to soar across the small screen this yearFri Jan 26 2024 - 09:24
Sexy Beast review: Sarah Greene’s performance is impeccable, but she can’t save this shocking mockney cocktail, strewn with lazy violenceTelevision reciew: This unnecessary prequel to Jonathan Glazer cult gangster flick spirals into a shocking mockney cocktail, strewn with lazy violenceThu Jan 25 2024 - 11:00
Johnny Vegas: Carry on Glamping review – Jokes about big choppers aside, it’s silly, enjoyable fun with a hint of Alan PartridgeTelevision review: Carry On Glamping doesn’t know where it is going because Vegas has no idea what he’s doing – or so we are encouraged to believeWed Jan 24 2024 - 22:00
The Late Late Show’s Eurosong special: Everything you need to knowThe Late Late Show is hosting its annual Eurosong special this Friday where Ireland’s Eurovision act will be chosenWed Jan 24 2024 - 15:37
Jackie & Coco: how a mother’s fight after daughter’s death changed Ireland’s online bullying lawTelevision: Gerard Walsh’s documentary tracks Jackie Fox’s campaign to honour the legacy of her daughter, Nicole Fox-FenlonMon Jan 22 2024 - 22:35
Dancing with the Stars: No pretty-in-pink ending for Rory Cowan as he’s first to be eliminated on stormy nightRory Cowan is the obvious candidate for an early exit, but he’s pushed all the way by jockey Davy RussellSun Jan 21 2024 - 21:26
Last One Laughing is worst thing to happen Irish comedy since Brendan O’Carroll put on a frockTV review: To say Last One Laughing is short of giggles is a bit like stating Ireland could do with a few more houses.Fri Jan 19 2024 - 06:15
The Last Nuns in Ireland: ‘Where were the men, the parents? We were scapegoated for what was going wrong in society’TV review: Dearbhail McDonald suggests it is time to stop seeing nuns – and, by implication, ourselves and our history – in black and whiteTue Jan 16 2024 - 23:15
The Last Priests in Ireland: How moral guardians in Darth Vader cassocks suffocated the countryTelevision: The compelling argument at the film’s core is that Irish Catholicism wasn’t all that Irish to begin withMon Jan 15 2024 - 22:35
Dancing with the Stars: wilting chemistry between Jennifer Zamparelli and Doireann Garrihy a cause for concernTelevision: Davy Russell disaster follows pro-dancers falling ill on week two of DWTS 2024Sun Jan 14 2024 - 21:31
Sleater-Kinney: ‘We lean on each other when things are difficult, and certainly these past couple of years have been tough’The influential indie group, now a duo, on finishing an album while grieving, mistrusting nostalgia, and admiring Taylor SwiftSat Jan 13 2024 - 05:15
Ireland’s Eurovision entry: The six songs on the Late Late Eurogong vying to represent IrelandWe haven’t reached the final since 2018. The stakes have never been higher as Ireland prepares to choose its song for Eurovision 2024Fri Jan 12 2024 - 16:55
Inside Penneys: A starry-eyed love letter to one of Ireland’s great success storiesTelevision: For an Irish business to bestride the world is not to be sniffed at, but tough questions are left unansweredTue Jan 09 2024 - 21:00
Sinéad review: O’Connor’s life story told with honesty and without pretensionTelevision: Dignified RTÉ profile of singer, featuring contributions from Imelda May, Christy Moore and more, tells story honestly and without pretensionTue Jan 09 2024 - 09:01
Room to Improve review: ‘Oh my god,’ exclaims Dermot Bannon. ‘They are doing everything back to front’Television: Dermot Bannon’s show celebrates successful makeovers – but it is the near-disasters that live in the memorySun Jan 07 2024 - 22:30
Dancing with the Stars: The show returns to kick off the new year in whizz-bang fashionTelevision: There’s an early front-runner and some stumbles in the enjoyable season opener that is full of the traditional sweat and spiceSun Jan 07 2024 - 21:36
Tommy Tiernan Show review: We’re left wondering if Dylan Moran’s shtick is an affectation or a cause for concernTelevision: This season, with no studio, it’s just Tiernan and a guest – a framing that gives the broadcast the air of a confessionalSun Jan 07 2024 - 11:02
Karla Chubb of Sprints: ‘You definitely get the comments, the F-word and stuff shouted at you’The Dublin punk-pop quartet deal with difficult subjects. Listening to Letter to Self is like tiptoeing into a stranger’s room and reading their diarySat Jan 06 2024 - 05:30
First Dates Ireland: All’s well until a body slam of a put-down is delivered at dinnerTelevision: While the straightforward people-watching formula is unchanged, there’s a spiciness in the airThu Jan 04 2024 - 22:35
Operation Transformation: The show could do with taking a step back and putting its feet upTelevision: this love letter to everyday fitness has always been a bit flabby at the edgesThu Jan 04 2024 - 10:00
Dancing with the Stars 2024: Who are the contestants, when is it on and moreRTÉ will breathe a sigh of relief at the return of Dancing with the Stars - here is everything you need to knowWed Jan 03 2024 - 06:00
True Detective: Night Country - Isn’t an Irish person an odd choice as a metaphor for western colonialism? Television: Long-awaited fourth season is a compelling thriller, supercharged by hints of the supernaturalTue Jan 02 2024 - 15:00
The Tourist: Jamie Dornan in another British drama ‘does’ Ireland? Yes, our hearts are sinkingJamie Dornan’s glare of Herculean confusion dominates a cooked up Tarantino Does the Quiet ManMon Jan 01 2024 - 22:00
Late Late Show New Year’s special review: Patrick Kielty is tigerishly buoyant as a TV anticlimax unfoldsTelevision: RTÉ’s rehashed Hootenanny is at least full of New Year vim – and Kielty’s Buddy the Elf enthusiasm shows no sign of diminishingMon Jan 01 2024 - 12:34
Mrs Brown’s Boys Christmas Special: Unless you’re a true believer, you will find this seasonal one-off a slogTelevision: Brendan O’Carroll should be praised for addressing dementia sensitively but the show is sorely lacking in laughsMon Dec 25 2023 - 21:35
A Ghost Story for Christmas: A spooktacular serving of seasonal funTelevision: What a shame it would be if this is the end: Lot No 249 is a gift-wrapped helping of yummy mummy maniaSun Dec 24 2023 - 22:30
From Succession to The Idol: The best and worst television of 2023Tubridy’s loss was Kielty’s gain on RTÉ, while of the streamers Netflix reasserted dominance as Disney+ floundered with anaemic effortsSat Dec 23 2023 - 05:30
Face Down: the Disappearance of Thomas Niedermayer - a story of unimaginable heartache and cruelty Television: RTÉ doc does not conclude on a happy note but it does look to future in Niedermayer’s granddaughtersThu Dec 21 2023 - 06:00
Rún na Bóinne: Evidence of a possible second chamber uncovered at NewgrangeTelevision review: Parts of the documentary remind us of the sheer strangeness of Irish folkloreWed Dec 20 2023 - 22:30
Percy Jackson & the Olympians review: A tale that casts a boy with extraordinary powers against an army of foesTelevision: The special effects are rather creaky throughout the series, despite a reported $10 million per episode budgetWed Dec 20 2023 - 09:00
CMAT breaks the UK: ‘It’s definitely happening over here. She’s getting bigger and bigger all the time’It has been Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson’s year, with a chart-topping second album, sold-out gigs and a growing reputation in Britain and the USSat Dec 16 2023 - 05:15
Reacher season two review: cracking plot and a payload of thrills, spills and bruised limbsTelevision: Forget Tom Cruise, this Reacher is big, great fun and as subtle as a punch to the jawFri Dec 15 2023 - 15:04
Ireland AM’s AI-powered special review: It’s the Morning Show meets The TerminatorTV review: What makes it to the screen is equal parts twee and hellish – it is telling just how much AI still gets wrongThu Dec 14 2023 - 14:54
The Crown’s final episodes review: A thudding close with all the panache of an old Spitting Image sketchNetflix series finale's most remarkable aspect is that it has so much of the queenThu Dec 14 2023 - 13:11
Prince Andrew: Banished – Excruciating viewing of a spoiled child who grew into a spoiled young manTelevision: A reminder of how lucky we are to be spared a carnival as grotesque and outmoded as the British royaltyWed Dec 13 2023 - 11:48
I’m a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!: Is this year’s series a sign the show is sinking into irrelevance?Television: Should ITV have given Nigel Farage, the former leader of Ukip and the Brexit Party, airtime in the reality show?Mon Dec 11 2023 - 19:00
Bros and cons: can Grand Theft Auto VI trailer reinvent the franchise?The inclusion of a female protagonist suggests the video game’s makers are aware the industry has moved onSat Dec 09 2023 - 06:00
Gregory Porter: ‘I remember my brothers protesting – eating after the bums! My mother was showing us how to live’Grammy-nominated jazz singer’s new LP is a Christmas album with a difference, a meditation on family, love and lossSat Dec 09 2023 - 05:30
Man vs Ocean: There is no Hollywood ending for these two Galway friendsTelevision: Unflinching documentary follows former rugby player Damian Browne and friend Fergus Farrell as they attempt to traverse the AtlanticThu Dec 07 2023 - 09:47
Scannal: The Disappearance of Mary Boyle - ‘It pulled the family apart’Television: Documentary is portal to a different Ireland where helicopter parenting had yet to be inventedWed Dec 06 2023 - 11:55
