Slowdive: ‘I became very disenchanted, having met a lot of the journalists. It was the idiots who gave us bad reviews’The shoegaze luminaries on confounding those 1990s critics, the weird Creation years and their fifth albumSat Aug 26 2023 - 05:30
Keep It a Secret: Point Break meets Father Ted film is window to an Ireland largely erased from historyPoint Break meets Father Ted film is window to an Ireland largely erased from historyFri Aug 25 2023 - 07:56
Ahsoka: Rosario Dawson stars in an enjoyable return to lightsaber-wielding first principlesTelevision: For Star Wars fans and Disney executives alike, this series is a new hope worth cheering onWed Aug 23 2023 - 11:33
Ben Schwab: ‘To be in your 70s and see your music reissued on Spotify – it’s a trip for my dad’Sylvie’s music honours the dreamy soft pop of 1970s California, including Mad Anthony, the group Schwab’s father took a shot at the big time withTue Aug 22 2023 - 05:00
Tommy Jessop Goes to Hollywood: A talented and driven role model – why won’t anyone give him a job?Television: As Jessop pushes for greater representation, the feelgood quality of this show continues to the endMon Aug 21 2023 - 22:00
Blessed are the geeks. We have inherited the EarthThe 20,000 people who attended last weekend’s Dublin Comic Con were living proof that nerd culture has gone mainstreamFri Aug 18 2023 - 05:30
At Home with the Furys: Packed lunches, camping trips ... A €200m boxer’s suprisingly normal lifestyleTelevision: Netflix’s breezy fly-on-the-wall documentary leaves Tyson Fury’s mental-health challenges – and Irish heritage – largely in the shadowsWed Aug 16 2023 - 10:17
Henpocalypse!: A bash, bawdy chortle-fest with a sliver of ice in its soulTelevision: A hen party has to survive on chocolate penises as civilisation collapses in Caroline Moran’s offbeat comedy horror seriesTue Aug 15 2023 - 22:30
Arushi Jain: ‘They didn’t understand the language. I was taken aback – I felt not a part of this system’The producer and composer was shocked when she arrived in the US from India. Her music explores the challenges of immigrant identityTue Aug 15 2023 - 05:09
In the Name of Gerry Conlon: Horrifying revelations about Britain’s treatment of the Guildford FourTelevision: Italian photographer Lorenzo Moscia’s documentary is a striking portrait of someone who lost everythingMon Aug 14 2023 - 22:45
‘When we left Donegal, I spent my whole school year yearning to go back’Hannah Peel’s Mercury-nominated Fir Wave, her Dancing at Lughnasa soundtrack, her Game of Thrones score – all are illuminated by a longing that folds into how she feels about IrelandSat Aug 12 2023 - 01:15
Painkiller: Matthew Broderick goes for broke in this queasy take on the Sacklers’ Purdue Pharma horror showTelevision: Hard not to feel Netflix’s take on an American tragedy verges on being in poor tasteThu Aug 10 2023 - 09:33
Only Murders in the Building: Meryl Streep steals the show, riffing off Steve Martin and Martin ShortTelevision: Third time out, this giddy whodunit has not lost its charmWed Aug 09 2023 - 08:59
Laura Whitmore Investigates: ‘I was the victim of a stalking incident ... It was scary’Television: The Irish TV presenter mixes empathy and journalistic verve in these frank and sometimes shocking documentariesWed Aug 09 2023 - 06:00
Iggy Pop at All Together Now: untamed, cathartic and still refusing to play by the rulesAmerican singer brings down the curtain at Curraghmore in a blaze of gnarled, playful gloryMon Aug 07 2023 - 11:48
Lorde at All Together Now: Knockout performance underscores singer’s star power‘It’s such a privilege to come back here,’ says the artist. ‘My dad is Irish’Mon Aug 07 2023 - 09:24
Billie Eilish’s last Electric Picnic appearance drew the biggest crowd in the festival’s history. But things have changed The 21-year-old singer has certainly inherited a very Irish melancholy: ‘My one wish is to not take things for granted’Mon Aug 07 2023 - 05:00
Max Richter and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra at All Together Now: Pure joyWith summer finally arriving at the festival, Richter brings all four seasons, remixed and wonderfulSun Aug 06 2023 - 20:29
All Together Now: Homage paid to Sinéad O’Connor at Waterford festivalThe mood was celebration rather than grief as artists performed covers of the singer’s hitsSun Aug 06 2023 - 20:00
Lisa O’Neill at All Together Now: Folk singer pays thoughtful tribute to Sinéad O’Connor All Together Now 2023: ‘I loved her … Sinéad got into trouble but it was the right kind of trouble’Sat Aug 05 2023 - 21:26
The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart: Sigourney Weaver is magnificently aloof in hypnotic show that gets under your skinTelevision: This adaptation of Holly Ringland’s bestseller is as grim as anything and beautifully absurdFri Aug 04 2023 - 16:49
Dara Ó Briain takes on the moon and the places ‘Irish people know but the British seem never to have heard of’Television: The Irish comedian’s new show, Wonders of the Moon, has the gently rambling quality of a lecture conveyed by a funny, eccentric professorTue Aug 01 2023 - 22:00
Noël Browne had a vision for a healthy, compassionate Ireland. The church and the medical profession blocked himTelevision: Alan Gilsenan’s film The Seven Ages of Noel Browne profiles the ‘problematic’ minister, champion of the mother-and-child schemeMon Jul 31 2023 - 23:10
Dot Allison: ‘My name comes at the end of the credits – a bit of everyday sexism’The Scottish singer had her moment in the pop spotlight almost three decades ago, but her music continues to delight and inspireSat Jul 29 2023 - 05:00
Good Omens: Neil Gaiman’s bromance is as silly as a vicar in a tutu – and perfect escapismTelevision: Michael Sheen and David Tennant return in a second season that benefits from plenty of fun, and surprisingly gory, plot paddingFri Jul 28 2023 - 06:43
Sinéad O’Connor’s 10 most important songs: From Mandinka to The Skye Boat SongThe one constant in Sinéad O’Connor’s musical journey was her refusal to be pinned downThu Jul 27 2023 - 13:50
The Girl from Plainville: A teenage friendship, a suicide and a mission to untangle the truthElle Fanning is excellent as real-life Michelle Carter, whose relationship with Conrad Roy ended tragicallyWed Jul 26 2023 - 23:00
Bethany Cosentino: ‘It’s tough not to grab on to things an absolute stranger says about you’The musician, formerly half of Best Coast, is indie-rock royalty. That doesn’t mean she has had an easy rideWed Jul 26 2023 - 05:15
Women’s World Cup: Before Ireland v Canada, it’s time to settle the clash of the songs Sweetlemondae’s Turn the World and Zrazy’s Come on Ireland will be blaring out today. Which is better?Wed Jul 26 2023 - 05:00
Million Dollar Pigeons review: ‘Two million dollars? Relax, mate. It’s a pigeon’Million Dollar Pigeons never gets its feathers in a flap as it shows how pigeon racing has gone from backyard pursuit to cash-rich industryMon Jul 24 2023 - 23:25
Fifteen-Love: Ella Lily Hyland and Aidan Turner are searing together in this gripping tennis dramaTelevision: Hyland plays a tennis wunderkind fallen on hard times, with Turner as her slimy former coach, in this Prime Video seriesMon Jul 24 2023 - 08:09
Georgia: ‘My drinking got quite heavy over lockdown’On new album Euphoric, a big, emotion-filled pop odyssey, the musician sheds that bleakness and lives in the momentSat Jul 22 2023 - 05:00
This TV show’s title made some contributors quit. But it’s a grippingly heartfelt filmTelevision: In Am I a R*tard? the comedian Rosie Jones lays bare the abuse she faces every day because of her disabilityThu Jul 20 2023 - 23:05
Aslan’s final song with Christy Dignam: The Fields Of Athenry - uninhibited and emotiveReview: Band bring epic polish to the last ever recording with Dignam, whose vocals give the release a shiny stadium rock glossThu Jul 20 2023 - 16:00
The Bear: When Jamie Lee Curtis and Olivia Colman sign up for cameos, you know you’ve hit the big time Television: Back for a second season, Disney+’s surprise hit sticks to the recipe that sustained the first seriesWed Jul 19 2023 - 02:00
The Murdochs: Empire of Influence – A crash course in relentless ambition Television: If Succession’s Roys were a nasty bunch, their real-world equivalents are no less ruthlessTue Jul 18 2023 - 23:20
The Sixth Commandment: Éanna Hardwicke gives a masterclass in creepy understatementTelevision: Irish actor plays the murderer Ben Field, who inveigled his way into the lives of two vulnerable older peopleMon Jul 17 2023 - 22:00
It’s the first post-Paxman University Challenge. The smarty-pants students are still hereTelevision: Amol Rajan becomes only the third host in the quizshow’s 61 years – a bit like The Late Late Show without the payments controversyMon Jul 17 2023 - 21:00
Morrissey in Dublin review: There’s a surprise towards the end of this cathartically cranky gigAt the first of two sold-out Vicar Street gigs, flashes of the controversial singer’s old drollness emerge between moments of trolling ireSun Jul 16 2023 - 10:22
Forever Young Festival 2023: Stage times, full line-up, ticket info, weather forecasts and moreEverything you need to know about the music festival at Palmerstown House Estate, Kildare, on Friday, July 14th to Sunday, July 16thSat Jul 15 2023 - 14:27
Foundation: Set phasers to Overambitious – season two is like Game of Thrones on psychedelicsTelevision: Naked robot wrestling sets the scene for the new season of Apple’s daft take on Isaac Asimov’s sci-fi sagaFri Jul 14 2023 - 12:06
The Waterboys in Dublin review: Preshow nerves, then Mike Scott’s dewy-eyed stomper lights up the nightThe first of two sold-out concerts at the Iveagh Gardens is a home-town triumphFri Jul 14 2023 - 10:43
‘The British are always the heroes. That isn’t the reality’: English radio host discovers his Irish rootsUK radio presenter Dev Griffin digs into an Irish revolutionary past in Who Do You Think You Are?Thu Jul 13 2023 - 22:00
Tubridy at Oireachtas: By the final curtain, the eyes are red, the mouth pursed. ‘It’s all changed now’Television review: Tubridy has two settings – super-jaunty and hyper-sincere. Nobody wanted jauntiness so the hyper-sincerity bubbled upTue Jul 11 2023 - 20:38
Dairy’s Dirty Secret: A squealing calf is tossed, terrified, into a truck. First-rank reporting shows what happens nextRTÉ Investigates: Milking It is a grisly exposé of the mistreatment of livestock in parts of the Irish dairy industryMon Jul 10 2023 - 22:30
A Spy Among Friends: fascinating portrayal of well-connected British chaps realising their days are numberedWhile the espionage thriller never goes entirely James Bond, the real-life tale of skulduggery in the British intelligence services is slow burnerSun Jul 09 2023 - 22:15
Lana Del Rey in Dublin: ‘I’m sorry I didn’t give you enough notice’An ecstatic performance doubles as full-throttle love-in with the anti-Adele in the 3ArenaSat Jul 08 2023 - 09:40
Waiting for news on Taylor Swift tickets is the stadium pop version of the Hunger GamesEd Power: Only a percentage of those who registered with Ticketmaster will be ‘selected’ for a ‘purchase link’ to – potentially! – nab one. It’s a far cry from sleeping bags outside HMVWed Jul 05 2023 - 12:34
Wham! on Netflix: Two ordinary boys mucking around who happened to write some of the greatest pop songs ever Television: The story of George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley’s rise to pop stardom may lack a neat finish, but it is great fun and brims with teenage nostalgiaWed Jul 05 2023 - 11:15
The Heiress and the Heist: Rose Dugdale was a figure almost too riotous for real lifeBritish debutante turned IRA armed robber reminds us how during The Troubles truth was routinely stranger than fictionTue Jul 04 2023 - 22:30
