RTÉ crime drama Kin to return for third series in 2027
Broadcaster releases details about the much-awaited comeback of the hit Dublin gangster show as part of its upcoming drama slate
World Cup 2026 final: Spotlight on Chris Martin’s team and tactics for ‘halftime show’
Music extravaganza curated by the Coldplay frontman will feature support from Spanish and Argentinian footballers
Books set in summer: Sun, sea and... 10 of the best reads
From the French Riviera to Sag Harbor via faded English seaside resorts, fiction shows how long, hot days can be glorious but complicated
Claire Byrne: ‘I never really went into this game to be famous’
The broadcaster on the push and pull factors behind her move, her new podcast and turning 50
Indie Kylie Minogue is back thanks to Snow Patrol. Can we keep her for a little while?
‘No one willingly wants to be indie,’ Nick Cave says. The good news for Impossible Princess loyalists is that Minogue just might
Lily Allen Performs West End Girl in Dublin: This tour has elicited pushback for a reason
Lily Allen acts her way through her autofictional album West End Girl with humour and pathos, but this show is slight as well as startling
Florence + the Machine at Marlay Park: Bewitching, five-star evening as Welch casts spells
Seventeen years on from her debut album, Florence Welch remains an artist born for the largest of stages
All Madonna’s albums rated, in reverse order – from unlistenable to sublime
With Confessions II out next week, it’s time to get into the groove and press play on the queen of pop’s back catalogue
If water bottle rules at gigs can be relaxed in extreme heat, are they ever necessary?
In the age of global heating, water stations at outdoor events must be a priority, not an afterthought
Irish actor Des Nealon dies aged 90
The Dubliner’s roles at the Abbey date back to 1956 and continued until 2018
I told Copilot to f**k off the other day. ‘F**k off, Copilot,’ I typed, without asterisks
Rewrite this column with Microsoft’s ‘AI companion’? No, thank you, but I’m a good human, I swear
Olivia Rodrigo’s CMAT cover is more than a brilliant excuse for pints
The American star regularly enhances her own reputation by paying live tribute to other artists
Hamnet’s Maggie O’Farrell: ‘I turned down an OBE because I didn’t want British Empire as part of my name’
After the ‘bonkers’ Oscars, the Co Derry-born author of Hamnet is poised to publish Land, a novel inspired by her own family history in post-Famine Ireland
Goodbye, Hacks, a TV comedy jewel that has ended at just the right time
This Emmy magnet HBO Max show was a battle of the generations, but also more than just that
Game of Thrones’ Hannah Murray on joining a wellness cult and being diagnosed bipolar
The Skins and Game of Thrones star has written a memoir about her involvement in a cult-like ‘wellness’ organisation and her bipolar diagnosis