Neven’s Coastal Food Trails review: A simple dish prepared exceedingly well by the most easy-going TV chef
Television: Neven Maguire just wants to get out in the air and see bits of Ireland, and the result is a treat
Waterloo Road review: Unflinching look at the twin hellscapes of adolescence and school struggles
Television: British soaps can be hit or miss for Irish audiences but growing up is an ordeal everywhere
Nilüfer Yanya: ‘People are really harsh towards female or female-presenting artists. Especially the big pop ones’
After a decade of resisting the not-so-subtle pressures that women in the music industry face, the singer is more determined than ever to stick to her guns
Snow Patrol’s Gary Lightbody: ‘I was using alcohol to drown all kinds of different things in me. I didn’t have anything else’
Snow Patrol frontman hasn’t forgiven himself for letting down the people in his life. But the band’s new album is a far cry from its angst-ridden predecessor
The Perfect Couple review: Eve Hewson aside, this White Lotus-esque thriller is exhausting stuff
Television: Dublin actor more than holds her own against big stars such as Nicole Kidman and Liev Schreiber
Dermot Bannon’s Super Spaces review: Starchitect lights up the screen like sunlight through a megabucks extension
Television: New series exploring ‘spaces where we work, live, socialise’ occasionally lacks sensitivity in this housing crisis era
In My Own Words review: Billy Connolly retains his twinkle in affecting and celebratory documentary
Television: Scottish comedian is both emotional and phlegmatic as he looks back on his life and career
Dead and Buried review: Entertaining, cheesy and 100% bonkers escapist thriller
Television: Colin Bateman adaptation of his Border-based play Bag For Life offers everything you need from a bit of Monday night nonsense
The Boy That Never Was review: new RTÉ thriller turns urban Ireland into the most depressing place in the universe
Television review: Despite a potentially intriguing premise, this adaptation of a Karen Perry novel is another failure by the national broadcaster to make a decent potboiler
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2 review – The good news is that the wonky Irish accents are gone
Television: The Rings of Power is still hugely flawed attempt to turn Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings into Star Wars with staves
Mincéir review: A contemplative work of art rather than a nuts-and-bolts documentary
Television: The defining tone is sadness in this moving programme as Traveller songs, folklore and historic footage are blended with present-day testimony
Stolen review: Powerful and unflinching documentary on the mother and baby homes
Television: Documentary chronicles the evil of the homes while respecting the victims by letting eyewitnesses speak for themselves
The Misinvestigations of Romesh Ranganathan: Who killed Tupac Shakur? This fascinating film investigates
Television: The sardonic comedian, a lifelong hip-hop fan, retraces the rapper’s route on the night he was shot in Las Vegas
James Blunt at Collins Barracks: Yes, it’s frequently cheesy, but the high notes puncture the Dublin gloom
Performance brims with banter, but the gags never eclipse the hits
New Zealand’s Keely O’Grady wins Rose of Tralee 2024: ‘I can’t really put it into words. I’m shaking so much’
Television: ‘What I’m most looking forward to is doing this for my country as an International Rose. We’ve only had two New Zealand Roses. It means a lot to me’