Mumford & Sons: Rushmere review – Old-school nu-folk might just give the band a new beginningThe nu-folk figureheads, now a three-piece, remain cheerfully bombastic on this spirited if uneven albumFri Mar 28 2025 - 05:01
The Studio: Outrageously funny and cameo-packed Seth Rogen love letter to cinema Television: Clever satire on Hollywood features Martin Scorsese, Charlize Theron, Bryan Cranston and moreWed Mar 26 2025 - 06:00
Punt: The Irish and the NFL – Fascinating insight into tough grind faced by Irish sportsmen lured by lucre of American footballTelevision: We follow Monaghan’s Rory Beggan and Down’s Charlie Smyth as they try their luck with NFL place-kickingMon Mar 24 2025 - 22:35
Heilung singer Maria Franz: ‘We have a weird sense of time when we perform. It feels like five minutes and an eternity at the same time’ The experimental folk group’s gigs are astonishing spectacles – think Viking funeral mixed with a battle from The Lord of the Rings – and their ultimate goal is to whisk the listener off to an ancient time and placeSat Mar 22 2025 - 05:33
Japanese Breakfast: For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women) review – Melody and vulnerability in beautiful equilibriumA wonderfully fragile collection takes off with Honey Water – not to mention an unexpected appearance from the actor Jeff BridgesFri Mar 21 2025 - 05:13
Gangs of London review: An Irish villain is dispatched with a boink to the head from a big mallet. The show is that absurdTelevision: Amid all the gunplay, season three of Sky’s ultra-violent, hyper-cartoonish crime romp is missing a plotThu Mar 20 2025 - 21:00
Áine Ní Bhreisleáin brings us on a wellness journey featuring Joe Wicks, yurt saunas and flinging beer bottles with vengeful abandonTelevision: TG4′s Sonas is feel-good factual filmmaking where hard questions are left to one side, and everyone has a grand timeThu Mar 20 2025 - 10:54
The Residence review: Delicious White House dramedy from masterful Bridgerton creator Television: Don’t expect authenticity from Shonda Rhimes, just eminently snackable entertainmentThu Mar 20 2025 - 05:00
Adolescence review: A dark, often unbearable insight into the extremes of teenage lives Television: Netflix series starring Stephen Graham doesn’t quite land but forces us to confront bleak factsMon Mar 17 2025 - 14:52
Dancing with the Stars finale: Rhys McClenaghan is ‘in another world’ as he beats Jack Woolley to 2025 Glitterball trophy Television: Jack Woolley also receives two rounds of perfect scores, despite ripping his trousersSun Mar 16 2025 - 21:36
Dancing with the Stars finale: When is it on, who are the front-runners, what dances will feature and moreTelevision: The DWTS final will see four celebrities battle it out for the Glitterball Trophy this weekend - here is everything you need to knowFri Mar 14 2025 - 06:30
Steven Wilson: The Overview review – A wonderful album infused with the spirit of Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were HereLose yourself in the progfather’s lush guitars, eerie synths and throbbing evocation of the strangeness of spaceFri Mar 14 2025 - 05:16
Dope Thief review: This is one of Apple’s best shows - gritty, violent, funny and well-pacedTelevision: This dramedy lands like a chaotic mash-up of Breaking Bad and The Wire. It would be a sure-fire smash on Netflix or DisneyFri Mar 14 2025 - 05:05
Catherine Fulvio’s St Patrick’s Way review: Glorified advertorial is a blizzard of bland. It’s a disservice to the celebrity chefTelevision: Fizzy documentary by numbers has all the weight and insightfulness of a shamrock shake or a fake leprechaun beardThu Mar 13 2025 - 21:00
Grá ar an Trá: What is the point of Gráinne Seoige in this incoherent pudding of a series?Television: One hesitates to praise Love Island’s broadcasting quality, but it is at least easy to follow. This show feels like it’s being made up on the spotMon Mar 10 2025 - 21:55
Dancing with the Stars: Fright Night turns into a horror for Aishah Akorede as she’s voted off in semi-finalTelevision:Sun Mar 09 2025 - 21:42
Lady Gaga: Mayhem review – An awkward attempt to re-create the magic of Bad Romance and Born This WayLady Gaga sounds as if her creative batteries are running on empty, leaving the star adrift in karaoke limboFri Mar 07 2025 - 12:12
Lisa: Alter Ego review – Blackpink superstar’s solo debut is a clumsy lurch towards pop maximalismThe K-pop singer becomes Roxi, Kiki, Vixi, Sunni and Speedi on Alter Ego. There’s so much going on that the effect is jarringThu Mar 06 2025 - 05:03
Daredevil: Born Again – this might just be the show to bring Marvel back from the deadTelevision: Charlie Cox of Kin fame and Vincent D’Onofrio are almost like a comic book Pacino-De Niro pairing, such is their chemistryWed Mar 05 2025 - 11:53
With Love, Meghan: So beige and bland, it doesn’t even qualify as a hate-watchTelevision: Boring lifestyle tips from a host who always has servants within reach include serving coffee to guestsTue Mar 04 2025 - 11:24
The Skinny Jab Revolution review: Kathryn Thomas’s film shines a light on Ozempic. If only it were less coy about Operation Transformation Television: In her new RTÉ documentary the presenter takes a very personal approach to weight-loss drugsMon Mar 03 2025 - 22:30
Dancing with the Stars: ‘I’ve had the best time of my life. I feel super fit,’ chef Kevin Dundon says as he is voted off showTelevision: Former Miss Universe Ireland Aishah Akorede is landed with her third dance-off in four weeks. What's up?Sun Mar 02 2025 - 21:59
Songwriter Tamara Lindeman: ‘It’s scary. We all know Elon Musk is climate-informed. He’s not Trump. He’s not a madman’For the Weather Station singer-songwriter, whose music is deeply concerned with the state of the planet, the Maga new world order represents a chilling departure from normalitySun Mar 02 2025 - 05:11
Marvel’s Charlie Cox: My Kin character has the same relationship to violence as DaredevilAfter Daredevil was cancelled, the actor starred in the RTÉ crime drama, but now he’s back as the conflicted superheroSat Mar 01 2025 - 05:16
Running Point review: Kate Hudson tries her best with Netflix’s atrocious new sports comedyLaugh-free sitcom is so generic only an AI fed a diet of dire romcoms could have dreamt it upFri Feb 28 2025 - 05:10
Laochra Gael: Bríd Stack’s near-tragedy in Australian football movingly recalled in powerful TG4 documentaryTelevision: ‘This surge of pain shot up my head, down my back. I remember falling to the floor and just screaming,’ she saysThu Feb 27 2025 - 22:00
Christina Hendricks is great in Chris O’Dowd’s Small Town, Big Story but it still disappointsTheatrical Paddy-isms doubtless went down well with Sky executives in London as they bankrolled the projectThu Feb 27 2025 - 11:36
Neil Young: Oceanside Countryside review – The sunny side of one of rock’s stormiest musiciansNeil Young has rarely sounded more laid-back than on this album of gorgeously relaxed recordings from 1977Thu Feb 27 2025 - 05:07
Snow Patrol at 3Arena review: ‘Am I about to die?’ Gary Lightbody nearly plunges from the stage in a thrilling Dublin showGripping gig is thoughtfully paced with blitz of singles followed by a pivot into slower, more introspective numbersWed Feb 26 2025 - 11:15
Dancing with the Stars: Gearóid Farrelly hit by nerves during dance-off but Kevin Dundon somehow lives on‘I screwed up and never recovered,’ says Farrelly as judges hand him a collective thumbs down on orchestra nightSun Feb 23 2025 - 21:39
The Murder Capital: ‘Nick Cave listened to our whole album and was sitting there telling us his favourite tunes’The Irish indie band on toxic nationalism, rebel songs and how Dublin’s Bimm Music Institute helped shape their outlookSun Feb 23 2025 - 05:00
Zero Day review: Robert De Niro in his element as grouchy US president in fun Netflix technothrillerTelevision: The idea of a cyberattack reducing civilisation to ruins is outlandish. Or is it?Thu Feb 20 2025 - 05:30
Sam Fender: People Watching review – Emotional resistance is futileDevastating observations about the trials of everyday life are part of what the English singer-songwriter is all aboutThu Feb 20 2025 - 05:03
American Murder: Gabby Petito review - A chilling look at the darker reality behind the smiles on social mediaTelevision: The Netflix story is told from the perspective of Petito, who is given a voice through the participation of her familyTue Feb 18 2025 - 12:10
The White Lotus review: Season three has its finger on the pulse to an almost excruciating degreeTelevision: This Eat-the-rich franchise has settled into a groove. Viewers looking for more privileged American idiots wreaking havoc abroad will be thrilledMon Feb 17 2025 - 21:00
EastEnders at 40: How the BBC wants to keep its infamous ‘Oirish’ episodes hiddenWho can forget the depiction of a grim, resentful, booze-fuelled hellscape peppered with donkeysMon Feb 17 2025 - 06:00
Dancing with the Stars: Audience boos judge Arthur Gourounlian after his comments about Rhys McClenaghan Judge Arthur Gourounlian looks stunned when his critique of Olympic champion Rhys McClenaghan and Laura Nolan earns a prominent boo from the audienceSun Feb 16 2025 - 21:58
Yellowjackets review: Melanie Lynskey and Christina Ricci give strong performances in show packed with 1990s nostalgiaTelevision: Yellowjackets’ debt to Twin Peaks is cheerfully blatant. This is a gripping portrait of how the past shapes usFri Feb 14 2025 - 05:00
Documentary on GAA referee abuse lets players, coaches and fans off the hookTelevision review: GAA referee David Gough provides fascinating insights but overall this film needs to dig deeperThu Feb 13 2025 - 23:15
Manic Street Preachers: Critical Thinking review – Consistency in a world gone mad, drab and sadThe former angry young men satisfyingly take flight as grumpy older gentlemen aghast at the worldThu Feb 13 2025 - 06:00
The Great House Revival: Hugh Wallace keeps up the cheery vibes against a backdrop of general misery Television: The chummy Hugh Wallace brings what positivity he can to a stalled project as meitheal helps overcome miseryMon Feb 10 2025 - 10:00
Dancing with the Stars: dark and stormy end for Joanna Donnelly as meteorologist loses dance-off‘I’ve had the time of my life,’ says Joanna Donnelly after judges save former Miss Universe Ireland Aishah AkoredeSun Feb 09 2025 - 21:24
Emmy’s song about a dead Soviet space dog gets the Eurovision nod in entertaining Late Late special Television review: Six acts stretched over two hours threaten a slog but RTÉ almost gets douze points for Friday night entertainmentSat Feb 08 2025 - 08:42
Fiachna Ó Braonáin of Hothouse Flowers: ‘I was quite disappointed by Bono. I don’t think Sinéad O’Connor would have done it’The U2 frontman was an early cheerleader for his fellow Irish band, who are back on tour to mark 40 years together. But his acceptance of a medal from Joe Biden sent the wrong signal, they saySat Feb 08 2025 - 05:15
Amandaland review: Sharon Horgan comedy spin-off stands firmly on its own two feetTelevision: Series sees Motherland’s obviously posh mum Amanda return as she juggles parenting with a career as an influencerWed Feb 05 2025 - 21:30
Celebrity Bear Hunt review: This is the funniest thing Netflix has put on for ages, with the token Irish person to keep us watchingBlending deft touches of sadism and unintentional laughs, it’s hard to imagine this show with Bear Grylls and Una Healy being anything other than a massive hitWed Feb 05 2025 - 06:15
The Weeknd: Hurry Up Tomorrow review – Summer melodies meet bummer vibesAbel Tesfaye’s ever-ratcheting anxiety becomes overwhelming, then numbing over 22 tracks and 80 minutesWed Feb 05 2025 - 05:00
Dancing with the Stars judges and Kellie Harrington in tears after Jack Woolley’s emotional dance Television:Taekwondo Olympian Jack Woolley recalls how Kellie Harrington was there for him after he was viciously attacked in Dublin: ‘I needed plastic surgery ... she was the first person that turned out’Sun Feb 02 2025 - 22:03
Boyzone: No Matter What review - It’s gripping, gruelling stuff that you can’t look away fromTelevision: A bruisingly bingeable documentary on the 1990s boy band Boyzone – Ronan Keating, Keith Duffy, Stephen Gately, Shane Lynch and Mikey Graham – and how it all endedSun Feb 02 2025 - 06:00
Eli Hewson of Inhaler: ‘There’s so much nepotism in every facet of life’The Dublin band are well aware of their gilded backgrounds. But, they say, as they prepare to release their glossy third album, ‘We’re, like, kind of dorks’Sat Feb 01 2025 - 05:20
