RTÉ’s Steve Carson: ‘It would be great if Patrick Kielty continued as Late Late host’After spending 11 years at the BBC, the executive has returned to Montrose at a time of flux for RTÉ.Sat Aug 23 2025 - 06:00
Is the UK absurd enough to arrest Sally Rooney at Heathrow?Something has gone badly wrong when, according to UK law, the author is deemed a ‘supporter of terror’Sat Aug 23 2025 - 05:08
RTÉ’s new season: Traitors Ireland, Obituary, a Dev doc and drama from Love/Hate writerAdaptation of Marian Keyes novels leads a beefed-up drama slate in busy autumn for live sportThu Aug 21 2025 - 06:00
Oasis at Croke Park: A jubilant, air-punching night delivers the nostalgia we all came forLiam and Noel Gallagher lead a joyous, rousing evening of anthems and belters on the first of two nights in DublinSat Aug 16 2025 - 22:42
I was done with Oasis until the Irish-made video for one of their songs revived them for meBrown Bag’s animated video for The Masterplan is the kind of masterpiece that can change how you listen to a bandSat Aug 16 2025 - 05:00
Oasis payday is here with Gallagher brothers and Dublin city set for a bonanzaFans have shelled out hundreds to see the band, while gig tourists will swell the local economy this weekendWed Aug 13 2025 - 10:55
Meet the woman bringing ‘cultural confidence’ to DublinIseult Dunne, chief executive of Dublin City Council Culture Company on trying new things, expanding cultural access and the future of 14 Henrietta StreetSat Aug 09 2025 - 06:00
Alison Spittle: ‘I’m treated more like a human being now I’ve lost weight’After an illness last year, the comedian was advised to lose weight. Her new show BIG explores her relationship with her body before and after, and why no one should feel any shame for being ‘on the jabs’Sat Aug 09 2025 - 06:00
RTÉ’s Traitors aftershow: Uncloaked will be part of the new not-TV-but-on-TV genre that’s still jarringCompanion show to The Traitors Ireland will be part visualised podcast, part regionalisation pushSat Aug 09 2025 - 05:00
Sydney Sweeney’s jeans ad: How did we get to a culture war over this?Hollywood’s Gen-Z favourite is a talented actor, but Donald Trump’s endorsement could prove stickyFri Aug 08 2025 - 05:00
Ozzy Osbourne’s fond send-off was the least depressing thing on the newsLove for the Black Sabbath frontman reflects the eras in which he built his fan baseSat Aug 02 2025 - 05:15
Have you heard the one about the scrapped Edinburgh joke award?It’s another blow for the bad-pun lobby. But these days it’s satire that will get you arrestedSat Jul 26 2025 - 05:15
Anyone for tennis from a burning planet?Sport has become a victim of climate change, even as it is complicit in itSun Jun 29 2025 - 06:00
Dua Lipa at Aviva Stadium review: Confident, often sublime evening of pulsing stomp-popEnglish-Albanian star dances a sultry night away as her Radical Optimism tour arrives in DublinSat Jun 28 2025 - 10:00
Laura Slattery: Simone Ashley may not have made the final cut of Brad Pitt’s F1 movie, but she owned the premiere. What a starBlink and you’ll miss the Bridgerton actor in F1. On the Leicester Square red carpet there was no chance of thatSat Jun 28 2025 - 05:00
The Mona Lisa is on the move but staff at the Louvre are frustrated by the waitStaff are exasperated by overcrowding in a crumbling museum. Luckily for visitors, other Leonardo masterpieces are availableSat Jun 21 2025 - 05:18
Glasnevin Cemetery’s Queer History Tour: ‘If you’re here for the drama, you’ll get it’Guide Anna Collins on the radical characters who feature on a tour introduced to mark Dublin PrideThu Jun 19 2025 - 08:28
‘It horrifies me, but I had actually developed a corporate strut’: Fintan Drury on Anglo, Paddy Power and Gaza The former RTÉ journalist and businessman has written a book about Israel’s decades-long oppression of PalestiniansSat Jun 14 2025 - 06:00
Potential new names for the Department of Arts: Smacc, Cacs, Scam and – my favourite – DoSacRebrand to the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport is an artless move that speaks volumesFri Jun 13 2025 - 06:00
The Warrior: Rafael Nadal and His Kingdom of Clay a timely reminder of star now lost from tennisDetailed portrait of Spanish tennis legend traces his complex relationship with the mercurial French Open crowdFri Jun 13 2025 - 05:00
Pulp at 3Arena review: Jarvis Cocker, storyteller in corduroy, builds to a glorious climaxIn Dublin on Tuesday, new songs combine with old hits to make for a night both poignant and celebratoryWed Jun 11 2025 - 10:32
Why And Just Like That... is the only true aspirational show on TVJon Hamm’s dark comedy was a pleasure to watch, but you wouldn’t want to live in its ‘exclusive hamlet’. It’s a different story for Carrie BradshawFri Jun 06 2025 - 06:00
Aidan Gillen and Ella Lily Hyland to star in new crime drama Tall Tales & MurderTelevision: Dublin shoot begins for Stuart Carolan and Chris Addison’s ‘dark and delicious screwball drama’ co-commissioned by RTÉ and BBC Northern Ireland Thu Jun 05 2025 - 18:16
Elaine Feeney on her new novel: ‘I was pushing a sort of Chekhov dinner party in the west of Ireland’The author of Let Me Go Mad in My Own Way on her ‘first Irish family saga’, why she left teaching, and the politics of the domestic spaceSun Jun 01 2025 - 04:52
Ireland’s broken social contract: ‘I have worked since I was 17 and I have nothing to show for it’From the housing crisis and precarious work to putting off big life decisions such as marriage and children, four people aged 19-37 are wary of what’s aheadSat May 31 2025 - 06:00
Formula One’s Bernie Collins: ‘People in the pub will say ‘that’s an unusual role for a girl’’The former F1 engineer and strategist from Co Fermanagh is garnering new fans as a Sky Sports analyst, and advised on Brad Pitt and Kerry Condon’s upcoming filmSat May 31 2025 - 06:00
Inside Ireland’s music festival industry: ‘You can haemorrhage money very quickly’For promoters, there are risks, tight margins and pinch points. Still, as the summer season begins, optimism prevailsSat May 31 2025 - 05:23
A big summer gig without tracking devices? There was only one for mePlease don’t say Slane 1995 was 30 years ago this July. That just can’t be rightFri May 30 2025 - 05:00
Liz Hurley playing The Deceased on a Channel 4 game show? It’s camp and it’s on-trendIn an era when TV presenters win major awards for their host personas, it’s no surprise that more stars are signing upFri May 23 2025 - 05:00
Is Taylor Swift poised to release a new album? Let’s decode the cryptic cluesSwifties believe the singer is ready to drop her next record – but they could be just clowningFri May 16 2025 - 06:00
Eurovision 2025 second semi-final live updates: Ireland’s Emmy is knocked out before grand finalAustria, Finland, Israel and Malta among the 10 qualifiers in Basle tonight as Ireland goes homeThu May 15 2025 - 22:31
Who you gonna call? Time for the Midwife Cinematic Universe to shineWith a feature film and a spin-off prequel on the way, the BBC has taken intriguing baby steps to turn Call the Midwife into a franchiseFri May 09 2025 - 08:48
Lovesong writer Abi Morgan: ‘I feel incredibly grateful to be here. It’s nearly seven years since Jacob collapsed’Abi Morgan’s enduring play, which is opening at Dublin's Gate Theatre, tracks the ebb and flow of a long marriageSun May 04 2025 - 06:00
Generation gamble: the invisible addiction crisis gripping Ireland’s teenagersThe State’s new gaming regulator is preparing to start work, but experts still fear that gambling is becoming ingrained at younger agesSat May 03 2025 - 06:00
Ed Sheeran has the closest thing to a song of the summer. Is that a ‘recession indicator’?Summer music falls into two broad categories: songs that make you feel better about the life you have and songs that offer a fantasy of a more glamorous, more exotic existence that is somehow as magically affordable as the drinks at Club TropicanaFri May 02 2025 - 05:00
Why the ‘shock’ Last of Us exit doesn’t technically count as a shock TV deathPulling off surprises in television drama is harder than ever in an era of on-demand viewing, online chatter and pre-existing IPFri Apr 25 2025 - 05:00
Trump took over the Kennedy Center. In Ireland we have a much subtler way of diminishing the arts JD Vance’s arrival at the Washington venue sparked a viral drama. In Dublin, the National Concert Hall has suffered from decades of political indifferenceFri Apr 18 2025 - 05:00
You don’t have to have a hide like an especially thick rhinoceros to be a screenwriter, but it helpsThey might be ‘daggers in the screen’ to some writers, but notes from producers are also a marker of successFri Apr 11 2025 - 05:00
Meghan Markle’s new podcast: An ego-fluffing conversation underlining the culture gap between Ireland and the USConfessions Of A Female Founder podcast: The Duchess of Sussex and Bumble dating app founder chat onTue Apr 08 2025 - 15:35
The Traitors Ireland: Slane Castle heir on how reality TV show marks new chapter for a venue ‘full of stories’Irish version of hit series, which is hosted by Siobhán McSweeney, was filmed over last fortnight at Co Meath venueTue Apr 08 2025 - 06:00
RTÉ news boss Deirdre McCarthy: ‘Tackling disinformation has to be much more of a focus now’The woman who leads Ireland’s largest newsroom on disinformation, the ‘digital election’ and RTÉ’s new Clarity mark: 'you will hear that we’re a mouthpiece for the State, or that we’re only representing a certain view. But I think it’s up to us to push back on all the things that legacy media are accused of and tackle this head on.'Sat Apr 05 2025 - 06:00
Charm offensive: The close personal encounters with charmers that leave us uneasyWe know charm is routinely weaponised in politics, business and personal relationships. Still, we’re not always immune to charming people, and maybe we don’t want to beSat Apr 05 2025 - 05:45
We’re told the menopause is now mainstream in culture, but is it really? And does it need to be?Channel 4 comedy series and Women’s Prize shortlisted novel sit just beyond the mainstream, and maybe that’s okayFri Apr 04 2025 - 08:39
The Book of Mormon review: Gleeful, joyous and hilarious. Even Bono gets a mentionTheatre: Has this satire aged well? You can find your answer in Donald Trump’s White HouseThu Apr 03 2025 - 12:19
Facebook exposé Careless People is a gruesome update to The Social NetworkSharks, wasps and billionaires combine to make this memoir by Sarah Wynn-Williams the blueprint for a much-needed sequel to The Social NetworkFri Mar 28 2025 - 06:00
Bafta TV awards 2025: Lola Petticrew, Graham Norton, Nicola Coughlan among Irish nominated Netflix stalking saga Baby Reindeer leads 2025 TV Bafta nominationsThu Mar 27 2025 - 12:48
Adolescence: Why can’t we look away from Netflix’s hypnotic hit?This Netflix drama is a hypnotic hit and its seamless ‘oner’ shot is part of the reason whyFri Mar 21 2025 - 05:22
Never mind the shamrocks: White House showroom opens for business amid ‘Tesla Chainsaw Massacre’Planet Business: Prime Video’s Apprentice nostalgia, Porsche executives’ sleepless nights and the EU’s proposed counter-tariffs. It’s another week on Planet TrumpSat Mar 15 2025 - 06:15
European shares subdued as US trade war moves knock confidenceSpirit stocks among those ending lower amid escalation in White House threatsThu Mar 13 2025 - 18:05
State should treat international investment in housing like FDI, Cannes property event hearsIrish Real Estate Pavilion features at annual MIPIM property event for first timeThu Mar 13 2025 - 15:48
