Late Late Toy Show review: Patrick Kielty does not have Tubridy's hamster-on-Red Bull energy, but that's possibly a good thingMariah Carey pops up with a video message as 150-minute show reaches the finish line with a group performance of All I Want For Christmas Is YouSat Dec 07 2024 - 00:43
Who is Zach Bryan, the country music star who’s just sold out summer concerts at the Phoenix Park?Is the musician from Oklahoma the next Garth Brooks? Well, about 100,000 people will flock to Dublin for three concerts next June see the 28-year-old superstar going supernova in real-timeThu Dec 05 2024 - 14:18
Black Doves review: Keira Knightley is delightfully sweary as a devoted wife by day and deadly assassin by nightTelevision: There’s an awful lot going on in Joe Barton’s espionage romp – a surprise cameo from Galway band The Stunning’s Steve Wall, for one thingThu Dec 05 2024 - 10:00
The Young Offenders deserves better than to be dumped on RTÉ’s online playerTelevision: Handed a hit comedy by the BBC, RTÉ has once again fumbled its big punchlineWed Dec 04 2024 - 11:47
Scannal: Savita review – Heartbreaking chronicle of the medieval essence at heart of Irish healthcare systemTelevision: Sensitive and wrenching documentary series recounts the death of Savita Halappanavar after she suffered a miscarriage 17 weeks into her pregnancyTue Dec 03 2024 - 19:30
Ed Sheeran and Mary Robinson are right. It’s time to bin Band AidBand Aid revisionism hasn’t dropped from the clear blue winter sky. It’s been there since the startSat Nov 30 2024 - 07:07
James Vincent McMorrow: ‘I’ve been building back a version of me that made me happy rather than crying every night’The Dubliner isn’t the first name that comes to mind as a songwriter for a boy-band megastar. But working with Louis Tomlinson was just what he needed after his record-label disappoinmentSat Nov 30 2024 - 05:15
‘I wasn’t used to people in their early 20s, getting sick and dying’: The harrowing story of Aids in IrelandMemorial – The Story of HIV/Aids in Ireland review: An empathetic yet unsentimental documentaryThu Nov 28 2024 - 23:15
Ballroom Blitz review: Adam Clayton’s celebration of Irish showbands hints at the burden of being in U2TV review: U2 bassist Adam Clayton is a decent presenter and great fun to hang with, but the documentary leans too hard on nostalgia for nostalgia’s sakeWed Nov 27 2024 - 22:35
Anohni at the National Concert Hall review: A night of nourishing melancholia conjuring an ocean of warmthIn homage to Lou Reed, Anohni gives late musician’s work the creative approach she feels it deservesWed Nov 27 2024 - 15:22
Leaders’ debate TV review: With an eye for drama, Miriam O’Callaghan pins Mary Lou McDonald and Micheál Martin to their collarsTelevision: Miriam O’Callaghan did her best to add pep to this tedious chinwag but we ended up with pure lethargyWed Nov 27 2024 - 09:58
Irresistible: Why We Can’t Stop Eating – how the food industry cracked the code and made us all eat moreTelevision: The big message of this show is that we should not feel guilty about our eating habits, just angry about how we got hereMon Nov 25 2024 - 22:00
The album that nearly finished U2: The story of How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb and its new ‘shadow’ LPHow to Re-Assemble an Atomic Bomb features 10 tracks from the recording sessions that made some of the band wonder if they’d have anything to releaseSat Nov 23 2024 - 05:15
Blindboy: The Land of Slaves and Scholars review – Innovative look at the tumultuousness of Irish historyTelevision: The podcaster and author taps into the sense of haunting weirdness that runs through Irish historyThu Nov 21 2024 - 23:14
Cruel Intentions review: Bring back the oversexed, amoral rich kids. This remake is joyless, ludicrous and dullTelevision: The only reason the series exists is to cash in on nostalgia for the original camp masterpieceThu Nov 21 2024 - 11:36
The Listeners review: Creepy and absorbing thriller is a showcase for Irish actor Ollie WestTelevision review: West plays a school student struggling with a sound only he and teacher Rebecca Hall can hearTue Nov 19 2024 - 21:45
U2: How to Re-Assemble an Atomic Bomb track by track review – Hold on to your mirror shades for classic moments and wigged-out curiosInevitably for an out-take album, it’s a bit glued together and rough at the edges, but even U2 agnostics will like a lot of the tracksTue Nov 19 2024 - 17:32
Leaders’ debate review: Were all the participants tranquillised en route to the studio?Television: Occasional sparks insufficient to draw viewers out of their pre-election stuporTue Nov 19 2024 - 10:58
Anohni: ‘The Irish are fighting the good fight in so many regards’The Mercury Prize-winning singer on Trump’s misogyny, climate change and preparing to celebrate her mentor Lou Reed in DublinTue Nov 19 2024 - 05:15
I’m a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here! review: Barry McGuigan comes unstuck in bungled rumble in jungleTelevision: It’s all a bit ho-hum so far as Coleen Rooney stands out as most recognised ‘celebrity’Mon Nov 18 2024 - 11:17
Best known as one half of D’Unbelievables, Jon Kenny was both an anarchic comedian and a soulful presence He never took success for granted. He was an entertainer of immense gifts who always stayed humble, and his humour was uniquely Irish in its warmth, irreverence and wisdomSat Nov 16 2024 - 15:12
Kim Deal of The Breeders: ‘Oh, I was wild – wild – in Ireland’The indie-rock legend talks Pixies, Olivia Rodrigo, the loss of her parents, and the release of her first solo album, Nobody Loves You MoreSat Nov 16 2024 - 05:15
I’m A Celebrity ... Get Me Out Of Here: will Maura Higgins join, when does it start, who will win and moreTelevision: Everything you need to know about this year’s rumble in the jungle as Coleen Rooney is joined by former boxing champion Barry McGuiganThu Nov 14 2024 - 16:05
Say Nothing: Bingeable yet sober-minded eulogy for the tragedy of the TroublesTelevision review: Adaptation of Patrick Radden Keefe book retraces abduction and murder of Jean McConville and experiences of IRA bomber Dolours PriceThu Nov 14 2024 - 08:00
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds at 3Arena: Thrilling, pulsating and stunning performance from restless prince of gloomNick Cave: Interplay between singer and instrument-bashing foil Warren Ellis helps to drive this spectacular showWed Nov 13 2024 - 09:37
Bad Sisters review: Beautiful Dublin shines again as Sharon Horgan serves up another course of zinging dark comedyTelevision: Beautiful Dublin shines again in series two of Apple’s comic thrillerWed Nov 13 2024 - 05:45
Crá review: Quality noir thriller puts both Donegal and the Irish language to beautiful use Television: It takes a while to get going and is not without flaws, but this show is good enough to almost convince us our native tongue is in everyday useMon Nov 11 2024 - 22:25
The Day of the Jackal review: Eddie Redmayne is underwhelming in the cat and mouse drama that cries out for more heartTelevision: Who better to embody an international man of mystery than Redmayne who seems half invisible even with the lights on?Thu Nov 07 2024 - 11:41
Christy Brown: Self Portrait - commendable attempt at disentangling man from Daniel Day-Lewis movieTelevision: Artist largely remembered as a posthumous muse in Oscar-winning My Left FootWed Nov 06 2024 - 22:34
The Old Man season two review: The double act of Jeff Bridges and John Lithgow is worth the admission priceTelevision: heartening to see two actors in their 70s fronting thriller where age is not played as punchlineWed Nov 06 2024 - 09:34
Max Richter in Dublin: Stunning show moves from gripping In a Landscape re-creation to breathtaking Blue Notebooks momentsOn the first of two evenings, the composer leads his ensemble through first his new album and then his Iraq War ‘protest record’Thu Oct 31 2024 - 15:07
Leathered: Violence in Irish Schools - ‘You looked at a teacher the wrong way and you got a slap’Television: There are so many victims of corporal punishment, and each of their stories is so upsetting, that after a while anger gives way to numbnessThu Oct 31 2024 - 14:28
More Than a Whistle: Who’d be a woman referee? You’d hear ‘You should be cooking the dinner,’ says oneTelevision: RTÉ’s enjoyable documentary charts the progress that Michelle O’Neill, Joy Neville and Maggie Farrelly have helped soccer, rugby and GAA makeTue Oct 29 2024 - 22:58
Kneecap at Vicar Street: A thrilling gig testament to their talents as rappers, ravers and conjurors of chaosThe vibe is one of community and solidarity, framed by love of the Irish language and irreverent humourTue Oct 29 2024 - 11:41
Soccer Mommy: ‘The whole thing with Liam Payne is really sad. The industry is very hard on people’s mental health’Going on the road as a young artist is psychologically and physically draining, says Sophie Allison, who has just released Evergreen, her new albumTue Oct 29 2024 - 05:15
Generation Z review: This mindless zombie horror could do with more brainpowerTelevision: Ben Wheatley’s zombie horror about iPhone-addicted kids and ravenous boomers suffers from muddled metaphors about intergenerational tensionsMon Oct 28 2024 - 21:54
Robert Smith of The Cure: ‘I still feel like that 10-year-old kid staring at the moon’The Cure’s power comes from the singer’s two sides – he’s ‘part of the world but also not part of it’. That’s still evident on Songs of Lost World, the band’s new albumSat Oct 26 2024 - 05:15
Pixies drummer David Lovering: ‘My advice for Oasis? Have us as your opening act’Drummer David Lovering recalls Pixies Boston roots as the punk-pop pioneers to whom Nirvana, Fontaines DC and even Olivia Rodrigo owe a debt surf a wave of renewed successFri Oct 25 2024 - 05:15
The Case I Can’t Forget: Ireland’s first human trafficking conviction is both a positive and depressing taleTelevision: The final episode of the true crime series highlighted Ireland’s poor record in tackling modern day slaveryThu Oct 24 2024 - 10:00
The Franchise review: Sharp satire and punchy energy aside, this parody of superhero films is a missTelevision: If you want to properly satirise a genre, you can’t look down on it to this extentMon Oct 21 2024 - 15:00
The Meaning of Life review: A shame Joe Duffy didn’t do better job of bringing context to Sinéad Burke’s lifeTelevision: RTÉ presenter is allowed to display a different side than on Liveline, but Burke needed more contextSun Oct 20 2024 - 23:15
Rivals: This Jilly Cooper bonkfest has too many pants around the ankles, not enough plotTelevision: Why is sex meant to be so funny? Perhaps we should ask the BritishFri Oct 18 2024 - 06:00
Liam Payne’s death is a tragic end to the story of five cheeky boys who charmed millionsOne Direction singer’s death begs questions about the pressures of fame and the support offered by the music industry to young artistThu Oct 17 2024 - 12:44
Confidence Man: ‘We wanted to create something that was surreal and immersive’Adrenaline-fuelled, London-based Brisbane band may be a couple, siblings or life-long friends but their dance music antics have brought them to the brink of stardomTue Oct 15 2024 - 05:15
Anorexia, My Family & Me review: Heartbreak and hope as Angela Scanlon narrates stories of Irish families hijacked by eating disordersTelevision: Commendable RTÉ documentary address an increasingly urgent issue with empathy and without sensationalismMon Oct 14 2024 - 22:33
The Unreal: RTÉ’s family-friendly caper adds a dash of Japanese horror to bring ancient Irish mythology into the present dayTelevision: The story’s púca, an ancient spirit who escapes from an old VHS tape, is genuinely creepy, a kid’s mascot as reimagined by Clive BarkerSun Oct 13 2024 - 17:39
Disclaimer review: Cate Blanchett and Alfonso Cuarón are far too good for this glib, preening disappointmentTelevision: Blanchett’s intense acting style and Cuarón’s auteur touch prove wildly unsuited to the demands of the binge-watch eraFri Oct 11 2024 - 10:00
Curfew review: Passable thriller set in dystopian near future where men aren’t allowed out after darkTelevision: Have the producers never heard of domestic violence? Do they think the patriarchy only does its dirty work at night?Thu Oct 10 2024 - 11:46
The Last Dinner Party at 3Olympia: A thrilling romp through the indie quintet’s knock-out goth popAbigail Morris, with her Wagner-in-the-mosh-pit vocals, is the night’s focal point, but the whole petticoat-positive band shine in DublinWed Oct 09 2024 - 10:13
Michael Smurfit: Succession review - A soft-spoken and thoughtful multi-millionaire with a killer instinctTelevision: With a who’s-who of interviewees, this RTÉ documentary is more of a hagiography than warts-and-all portraitMon Oct 07 2024 - 22:35
