Subscriber OnlyOliver Callan gets acidic about the Orange OrderRadio: The Radio 1 presenter is in jolly form during outside broadcasts, while Ray D’Arcy shows his serious sideBy Mick HeaneyFri Jul 18 2025 - 05:10
Subscriber OnlyListen to the Land Speak review: A meandering love letter to a half-forgotten Ireland Television: Manchán Magan’s latest documentary is set against the backdrop of his stage four cancer diagnosis By Ed PowerThu Jul 17 2025 - 23:10
FilmFour Letters of Love review: Every interior in this preposterous film suggests an Irish theme pub in 1990s Basingstoke Pierce Brosnan, Helena Bonham Carter and Gabriel Byrne team up with antique spinning-wheels, nuns and vowels from all 32 counties
CultureFrench town withdraws music festival funding over Kneecap bookingThe Belfast rap trio are scheduled to play on the final day of the Rock-en-Seine festival
MusicConnie Francis: Don’t Break the Heart that Loves You singer dies aged 87Francis dominated 1950s and 1960s pop with sobbing ballads and up-tempo soft-rock
What did you do if you were young, Irish and idealistic 60 years ago? Join the missionsUnthinkable: Irish missionaries have left an example of positive evangelisation, even if we are seeing the last of themBy Joe Humphreys
MusicThe Music Quiz: Which Co Meath town is mentioned in CMAT’s song The Jamie Oliver Petrol Station?
Connie Francis: Don’t Break the Heart that Loves You singer dies aged 87Francis dominated 1950s and 1960s pop with sobbing ballads and up-tempo soft-rockBy William Grimes
The Murder Capital at Iveagh Gardens in Dublin: Stage times, ticket information, support acts and more The Murder Capital play Dublin’s Iveagh Gardens on Saturday, July 19thBy Cian O'Connell and Hosanna Boulter
New Irish albums reviewed: Sons of Southern Ulster, Poor Creature, Darragh Morgan, The Swell Season and California Irish July 2025 releases include Through the Bridewell Gate, All Smiles Tonight, Forward and moreBy Tony Clayton-Lea
Damien Dempsey at Iveagh Gardens: Euphoric crowd revels in ‘summer singsong’ Honest, impassioned singer gives a powerful performance on a warm evening in DublinBy Martin Doyle
Peter Kay in Dublin review: This is a greatest hits tour, which is fine for those that love itA night of karaoke and ‘remember when’ comedy – but jokes rooted in British culture jokes don’t always landBy Cian O'Connell
Wet Leg: Moisturizer review – Furious guitars, hummable melodies and pure, uncomplicated joy By Ed Power
Galway Film Fleadh 2025: The big winners at the hottest festival in memory, including Gerry Adams basking in adulatory sunshineGerry Adams’ film and Trevor Birney’s The Negotiator show subjects in sympathetic lightBy Donald Clarke
Pierce Brosnan’s 11 most memorable movie roles – in reverse orderThe common reduction of Brosnan to ‘Bond actor’ distracts from a busier and better CV than the casual observer might guessBy Donald Clarke
Four Letters of Love review: Every interior in this preposterous film suggests an Irish theme pub in 1990s Basingstoke By Donald Clarke
Friendship review: This twisted buddy-buddy movie is funny but not much fun By Donald Clarke
Electric Spark: The Enigma of Muriel Spark – a fitting tribute to a writer who found comedy in the blackest cornersFrances Wilson’s sly, unsentimental biography hews closely to its subject’s spiritBy Mei Chin
Old Kiln by Jia Pingwa: An unforgettable masterpiece depicting rural China during the Cultural RevolutionOld Kiln ought to consolidate Pingwa’s reputation as a writer of international importanceBy Rónán Hession
Oliver Callan gets acidic about the Orange OrderRadio: The Radio 1 presenter is in jolly form during outside broadcasts, while Ray D’Arcy shows his serious sideBy Mick Heaney
Listen to the Land Speak review: A meandering love letter to a half-forgotten Ireland Television: Manchán Magan’s latest documentary is set against the backdrop of his stage four cancer diagnosis By Ed Power
Séamas O’Reilly: Apple TV+ has Julia Roberts, Tom Hanks and God, but is anybody watching?Foundation is genre storytelling at its richest, while Murderbot is smart-as-a-tack pulp sci-fiBy Séamas O'Reilly
Mix Tape review: Unspools like a glorified cover version of Sally Rooney’s Normal People Television: Set in Sheffield but filmed in Dublin, the story hangs on the implausible premise of a rekindled teenage crushBy Ed Power
Mikel Murfi’s underwater production is surely one of the most unusual, intriguing and oddly life-enhancing things aboutGalway International Arts Festival 2025: Oh…. is gob-smackingly skilledBy Deirdre Falvey
Riders to the Sea and Macbeth: A magnificent horror unbalancing natureTheatre: Druid’s Galway International Arts Festival double billBy Chris McCormack
Sam Gilliam: Sewing Fields review – At Imma, an outstanding experimentalist’s work takes over three floors This Irish Museum of Modern Art exhibition shows how the US artist’s prodigious style drew its power from his innovative, multidisciplinary approachBy Tom Lordan
‘As Johnny Depp says, if Pacino comes to you and says do something it’s better you do it’Riccardo Scamarcio, star of Modigliani: Three Days on the Wing of Madness, on its unusual genesisBy Donald Clarke
