The Guards: Inside the K – Policing in Ireland, but not as we know itTV review: An unflinching depiction of what gardaí are up against on our meanest streetsWed Mar 04 2020 - 22:00
What is it in the Irish character that compels us to secrecy?RTÉ’s Redress: Breaking the Silence was a brave and often unwatchable documentaryWed Mar 04 2020 - 12:01
Dancing with the Stars: Mary Kennedy eliminated in knuckle-whitening conclusionAs quarter-finals loom, this is turning into the Hunger Games with bonus face glitterSun Mar 01 2020 - 22:35
Soccer Mommy: no longer on the sidelinesPoised for stardom, Sophie Allison talks songwriting, politics and the music industrySat Feb 29 2020 - 05:00
Gawping at other Irish people’s houses. It’s who we areIn Home of the Year, three experts pass judgment on architecturally ambitious housesWed Feb 26 2020 - 12:24
Better Call Saul: The best drama on television is backIn season five, episode one, the Breaking Bad prequel immediately rediscovers its grooveTue Feb 25 2020 - 18:00
Blood: A disappointing journey into the Irish psychosphereSecond season struggles to set heart pumping despite ever-watchable Adrian DunbarTue Feb 25 2020 - 17:00
Doctor Who landed in 1950s rural Ireland last night. The fiddles never stoppedThe Doctor’s Irish foray is the sci-fi equivalent of a postcard of a donkey at a stone wallMon Feb 24 2020 - 12:00
Dancing with the Stars: Shock exit for teary-eyed Sinéad O’CarrollB*Witched singer’s magic spell breaks as judges send Lottie Ryan throughSun Feb 23 2020 - 21:50
EastEnders reaches peak absurdity with a 35th anniversary shipwreckThe special episode is a cut-price version of the Titanic movie, with added melodramaFri Feb 21 2020 - 22:46
Hunters: There’s not enough Al Pacino in this absurd, overheated Nazi hunter dramaTV review: Hunters founders under a dead weight of recycled Quentin Tarantino-ismsFri Feb 21 2020 - 06:00
Love Island: Since Caroline Flack’s death it has become utterly unwatchableThe contestants don’t know of Flack’s suicide. The reality show is now utterly unrealThu Feb 20 2020 - 10:18
David Baddiel comes to Ennis to meet a Holocaust denierFor the BBC’s Confronting Holocaust Denial, David Baddiel meets Dermot Mulqueen in Co ClareTue Feb 18 2020 - 10:57
Dancing with the Stars has hit Father Ted levels of farceFr Ray Kelly’s protective halo means frontrunner Sinéad O’Carroll is put through the wringerSun Feb 16 2020 - 22:34
Billie Eilish’s No Time to Die Bond theme: a slow stomper that flubs the 007 testGoth popster should be perfect for Daniel Craig’s 007, but her song doesn’t quite earn its licence to thrillFri Feb 14 2020 - 09:01
A Very British History: ‘I heard chants supporting the IRA. My blood boiled’BBC Four’s account of the Birmingham Irish lives in the shadow of violent republicanismWed Feb 12 2020 - 22:00
The Pale Horse: Deliciously atmospheric Agatha Christie adaptationReview: Her work is perfect for TV. This drama, though flawed, manages not to muck it upSun Feb 09 2020 - 22:30
Dancing With The Stars: Same-sex celeb-pro performances are a first for Ireland and UK‘I’ve never been so nervous in my life,’ says Brian Dowling of his ‘incredibly brave’ moveSun Feb 09 2020 - 00:30
How did Stuart Lubbock end up dead in Michael Barrymore’s pool?TV review: Barrymore – The Body in the Pool is unbearable to watch, impossible not to watchThu Feb 06 2020 - 22:50
The Righteous Gemstones: Pitch-black humour on Sky ComedySky’s new comedy channel includes #MeToo-themed series of Curb Your EnthusiasmWed Feb 05 2020 - 21:30
Herstory: The Limerick woman who was a pioneering aviatorTV review: A profile of a remarkable woman, but this documentary stutters more than it soarsMon Feb 03 2020 - 21:00
Dancing with the Stars: Why are people voting for Fr Ray Kelly?TV review: Michael Carruth knocked out as pirouetting padre survives to unnerve us againSun Feb 02 2020 - 22:00
Farage: The Man Who Made Brexit – The cringe factor reaches critical massTV review: The arch-Brexiteer is becoming a footnote in his own cruelly compelling storyThu Jan 30 2020 - 11:53
Justin Bieber: Seasons – Tedious day-to-day existence captured in all its $20m gloryTV review: Five minutes of the star’s $20m series will cure your Bieber fever for goodWed Jan 29 2020 - 15:55
Belsen: Our Story. ‘There must be a purpose in surviving. Mine is to speak about it’TV review: Belsen’s ageing survivors are not phlegmatic or philosophical about what happenedTue Jan 28 2020 - 22:00
‘I’m not trashy,’ says Meghan Markle’s dad in trashy documentaryTV review: A programme about Thomas Markle: is as tawdry as you might imagineMon Jan 27 2020 - 14:02
Dancing with the Stars: Glenda Gilson sinks like TitanicSomehow, against all logic, Fr Ray Kelly stays afloat. He can’t survive much longerSun Jan 26 2020 - 22:51
Poliça's Channy Leaneagh: ‘The fall really woke me up’Time out after breaking her back led the art-pop band's singer to make a very different albumSat Jan 25 2020 - 05:00
The Goop Lab: One episode is about the vulva. I’ll probably watch that with my parentsIn Gwyneth Paltrow’s new Netflix series, Goop HQ could be straight out of Black MirrorFri Jan 24 2020 - 13:12
Avenue 5: Armando Iannucci’s space comedy is terribleTV review: Imagine Veep if the jokes were bunged in an airlock and blasted into the voidThu Jan 23 2020 - 16:28
Star Trek: Picard review – Patrick Stewart has never been betterPicard isn’t perfect. But it’s keen on its mission and reverential towards Trek loreThu Jan 23 2020 - 15:38
Leaders’ debate: For one dramatic moment, the Taoiseach is like a rabbit in headlightsTV review: There are no knockouts, or even punches, in this gentle game of political gotchaThu Jan 23 2020 - 00:10
Dr Eva’s Great Escape is everything Dermot Bannon’s recent show was notWith family drama this riveting, the house restoration story fades into the backgroundMon Jan 20 2020 - 05:45
Dancing with the Stars: public save rhythmless reverend Ray Kelly as Yewande Biala voted offWeek three review: Voting public needs to look itself in the eye after booting out BialaSun Jan 19 2020 - 21:30
Sex Education on Netflix: More antiseptic and untitillating sex scenes. How off-puttingIf you enjoy never-ending references to intimate bodily functions, you’ll love this. If not...Fri Jan 17 2020 - 11:14
Winter Love Island: Laura Whitmore is the hostess with the most… time offThe January show is a bore by the shore, a too-tanned horse being flogged to deathThu Jan 16 2020 - 11:40
Bishop Peter Ball: A very British clerical sex-abuse scandalBritain’s establishment turned a blind eye to the Anglican clergyman’s abuse of young menMon Jan 13 2020 - 21:59
Dancing with the Stars: Sinead O’Carroll gives a b*witching performanceWeek two review: Glenda Gilson does a backflip. Yewande Biala dances through pain. Mary Kennedy is ‘flat’Sun Jan 12 2020 - 21:51
Red Rock: How the bold Garda soap-drama died a slow, painful deathTV review: Red Rock, which has been like a cross between CSI and Fair City, has had a fair inningsTue Jan 07 2020 - 06:00
Room To Improve: Dermot Bannon’s one-man struggle to build a family homeTV review: Dermot Bannon takes on his most important project: his family home. But there’s something missingSun Jan 05 2020 - 22:30
Dancing With The Stars: singing priest Ray Kelly conjures up the spirit of Father TedTV review: The DWTS juggernaut is back, strewn in glitter, slathered in gel and sprinkled in stubble – and that’s just Nicky ByrneSun Jan 05 2020 - 21:05
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker – For fans, there are things to love in this filmIt has a good baddie, spectacular battles and the outstanding Adam DriverSun Dec 22 2019 - 22:34
Late Late Show review: Does anyone really want a slick Shane MacGowan tribute?Singer comes across as deeply humbled in this Late Late Toy Show for grown-upsSat Dec 14 2019 - 14:10
I’m A Celebrity: Nadine Coyle earned €275k, and Andrew Maxwell trousered €60kJacqueline Jossa got the jungle crown as the contestants go home to spend some quality time with their pay packetsMon Dec 09 2019 - 05:48
Rod Stewart: crotch-waggling imp turns misty-eyed troubadour to lead us to singalong heavenReview: It’s cheese with everything as pop’s great bluesman serenades Dublin’s 3ArenaWed Dec 04 2019 - 23:14
I’m a Celebrity: Andrew Maxwell has always seemed overwhelmed by lifeThe Irish comic was miserable on the reality show. Pasty and peeved, he felt like one of usMon Dec 02 2019 - 13:10
I’m a Celebrity 2019: What’s gone wrong for Irish comedian Andrew Maxwell?The Dublin comic might quit after his run-ins with Ian Wright. Nadine Coyle looks far happierFri Nov 29 2019 - 12:57
U2’s new song Ahimsa: the verdict on the first new music since 2017Review: Ahimsa suggests U2 are slotting in as the missing link between the Rolling Stones and ColdplayFri Nov 22 2019 - 11:15
I’m A Celebrity: A curious comment from Andrew Maxwell proves an early talking pointReview: Caitlyn Jenner is the star, though the competition’s hardly mind-blowingMon Nov 18 2019 - 10:25
The Crown season 3 review: Olivia Colman glides snugly into role of queenLatest instalment of Netflix series is expensively put together yet ever so slightly dullSun Nov 17 2019 - 15:28
