Crowd-pleasing Westlife deliver wholesome predictability at first of 13 shows
Sligo-Dublin pop act may be a Xanax in musical format, but they’re very good at what they do
Fontaines DC at Electric Picnic: ‘Banger after banger’ as headliners pay tribute to late manager
There’s a sense the Dublin-forged band are navigating new territory with the death of Trevor Dietz and this higher plane of their careers
Electric Picnic 2026 highs and lows: CMAT’s home comforts, a scary crush, and the pees and queues debate
Eighty thousand music fans spent the weekend on the Stradbally Hall estate. Here’s what we loved and hated
Electric Picnic 2026: In a jammed Rankins Wood, Geese pause their set. There’s a moment of confusion
Three songs into the New Yorkers’ gig, the crowd lifts to a frenzy and The Irish Times realises that one must pogo if one is to survive
Electric Picnic 2026: Biblical rain, bopping families, surprise acts and popular covers
Festival director defends handling of crowd control issues, saying one set cancelled as organisers ‘not willing’ to risk lives
Van Morrison at Electric Picnic: Not quite an old snuggly blanket, but when he’s this good he’s wonderful
Belfast’s finest acknowledges neither the rain nor the crowd, and barely talks at all. But – joy! – he plays some of his biggest hits
Rathmines and Rathgar become film set for An Cailín Ciúin director Colm Bairéad
Fifties drama Mary Rose, starring Zara Devlin, already attracting industry buzz
Traitors Ireland host Siobhán McSweeney: ‘I’m not getting paid enough for it. That’s RTÉ’s fault’
Ahead of the second series, presenter Siobhán McSweeney talks frankly about her pay not always reflecting a show’s success, the reward of theatre work and the Derry Girls effect
From America to Dún Laoghaire: ‘Gun violence in US schools is something we thought about a lot’
Award-winning novelist Téa Obreht on fiction, fame and moving with her family from the United States to Dublin
A stranger knocked on my door because she heard I had a baby... she thought we could be friends
In a world where isolation and loneliness are on the rise, I’m lucky to have ‘mom friends’
We live in Dublin city and every night we read about tractors
Nadine O’Regan: I’ve always known I was a city person. The fact that I was born in the countryside seemed for years a mistake of birth
Glen Hansard was a leader, an indomitable force and a natural disruptor
The Ballymun man’s sudden death has been deeply felt throughout the Irish music and arts community
Author Max Porter on David Walliams: ‘F**k that guy, f**k the work. They are horrible books’
Max Porter on writing for children, lessons from Palestine, and his friendship with Cillian Murphy
Roz Purcell: ‘When I was younger I was fine with people looking at me. But I have grown to hate it’
The Tipperary broadcaster and author knows how to captivate an audience. Just married and settling into her radio role on 2FM, she’s figuring out which new challenges to tackle
After Brat: Can Charli XCX escape her epoch-making album with Music, Fashion, Film?
The pop star is returning with a new LP. This time she hasn’t come to party