Holly Humberstone: ‘I have to look nice, or my album isn’t going to sell. The same rules don’t apply for dudes’The singer was still at school when the BBC discovered her. By 2024 she was opening for Taylor Swift – yet she still doesn’t have the music industry all figured out, she saysSun Apr 12 2026 - 05:22
Tomora: Come Closer review – Mesmerising melding of minds between Tom Rowlands and AuroraGlittering, supersized dance juggernaut fuses the Chemical Brother’s propulsive electronica and the Norwegian’s icy, eerie singing and productionFri Apr 10 2026 - 15:48
Intinní Áille – Beautiful Minds: A thoughtful RTÉ documentary on adult neurodivergenceRóisín Ní Thomáin explores whether she may be neurodivergent and hears from parents seeking support for autistic childrenThu Apr 09 2026 - 22:45
The Pitt review: A supremely tense and addictively terse drama. It’s like ER minus George ClooneyTelevision: Starring Noah Wyle, The Pitt bears a jarring resemblance to the joys of the Irish medical systemThu Apr 09 2026 - 11:23
Ronan Keating’s Wild Atlantic review: The singer’s grief is raw and real during his travels Television: Sightseeing takes a back seat as Keating talks about his brother Ciarán, who died in 2023Wed Apr 08 2026 - 14:36
Belle and Sebastian in Dublin review: A warm, wistful hug of a show from 1990s indie heroesAt the 3Olympia, the Scottish band insult Trump, quote Churchill and serve up winning qualities of nostalgia in charming anniversary concertMon Apr 06 2026 - 14:47
Shaun Ryder: ‘Bez and I have had a sexless marriage for 32 years. I’m with him all the time’The Happy Mondays frontman on living in Ireland, the band’s drug-fuelled Madchester years, and being back on tourSun Apr 05 2026 - 05:23
The Young Offenders on BBC One: Lowbrow gags sitting neatly between Benny Hill and Mrs Brown’s BoysTelevision: The cast is outstanding, Cork looks great – what a tragedy this can’t aspire to more than old-school British sitcom in a Cork jerseyFri Apr 03 2026 - 21:58
Dermot Kennedy: The Weight of the Woods review – A landslide of dude dirgesThe Irish star’s album is a missed opportunity. As the wonderful Turnstile makes plain, he should be making more indie rock with a pep in its stepFri Apr 03 2026 - 00:01
Race across the World: Irish dad and daughter enter derring-do spirit of amiable travel showIn tense times, geopolitically speaking, there is an undeniable pleasure in watching people embrace the stress and excitement of travelThu Apr 02 2026 - 20:30
Babies on BBC One: Siobhán Cullen is quietly searing in beautifully made show suffused with dreadTelevision: Series is to be applauded for sensitively addressing the anguish of being unable to have a child and the related pain of miscarriageMon Mar 30 2026 - 19:00
Searows: ‘Finding out Gracie Abrams was a fan gave me impostor syndrome’Gender isn’t a defining force in Alec Duckart’s music; it’s part of who he is, not something he thinks about every time he picks up a guitarSat Mar 28 2026 - 19:00
Robyn: Sexistential review – Breathtaking, beautifully bittersweet popSexistential is less a celebration of sexuality than a meditation on Robyn’s changing relationship with her physicality and her sensualityFri Mar 27 2026 - 11:26
Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen taps into what we all know: our other half’s family is weird The Duffer brothers’ new show, featuring Camila Morrone and Adam DiMarco as a couple en route to their wedding, is stylish, witty and terrifyingThu Mar 26 2026 - 07:00
Stephen Colbert will co-write a new Lord of the Rings film. What thumpingly grim newsLord of the Rings: Shadow of the Past: please don’t do to The Lord of the Rings what Saruman did to the ShireWed Mar 25 2026 - 13:00
Dry Cleaning: ‘We’re all such Gilla Band fans. We gave them some of the trickier songs’Florence Shaw and Lewis Maynard talk soap, Taylor Swift and recording some of Mercury Prize shortlist-tipped Secret Love in DublinTue Mar 24 2026 - 19:00
Luke Combs: The Way I Am review – Everydude cliches mixed into the sorriest country-rock schmaltzEnough is never enough for the country star Luke Combs, whose tiresome new LP runs down the clock with a patience-testing 22 tracksTue Mar 24 2026 - 15:05
Lisa Kudrow’s Valerie Cherish is one of the great cringe-comedy creations this side of David BrentHBO’s blackly comic The Comeback is a perfect vehicle for the former Phoebe Buffay in FriendsTue Mar 24 2026 - 12:52
Cheap European Homes on RTÉ One: A rare property show that doesn’t feel out of touchTelevision: Maggie Molloy is down-to-earth and seems to appreciate that she is helping people meet a basic need in their lifeMon Mar 23 2026 - 08:49
The Other Bennet Sister on BBC One: A love letter to outsiders, introverts and people who don’t fit inTelevision: Hooray for weirdos who live inside their heads – and for this sly, pointed deconstruction of the costume drama industrial complexFri Mar 20 2026 - 06:00
Welcome to Moore Street on RTÉ One: Unflinching documentary raises questions on how Dublin is administeredTelevision: Shuttered stalls, plunging footfall, drug addiction and lawlessness – it’s a wonder this wasn’t called Farewell to Moore StreetThu Mar 19 2026 - 22:45
Imperfect Women on Apple TV: Flaws here are clunky scripting and an implausible plotA tale of lies, female friendship and dreadful men set in upper-middle-class California that somehow doesn’t feature Nicole KidmanThu Mar 19 2026 - 06:00
Glenroe, Bosco, Mrs Brown’s Boys: The best and worst Irish TV shows ever madePut your feet up as we bring you the best of Irish television – and then take a deep breath as we run through the worstTue Mar 17 2026 - 05:09
Feel-good ending to Dancing with the Stars as Katelyn Cummins claims the crownKatelyn Cummins claims the Dancing with the Stars crownSun Mar 15 2026 - 21:20
James Blake: Trying Times review – Quietly mesmerising comedown album with no bottom floor, only endless depthsOn his first LP since going independent, James Blake blends stillness and beauty with quietly roiling rageFri Mar 13 2026 - 12:04
Iron Ladies: Gripping insight into Cold War and pursuit of justice by Irish Jewish womenTelevision: Slice-of-life memories a stark reminder of arbitrary cruelty of former Soviet UnionThu Mar 12 2026 - 22:45
Woman of Substance on Channel 4: Emmett Scanlan steals show in bodice-ripping romp with strong Irish castTelevision: There hasn’t been so much exposed flesh since a heatwave at Bray seafront in MayThu Mar 12 2026 - 16:34
Louis Theroux – Inside the Manosphere: A tentative dip into the world of toxic masculinityTelevision: Documentary often feels like conversation on misogyny without any input from the victimsWed Mar 11 2026 - 06:00
Laufey at 3Arena review: Gen Z sensation splits the G as she pays tribute to IrelandLaufey brings an old-school sound thrillingly up to date during an evening of jazz-tinged joyMon Mar 09 2026 - 10:04
Dancing with the Stars review: A ludicrous decision hits the contest’s credibility Paudie Moloney has had an open-ended get-out-of-jail-free card in the RTÉ competitionSun Mar 08 2026 - 21:50
The Scratch: ‘They want to decide what you can say on stage. Where do you draw the line?’The trad-metal Irish band on solidarity between artists, the Hoxton Hotel protests and why success for other groups is ‘a lovely thing to see’Sat Mar 07 2026 - 05:28
DTF St Louis review: David Harbour and Jason Bateman excel in this quirky whodunitTelevision: Refreshing new series appears to exist in a parallel reality, a trend of elevated quirkiness now quietly voguish in US televisionFri Mar 06 2026 - 15:16
Dour, charmless and intermittently tuneful: Yes, it’s Morrissey, pop’s tarnished ‘greatest lyricist’Make-Up Is a Lie is a long way short of The Smiths, but it’s merely bad-tempered and argumentative rather than actively offensiveFri Mar 06 2026 - 05:32
Could Jessie Buckley’s ‘problematic’ anti-cat vibes scupper her Oscar bid?Let’s hope a re-emergence of the actor’s bold declaration that she doesn’t like cats won’t mean she faces kitty karma on Oscar nightThu Mar 05 2026 - 05:00
Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally review: Harry Styles’ new album is a retro letdownWith Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally, Harry Styles genuinely wants to push forward creatively, but the results are more honourable pastiche than profound artistic statementWed Mar 04 2026 - 05:00
Home of the Year review: The late Hugh Wallace gives it socks in poignant return of this fun series Television: In the wake of the unexpected death of the chummy and clubbable Wallace, it is wonderful to see the architect on screen one final timeTue Mar 03 2026 - 19:45
Goodman – Too Big to Fail: A riveting portal to the world of Charles Haughey, cheap suits and bad hairTelevision: Just as Larry Goodman symbolised something bigger than the 1980s beef industry, so this film symbolises more than a corporation’s rise and fallMon Mar 02 2026 - 22:15
Dancing with the Stars review: Something feels amiss in the dance-off picksAs rower Philip Doyle crashes out, could Paudie Moloney have a shot at the Glitterball Trophy?Sun Mar 01 2026 - 21:33
A trip through the masochist’s paradise that is the League of Ireland First Division The stadiums are remote and the crowds are sparse, but all who attend are strengthened by the experienceFri Feb 27 2026 - 13:00
Kneecap: Fenian – Never mind the outrage, here’s the brilliantly catchy five-star albumFirst listen review: Kneecap’s second record captures the glee and giddiness of their live performancesFri Feb 27 2026 - 11:42
Gorillaz: The Mountain – beautifully tender record with a sad smile plastered to its faceDamon Albarn looks past western music for inspiration but album never sounds like the meanderings of a touristFri Feb 27 2026 - 05:16
Legacy of Monsters on Apple: Kurt Russell versus Godzilla is perfect B-movie escapismTelevision: Lead star is obviously having the time of his life as he squares up to Godzilla, Kong and palsFri Feb 27 2026 - 04:00
Scrubs on Disney+ review: Older, sadder, and moderately wiser – but with its funny bone intactTelevision: Previously zany cast are now in the trenches of middle age and finding Gen Z even more annoying than our heroes were 25 years agoThu Feb 26 2026 - 06:00
Young Sherlock star Dónal Finn: Why I turned Holmes’s enemy Moriarty into a Kerry manDon’t be surprised if Guy Ritchie’s new series catapults the young Cork actor into being Ireland’s next acting superstarTue Feb 24 2026 - 05:17
AI Confidential with Hannah Fry: A stark message about the shadowy side of machine intelligenceTelevision: Absorbing first episode of three-part series explores ominous possibility that AI isn’t so much stealing our jobs, as our soulsMon Feb 23 2026 - 21:15
Dancing with the Stars review: Dear Irish Voting Public, please take a long, hard look at yourselfFront-runner Jordan Dargan faces a second dance-off in two weeks as Stephanie Kelly departsSun Feb 22 2026 - 21:41
Stereolab at NCH review: Eloquent Anglo-French favourites rise to the occasionLaconic frontwoman Laetitia Sadier and her bandmates put on a clever and wondrous Dublin show with danceable grooves and art-rock jamsSun Feb 22 2026 - 14:10
Mumford & Sons: Prizefighter – song with Hozier is one of the few rousing momentsGroup return to the hoedown mother lode for their well-intentioned if fizz-free sixth albumFri Feb 20 2026 - 05:25
RTÉ crime drama Kin is returning, and it can’t come soon enough Kin gave RTÉ of its biggest ratings hits since its previous big crime show, Love/HateThu Feb 19 2026 - 06:00
56 days review: One of the worst things I’ve ever watched, and I loved itGo into this expecting a conventionally well-put-together mystery, and you’ll be underwhelmed. Buckle up for a hysterically soapy thrill rideWed Feb 18 2026 - 15:50
